a Day no pigs would die
Themes:
-Family: Family is very important to in this book. Rob looks up to his father for mostly everything. He knows that his dad is very wise. When his dad dies his family is there to help him through it.
-Friendship(s): Robert's closest friend is Pinky. When his neighbor brings the piglet over he falls in love with her. Robert takes her everywhere he goes. He also entered her in a fair and she won first place.
-Community: The Peck's have a hard time fitting in because of their religion. Robert gets made fun of at school for what he believes. People look at the Peck's as different from everyone else.
-Coming of Age: Rob grows up in this book. He goes from doing chores and playing outside to being the man of the house when his dad dies. He has to take care of the whole farm by himself now that his dad has passed away, which is a huge responsibility for a kid.
-Death: Death is present throughout the entire book. The Peck's love on a farm so death is not a new thing to them. But when they have to kill Pinky that is pretty tough especially for Robert. But on top of that Robert's father dies, which is extremely hard for the family as well.
-Poverty: Poverty is ever constant in this book. The Peck's do not have enough money and they have to make things last as long as possible. But money isn't everything to this family. Family is the most important thing to them.
Motifs:
-Birth & Reproduction: Robert helps the neighbors cow Apron give birth to her two calf's Bob and Bib.
-Favors: To thank Robert for his service to Apron he gets Pinky, which becomes his best friend.
-Death: When the Peck's had to kill Pinky for food this was very hard, especially for Rob because he said that she would never end up being food.
-Religion: This one is probably the biggest out of the whole book because it is what they stand by, there is not one thing in that book that they do not follow. Rob's father knows everything in that book.
Symbols:
-Pinky: Pinky symbolizes friendship. This pig is Roberts best friend. He tells this pig everything and where he goes the pigs goes.
-Religion: This symbolizes what they believe in and what they stand for.
-Family: This symbolizes love and caring. The peck's watch out for each other and care for each other.
-Moods:
-Dark: This book has a dark tone because there is not a lot of happiness . a lot of what happens involves death.
-Gloomy: This is a very gloomy book because Robert's dad dies and so does Pinky because they need the meat for food.
-Happy: There are a few happy parts in this book as as well, like when Robert gets Pinky for helping Apron give birth to Bob and Bib.
-Tones:
-Tough: Rob and his family live in hard times and they are poor. They have trouble making ends meets because they cannot do certain things because of there religion.
- Mournful: When Robert's dad dies his family mourns over the great loss.
-Sadness: This book is very sad because the family does not have a lot and their is a lot of death.
Characterization:
-Haven Peck: Round, We know that he lives in Learning, Vermont with his family Robert Peck and Mama. We also know that he is a Shaker and that he slaughters pigs for a living.
-Mama: Flat, all we know is that she tends to the family. She is also stock because she is considered to be a typical wife/mother.
-Robert Peck: Round, we know that he lives in Learning, Vermont. We also know that he has a pet pig named Pinky and that he lives and works on his family farm. He is also dynamic because he matures throughout the book because of all the responsibilities he has to take on.
-Pinky: Flat, The only thing we know is that she is Robert's pet, she won first place in the fair and she ends up getting killed for food.
-Mr. Tanner: Flat, he is a flat character because all we know is that he gave Robert his pet pig and that he took Rob to the fair with him and that he is the Peck's neighbor.
Plot Line:
Basic situation: Robert cuts school because Edward Thatcher is making fun of him for the way he dresses.
Important Events; 1: Robert sees Apron , Mr. tanners cow having trouble giving birth so he helps her. Then he notices that she is having trouble breathing so he reaches down her throat and pulls the goiter out. Then she bites him and drags him.
2: Robert wakes up at home where his family tends to his wounds.
3: Mr. Tanner thanks Robert for helping Apron. In return he gives Robert a piglet that he names Pinky.
4: Robert gets invited to go to the Rut land fair with the Tanners. At the fair Pinky wins a blue ribbon.
5: The Peck's find out that pinky is barren. Since she is barren Rob and his dad have to kill her for food.
Climax: Haven tells his son that he has some kind of affiliation and that the coming winter will be his last.
6: Haven dies the following May.
Resolution: They have the funeral and many more people showed up than he invited. This was the day that no pigs would die.
Chapter 1
-Predictions: Robert will not get the calf out.
- Robert will get the goiter out and the cow will live.
- Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why would Edward think badly of Robert for the way he dresses?
- Why does Aunt Carrie live with the Peck's?
-Connections: When Robert helps Apron give birth he new he just had to do it. I am the same way, sometimes you have to do things just to get them done.
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-Summary: Robert skips school because Edward is making fun of him for how he is dressed so he finds Apron and helps her give birth, then he gets dragged off after trying to rip the goiter out of the cows mouth.
Chapter 2
-Predictions: Robert will wake up in a hospital and not remember what happened.
-He will beat up Edward thatcher for making fun of him.
-Haven will be mad at Robert for skipping school.
- Clarify: When his dad brings him a apple but tells him that he didn't raise a fool, he is trying to make him feel better.
-Questions: Why would Robert be hanging on to the goiter after he had pulled it out?
-Why would Robert use his trousers to help the cow give birth?
Connections: when mama is sewing up Rob she is helping him, I to help people.
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-Summary: In this chapter Robert is lying in bed for most the week healing from his wounds. Papa comes and asks him why he skipped school. Papa is proud of him for what he did for Apron, but he is not to happy about him cutting school.
Chapter 3
-Predictions: I do not think papa will let Robert keep the piglet.
-I do not think Robert will be strong enough to help papa fix the fence.
-Clarify: When Rob and his father are talking about fences they are trying to say that fences are a good thing because they keep other peoples things separate from theirs.
-Questions: Why didn't Haven want to except the piglet from Mr. Tanner?
-Why did papa finally except Mr. Tanners gift?
-Connections: No connections
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-Summary: Robert and Haven go out to fix the fences when Mr. Tanner comes over with Apron and the two calf's Bob and Bib. Mr. Tanner has brought over a piglet to give to Robert in return for helping Apron give birth. Robert names her Pinky.
Chapter 4
-Predictions: I think haven will not like Pinky because she is not meant for food.
-I think that Robert is going to go to the game anyway on Sunday.
-Clarify: When they talk about making a crib for Pinky they mean making a stall or a pen.
-Questions: Why do they have to build the crib away from the cattle?
-Will Robert take good care of Pinky?
-Connections: Robert is very close to Pinky I have a dog that I am very close with.
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-Summary: In this chapter Robert and papa have to build a crib away from the cattle because they are sworn enemies. Pinky follows Robert wherever he goes.
Chapter 5
-Predictions:I think Pinky will run away when she gets scared by the frog.
-clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why would Pinky be scared of a frog?
-Connections: Robert and his family go to church and so does my family and I.
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-Summary: Robert and Pinky go for a walk and just hang out after the family gets back from church. Pinky gets scared of a frog and gets a crawdad stuck on her nose. Robert realizes it's getting close to chore time so they head home to find that the neighbors cat had kittens.
chapter 6
-Predictions: Robert is going to fail English class.
-Rob will start to understand English better.
-Clarify: When Aunt Matty is tutoring Rob he thinks it is funny because he thinks she is going to play a cornet.
-Questions: Why is Aunt Matty so upset at Robert for not knowing English?
-Connections: Robert has problems spelling words, I have problems spelling words to.
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-Summary: Aunt Matty has come over for a visit and sees Roberts report card and is shocked that he got a D in English above all subjects. She tries to teach him but says to his mother that she would rather teach the pig.
Chapter 7
-Predictions: Robert will catch the hawk.
- Pinky will have a lot of piglets.
-Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: How big is Pinky now?
-Connections: Rob spends a lot of time with his pet, I spend a lot of time with my pet to.
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-Summary: A lot of time has passed because it says the grass is tall and Pinky is growing fast. Robert tells Pinky that she will never be pork because she is going to be bread with Mr. Tanners bore and have lots of piglets.
Chapter 8
-Predictions: Haven and Robert will find their neighbor digging up the grave.
-Papa will not let Robert go with him.
-Clarify: When Mrs. Hillman says he gone to rile her grave she means he has gone to dig it up.
-Questions: Why would Mr. Hillman goes to dig up someones grave?
-Why would he want to dig up a child's grave that he already knows is his?
-connections: No connections.
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-Summary: Robert over hears mama and papa talking to Mrs. Hillman about how Sebring leaving in the middle of the night to go dig up somebodies grave. Papa and Robert go down to the graveyard to try and stop him from digging up the grave. They bring him back to the house and him and Mrs. Hillman leave with their child's coffin.
