Winter 1934
What is Billie Jo's main interpersonal problem? Give at least three examples of this.
Billie Jo's main three interpersonal problems are academics first then hobbies, Dad doesn't love her as much, and the dust can be a difficult situation.In addition, she loves to play piano, but she has to get o top of her academics. Secondly, she doesn't seem to get attention from her dad because Pa always wanted a boy. Finally, the dust an be a difficult situation with food and the furniture.
What is Bille Jo's main problem with her everyday, non-family related, life?
Dust is Billie Jo's main problem everyday non-family related, life. Furthermore, she has to drink dusty milk for her dinner, school is more important than her piano playing, friends are leaving, can't give her father a birthday gift, and make her family to owe money.
Billie Jo's main three interpersonal problems are academics first then hobbies, Dad doesn't love her as much, and the dust can be a difficult situation.In addition, she loves to play piano, but she has to get o top of her academics. Secondly, she doesn't seem to get attention from her dad because Pa always wanted a boy. Finally, the dust an be a difficult situation with food and the furniture.
What is Bille Jo's main problem with her everyday, non-family related, life?
Dust is Billie Jo's main problem everyday non-family related, life. Furthermore, she has to drink dusty milk for her dinner, school is more important than her piano playing, friends are leaving, can't give her father a birthday gift, and make her family to owe money.
Spring 1934
What main problem does Bille Jo write about now?
The main problem Billie Jo encounters is the curiosity of the outside world, for every time someone mentions it she wants to go "Out of the Dust" . Above that, Billie Jo has to take care of the family under consideration especially the baby. Lastly, her Father doesn't even show affection to her all because she wanted a boy.
What are Billie Jo's two sources of comfort and for what reasons?
Billie Jo's two possible sources to comfort her is the piano and MA's Apple Trees. First of all, the Piano is one of her hobbies she enjoys the most which make her forget about the dust mentally. Secondly, Ma's Apple Tree makes her comfortable because it makes her forget about the dust mentally, so you can say she's "out of the dust".
The main problem Billie Jo encounters is the curiosity of the outside world, for every time someone mentions it she wants to go "Out of the Dust" . Above that, Billie Jo has to take care of the family under consideration especially the baby. Lastly, her Father doesn't even show affection to her all because she wanted a boy.
What are Billie Jo's two sources of comfort and for what reasons?
Billie Jo's two possible sources to comfort her is the piano and MA's Apple Trees. First of all, the Piano is one of her hobbies she enjoys the most which make her forget about the dust mentally. Secondly, Ma's Apple Tree makes her comfortable because it makes her forget about the dust mentally, so you can say she's "out of the dust".
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Summer 1934
What catastophic events happen now?
The catastrophic events happening in the climax is that Billie Jo and Ma got burned painfully by the kerosene. And later, Ma died given birth to her son, Franklin. Bj feels guilty whenever she thinks about Ma's death, and as the days past the relationship with her father had begun to draw apart as Pa feels guilty whenever Bj comes around because Bj's hand represents the death of her mother.
What personal problems does Billie Jo now struggle with? Quote passages that express these problems.
Since her Mother and newborn baby died, her personal problems she struggles with is guidance because there is no powerful authority to look up to. For instance, "But it was enough to get good and drunk." (p. 67) So forth, Bj's guardian is drunken father who literally can't take care of himself. Also importantly, their relationship is growing more and more apart.
What interpersonal problem now develops for Bille Jo? Give several examples of this problem in action.
Billie Jo's interpersonal problem is the relationship between her father. The would feel awkward towards each other or they would barely talk in the kitchen table. According to the story stating, " I don't know my father anymore. He sits across from me, he looks like my father, he chews food like my father, her brushes his dusty hair back like my father, but he is a stranger. " (p. 76) Furthermore, Their awkwardness towards each other is actually guilt because father thinks Billie Jo killed Ma or the other way around.
The catastrophic events happening in the climax is that Billie Jo and Ma got burned painfully by the kerosene. And later, Ma died given birth to her son, Franklin. Bj feels guilty whenever she thinks about Ma's death, and as the days past the relationship with her father had begun to draw apart as Pa feels guilty whenever Bj comes around because Bj's hand represents the death of her mother.
What personal problems does Billie Jo now struggle with? Quote passages that express these problems.
Since her Mother and newborn baby died, her personal problems she struggles with is guidance because there is no powerful authority to look up to. For instance, "But it was enough to get good and drunk." (p. 67) So forth, Bj's guardian is drunken father who literally can't take care of himself. Also importantly, their relationship is growing more and more apart.
What interpersonal problem now develops for Bille Jo? Give several examples of this problem in action.
Billie Jo's interpersonal problem is the relationship between her father. The would feel awkward towards each other or they would barely talk in the kitchen table. According to the story stating, " I don't know my father anymore. He sits across from me, he looks like my father, he chews food like my father, her brushes his dusty hair back like my father, but he is a stranger. " (p. 76) Furthermore, Their awkwardness towards each other is actually guilt because father thinks Billie Jo killed Ma or the other way around.