Chapter 9
-Predictions: I think Rob will be able to go to the fair somehow.
-I think he will end up going to the fair with the Tanners.
-Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why would Rob be scared to help Ms. Bascom with her flower pots?
-Why is Aunt Carrie so worried about what Ms. Bascom does?
-Connections: No connections.
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-Summary: Robert gets invited by the Tanners to go to the Rutland fair with them and help show bob and bib. He also gets to show Pinky as well.
Chapter 10
-Predictions: I think that Bob and Bib will win first place in the fair.
- I think that Pinky will win first place as well.
-Clarify: When Mrs. Tanner says don't talk to anyone these places are full of perverts Rob thinks it has something to do with grammar but she is talking about people who could hurt him.
-Questions: Why does Robert puke all over the Judges shoes and he still gives Robs pig a blue ribbon?
-Why does aunt Carrie give Rob 10 cents for the fair/
-Connections: Rob enjoys going to the fair. I like to go to the fair to.
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-Summary: Rob has gone to the fair with the Tanners. He got to show Bob and Bib. Pinky took first place in the fair.
Chapter 11
-Predictions: I think a weasel got into the hen house.
- I think the neighbors dog will kill the weasel.
-Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why would haven help weasel a dog? He must of known what was going to happen.
-Why wouldn't Robert go see what was bothering his chickens?
-Connections: No connections.
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-Summary: Robert wakes up and hears a noise in the hen house but is to tired to go see what it is. In the morning papa tells him tha a weasel has killed one of there chickens. The neighbor asks Haven if he would help weasel his dog. after the dog had killed the weasel they put down the dog because it was hurt so bad. Papa promised on the Book of shaker and all that is holy that he would never weasel another dog again.
Chapter 12
-Predictions: I think that Pinky will be butchered.
- I think Papa will make it longer than he expects.
-Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why would Haven tell Rob that he will be gone by spring then just get up and leave?
- What is Robert feeling right now?
-Connections: When Robert finds out that his father won't be here much longer, it reminded me of when my great grandpa was dying.
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-Summary: Robert learns that Pinky might be barren. Papa tells Robert indirectly that she might have to be butchered. Robert finds out that this coming winter will be his fathers last. When Papa has told him this he just goes right to bed. Robert is left alone in the parlor to watch the fire.
Chapter 13
-Predictions: I think Pinky won't get pregnant.
-I think papa is going to butcher her soon.
-Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why does Rob lie to Mr. Tanner and tell him that papa is in good health?
-Why does it surprise Robert that the Tanners are Baptist?
-Connections: Rob and his family go to church, my family and I go to church as well.
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-Summary: Mr. tanner brings over his boar Samson to try and bread with Pinky. Mr. Tanner says if she has piglets he will make a lot of money and he gets two of the piglets as a "stud fee".
Chapter 14
-Predictions: Robert won't let papa kill Pinky.
-I think papa will get Rob another pig.
-Clarify: Robert knows that his dad is sad because it is the first time he has ever seen him cry.
-Questions: Why does Haven make Robert help butcher his own pet?
- How much longer will Haven make it?
-Is Robert ready to be the man of the house?
-Connections: Robert and his dad are very sad. I was that sad when I found out we had to put down my cat.
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-Summary: Papa and Robert have to butcher Pinky because she cannot have piglets. This really bothers both Robert and his father that they have to butcher Roberts pet. Roberts dad is getting worse and worse an will not make it much longer.
Chapter 15
-Predictions: Robert will not be able to do his chores for that day.
-Robert will take good care of his family and the farm.
-Clarify: When Robert finds papa in the barn and carries on with his chores I think he knows he still has to get them done.
-Questions: How could Robert carry on with his chores knowing that his dead father is still in the barn with him?
-Why does Robert have to make all the funeral arrangements?
-Connections: When Robert had to dig his fathers grave I can kind of relate to him because I had to dig my cats grave when he died.
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-Summary: Robert goes out to the barn to do his chores and finds that his dad has died in his sleep. Robert waits till after his chores are done to go and tell mama and Aunt Carrie what has happened. Then Rob goes and makes all the funeral arrangements. Many more people show up to the funeral than Rob has expected. That evening Robert walks down to his fathers grave and says "goodnight papa".
-Family: Family is very important to in this book. Rob looks up to his father for mostly everything. He knows that his dad is very wise. When his dad dies his family is there to help him through it.
-Friendship(s): Robert's closest friend is Pinky. When his neighbor brings the piglet over he falls in love with her. Robert takes her everywhere he goes. He also entered her in a fair and she won first place.
-Community: The Peck's have a hard time fitting in because of their religion. Robert gets made fun of at school for what he believes. People look at the Peck's as different from everyone else.
-Coming of Age: Rob grows up in this book. He goes from doing chores and playing outside to being the man of the house when his dad dies. He has to take care of the whole farm by himself now that his dad has passed away, which is a huge responsibility for a kid.
-Death: Death is present throughout the entire book. The Peck's love on a farm so death is not a new thing to them. But when they have to kill Pinky that is pretty tough especially for Robert. But on top of that Robert's father dies, which is extremely hard for the family as well.
-Poverty: Poverty is ever constant in this book. The Peck's do not have enough money and they have to make things last as long as possible. But money isn't everything to this family. Family is the most important thing to them.
Motifs:
-Birth & Reproduction: Robert helps the neighbors cow Apron give birth to her two calf's Bob and Bib.
-Favors: To thank Robert for his service to Apron he gets Pinky, which becomes his best friend.
-Death: When the Peck's had to kill Pinky for food this was very hard, especially for Rob because he said that she would never end up being food.
-Religion: This one is probably the biggest out of the whole book because it is what they stand by, there is not one thing in that book that they do not follow. Rob's father knows everything in that book.
Symbols:
-Pinky: Pinky symbolizes friendship. This pig is Roberts best friend. He tells this pig everything and where he goes the pigs goes.
-Religion: This symbolizes what they believe in and what they stand for.
-Family: This symbolizes love and caring. The peck's watch out for each other and care for each other.
-Moods:
-Dark: This book has a dark tone because there is not a lot of happiness . a lot of what happens involves death.
-Gloomy: This is a very gloomy book because Robert's dad dies and so does Pinky because they need the meat for food.
-Happy: There are a few happy parts in this book as as well, like when Robert gets Pinky for helping Apron give birth to Bob and Bib.
-Tones:
-Tough: Rob and his family live in hard times and they are poor. They have trouble making ends meets because they cannot do certain things because of there religion.
- Mournful: When Robert's dad dies his family mourns over the great loss.
-Sadness: This book is very sad because the family does not have a lot and their is a lot of death.
Characterization:
-Haven Peck: Round, We know that he lives in Learning, Vermont with his family Robert Peck and Mama. We also know that he is a Shaker and that he slaughters pigs for a living.
-Mama: Flat, all we know is that she tends to the family. She is also stock because she is considered to be a typical wife/mother.
-Robert Peck: Round, we know that he lives in Learning, Vermont. We also know that he has a pet pig named Pinky and that he lives and works on his family farm. He is also dynamic because he matures throughout the book because of all the responsibilities he has to take on.
-Pinky: Flat, The only thing we know is that she is Robert's pet, she won first place in the fair and she ends up getting killed for food.
-Mr. Tanner: Flat, he is a flat character because all we know is that he gave Robert his pet pig and that he took Rob to the fair with him and that he is the Peck's neighbor.
Plot Line:
Basic situation: Robert cuts school because Edward Thatcher is making fun of him for the way he dresses.
Important Events; 1: Robert sees Apron , Mr. tanners cow having trouble giving birth so he helps her. Then he notices that she is having trouble breathing so he reaches down her throat and pulls the goiter out. Then she bites him and drags him.
2: Robert wakes up at home where his family tends to his wounds.
3: Mr. Tanner thanks Robert for helping Apron. In return he gives Robert a piglet that he names Pinky.
4: Robert gets invited to go to the Rut land fair with the Tanners. At the fair Pinky wins a blue ribbon.
5: The Peck's find out that pinky is barren. Since she is barren Rob and his dad have to kill her for food.
Climax: Haven tells his son that he has some kind of affiliation and that the coming winter will be his last.
6: Haven dies the following May.
Resolution: They have the funeral and many more people showed up than he invited. This was the day that no pigs would die.
Chapter 1
-Predictions: Robert will not get the calf out.
- Robert will get the goiter out and the cow will live.
- Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why would Edward think badly of Robert for the way he dresses?
- Why does Aunt Carrie live with the Peck's?
-Connections: When Robert helps Apron give birth he new he just had to do it. I am the same way, sometimes you have to do things just to get them done.
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-Summary: Robert skips school because Edward is making fun of him for how he is dressed so he finds Apron and helps her give birth, then he gets dragged off after trying to rip the goiter out of the cows mouth.
Chapter 2
-Predictions: Robert will wake up in a hospital and not remember what happened.
-He will beat up Edward thatcher for making fun of him.
-Haven will be mad at Robert for skipping school.
- Clarify: When his dad brings him a apple but tells him that he didn't raise a fool, he is trying to make him feel better.
-Questions: Why would Robert be hanging on to the goiter after he had pulled it out?
-Why would Robert use his trousers to help the cow give birth?
Connections: when mama is sewing up Rob she is helping him, I to help people.
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-Summary: In this chapter Robert is lying in bed for most the week healing from his wounds. Papa comes and asks him why he skipped school. Papa is proud of him for what he did for Apron, but he is not to happy about him cutting school.
Chapter 3
-Predictions: I do not think papa will let Robert keep the piglet.
-I do not think Robert will be strong enough to help papa fix the fence.
-Clarify: When Rob and his father are talking about fences they are trying to say that fences are a good thing because they keep other peoples things separate from theirs.
-Questions: Why didn't Haven want to except the piglet from Mr. Tanner?
-Why did papa finally except Mr. Tanners gift?
-Connections: No connections
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-Summary: Robert and Haven go out to fix the fences when Mr. Tanner comes over with Apron and the two calf's Bob and Bib. Mr. Tanner has brought over a piglet to give to Robert in return for helping Apron give birth. Robert names her Pinky.
Chapter 4
-Predictions: I think haven will not like Pinky because she is not meant for food.
-I think that Robert is going to go to the game anyway on Sunday.
-Clarify: When they talk about making a crib for Pinky they mean making a stall or a pen.
-Questions: Why do they have to build the crib away from the cattle?
-Will Robert take good care of Pinky?
-Connections: Robert is very close to Pinky I have a dog that I am very close with.
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-Summary: In this chapter Robert and papa have to build a crib away from the cattle because they are sworn enemies. Pinky follows Robert wherever he goes.
Chapter 5
-Predictions:I think Pinky will run away when she gets scared by the frog.
-clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why would Pinky be scared of a frog?
-Connections: Robert and his family go to church and so does my family and I.
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-Summary: Robert and Pinky go for a walk and just hang out after the family gets back from church. Pinky gets scared of a frog and gets a crawdad stuck on her nose. Robert realizes it's getting close to chore time so they head home to find that the neighbors cat had kittens.
chapter 6
-Predictions: Robert is going to fail English class.
-Rob will start to understand English better.
-Clarify: When Aunt Matty is tutoring Rob he thinks it is funny because he thinks she is going to play a cornet.
-Questions: Why is Aunt Matty so upset at Robert for not knowing English?
-Connections: Robert has problems spelling words, I have problems spelling words to.
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-Summary: Aunt Matty has come over for a visit and sees Roberts report card and is shocked that he got a D in English above all subjects. She tries to teach him but says to his mother that she would rather teach the pig.
Chapter 7
-Predictions: Robert will catch the hawk.
- Pinky will have a lot of piglets.
-Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: How big is Pinky now?
-Connections: Rob spends a lot of time with his pet, I spend a lot of time with my pet to.
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-Summary: A lot of time has passed because it says the grass is tall and Pinky is growing fast. Robert tells Pinky that she will never be pork because she is going to be bread with Mr. Tanners bore and have lots of piglets.
Chapter 8
-Predictions: Haven and Robert will find their neighbor digging up the grave.
-Papa will not let Robert go with him.
-Clarify: When Mrs. Hillman says he gone to rile her grave she means he has gone to dig it up.
-Questions: Why would Mr. Hillman goes to dig up someones grave?
-Why would he want to dig up a child's grave that he already knows is his?
-connections: No connections.
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-Summary: Robert over hears mama and papa talking to Mrs. Hillman about how Sebring leaving in the middle of the night to go dig up somebodies grave. Papa and Robert go down to the graveyard to try and stop him from digging up the grave. They bring him back to the house and him and Mrs. Hillman leave with their child's coffin.
Chapter 9
-Predictions: I think Rob will be able to go to the fair somehow.
-I think he will end up going to the fair with the Tanners.
-Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why would Rob be scared to help Ms. Bascom with her flower pots?
-Why is Aunt Carrie so worried about what Ms. Bascom does?
-Connections: No connections.
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-Summary: Robert gets invited by the Tanners to go to the Rutland fair with them and help show bob and bib. He also gets to show Pinky as well.
Chapter 10
-Predictions: I think that Bob and Bib will win first place in the fair.
- I think that Pinky will win first place as well.
-Clarify: When Mrs. Tanner says don't talk to anyone these places are full of perverts Rob thinks it has something to do with grammar but she is talking about people who could hurt him.
-Questions: Why does Robert puke all over the Judges shoes and he still gives Robs pig a blue ribbon?
-Why does aunt Carrie give Rob 10 cents for the fair/
-Connections: Rob enjoys going to the fair. I like to go to the fair to.
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-Summary: Rob has gone to the fair with the Tanners. He got to show Bob and Bib. Pinky took first place in the fair.
Chapter 11
-Predictions: I think a weasel got into the hen house.
- I think the neighbors dog will kill the weasel.
-Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why would haven help weasel a dog? He must of known what was going to happen.
-Why wouldn't Robert go see what was bothering his chickens?
-Connections: No connections.
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-Summary: Robert wakes up and hears a noise in the hen house but is to tired to go see what it is. In the morning papa tells him tha a weasel has killed one of there chickens. The neighbor asks Haven if he would help weasel his dog. after the dog had killed the weasel they put down the dog because it was hurt so bad. Papa promised on the Book of shaker and all that is holy that he would never weasel another dog again.
Chapter 12
-Predictions: I think that Pinky will be butchered.
- I think Papa will make it longer than he expects.
-Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why would Haven tell Rob that he will be gone by spring then just get up and leave?
- What is Robert feeling right now?
-Connections: When Robert finds out that his father won't be here much longer, it reminded me of when my great grandpa was dying.
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-Summary: Robert learns that Pinky might be barren. Papa tells Robert indirectly that she might have to be butchered. Robert finds out that this coming winter will be his fathers last. When Papa has told him this he just goes right to bed. Robert is left alone in the parlor to watch the fire.
Chapter 13
-Predictions: I think Pinky won't get pregnant.
-I think papa is going to butcher her soon.
-Clarify: Nothing to clarify.
-Questions: Why does Rob lie to Mr. Tanner and tell him that papa is in good health?
-Why does it surprise Robert that the Tanners are Baptist?
-Connections: Rob and his family go to church, my family and I go to church as well.
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-Summary: Mr. tanner brings over his boar Samson to try and bread with Pinky. Mr. Tanner says if she has piglets he will make a lot of money and he gets two of the piglets as a "stud fee".
Chapter 14
-Predictions: Robert won't let papa kill Pinky.
-I think papa will get Rob another pig.
-Clarify: Robert knows that his dad is sad because it is the first time he has ever seen him cry.
-Questions: Why does Haven make Robert help butcher his own pet?
- How much longer will Haven make it?
-Is Robert ready to be the man of the house?
-Connections: Robert and his dad are very sad. I was that sad when I found out we had to put down my cat.
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-Summary: Papa and Robert have to butcher Pinky because she cannot have piglets. This really bothers both Robert and his father that they have to butcher Roberts pet. Roberts dad is getting worse and worse an will not make it much longer.
Chapter 15
-Predictions: Robert will not be able to do his chores for that day.
-Robert will take good care of his family and the farm.
-Clarify: When Robert finds papa in the barn and carries on with his chores I think he knows he still has to get them done.
-Questions: How could Robert carry on with his chores knowing that his dead father is still in the barn with him?
-Why does Robert have to make all the funeral arrangements?
-Connections: When Robert had to dig his fathers grave I can kind of relate to him because I had to dig my cats grave when he died.
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-Summary: Robert goes out to the barn to do his chores and finds that his dad has died in his sleep. Robert waits till after his chores are done to go and tell mama and Aunt Carrie what has happened. Then Rob goes and makes all the funeral arrangements. Many more people show up to the funeral than Rob has expected. That evening Robert walks down to his fathers grave and says "goodnight papa".