Autumn 1934
What is Billie Jo's main focus now?
Billie Jo tries to adjust her lifestyle with the messed up hands she has.
Billie Jo tries to adjust her lifestyle with the messed up hands she has.
Winter and Spring 1935
How are Billie Jo's feelings about her mother changing? Give examples of this.Bllie Jo feels about as if she's the mother in some of her situation when her mother died. According to her story, she's trying to put herself in what Ma would've done, "If Ma could put her arm across my shoulder sometimes, or stroke back my hair, or sing me to sleep, making the soft sounds." (Page 148) Furthermore, Bj is trying to put herself in Ma shoes.
What is Billie Jo's main ongoing interpersonal problem now? Give examples of this problem in action.
Billie Jo's main interpersonal problem is that she is trying to get rid of the past of Ma.For instance, Pa is doing it by drinking beer, "But it was enough to get good and drunk." (p 67) So forth, Bj needs to calm her mind, and think she needs to forgive herself of Ma's death, even though it's clear that it was an accident.
What main feeling does Billie Jo express about where she lives? Quote passages in which Billie Jo expressed this feeling.Bj feels hopelessness where she lives in for everyone's dying with dust pneumonia, economy is bad, and there was never a single droplet of water from the sky. For example, "Pete Guymon took ill with dust pneumonia.....Because a couple of hours ago, Pete Guymon died." (Page 140)
What progress does Billie Jo make in coping with her burned hands? Quote passages that express this.
The progress of which Bj burnt her hands by playing in the graduation, but fail to do so. According to page 174, "My hands wouldn't work. I just sat on the piano bench."
What is Billie Jo's main ongoing interpersonal problem now? Give examples of this problem in action.
Billie Jo's main interpersonal problem is that she is trying to get rid of the past of Ma.For instance, Pa is doing it by drinking beer, "But it was enough to get good and drunk." (p 67) So forth, Bj needs to calm her mind, and think she needs to forgive herself of Ma's death, even though it's clear that it was an accident.
What main feeling does Billie Jo express about where she lives? Quote passages in which Billie Jo expressed this feeling.Bj feels hopelessness where she lives in for everyone's dying with dust pneumonia, economy is bad, and there was never a single droplet of water from the sky. For example, "Pete Guymon took ill with dust pneumonia.....Because a couple of hours ago, Pete Guymon died." (Page 140)
What progress does Billie Jo make in coping with her burned hands? Quote passages that express this.
The progress of which Bj burnt her hands by playing in the graduation, but fail to do so. According to page 174, "My hands wouldn't work. I just sat on the piano bench."
Summer 2935
What feelings allow BIllie Jo to make the choice to leave home? Quote lines that express this.The feeling which allowed Bj to make the choice to leave home is that she has nothing to lose, and the relationship with her father wasn't working with the despair of her lovely mother. According to the story, "I am so filled with bitterness, it comes from the dust, it comes from the silence of my father, it comes from the absence of Ma." (Page 195) Furthermore, the feeling of helplessness is what drives her out of the dust.
Why does Billie Jo decide to return home?
Billiie Jo decides to return to home because she couldn't take care off herself or she was worried about her father. She realizes that the both of them need each other to live a happy ending.
Why does Billie Jo decide to return home?
Billiie Jo decides to return to home because she couldn't take care off herself or she was worried about her father. She realizes that the both of them need each other to live a happy ending.
Autumn1935
What steps does Billie Jo's father take to help him and Billie Jo reconcile?
The steps that Billie Jo father takes to help him and Bj to reconcile is seeing a doctor fro medical treatment of the spots on his face and Bj's hands. Also importantly, Bj is introduced to Louise which she's kinda of like a mother figure, but recognizes to keep her distance. In addition, the medical treatment and Louise were essential to be reconcile.
What characteristics and actions of Louise allow Billie to accept this new woman?
The characteristics and actions of Louise allow Billie Jo to accept this new woman is that she acts like MA by doing dishes and laundry work, but Loise knows how to communicate to Bj by having a joke or listening when needed to listen.
In what ways does hope return to the Kelby's farm?
Hope does return to the farm when Louise, Bj, and PA bring a lifelong, happy, and healthy relationship.
What do the role of the piano and her hands now reveal about Billie Jo's recovery?
Billie Jo's recovery of her hand reveals that she can start to play piano again. Also, she does not think her hands are useless.
The steps that Billie Jo father takes to help him and Bj to reconcile is seeing a doctor fro medical treatment of the spots on his face and Bj's hands. Also importantly, Bj is introduced to Louise which she's kinda of like a mother figure, but recognizes to keep her distance. In addition, the medical treatment and Louise were essential to be reconcile.
What characteristics and actions of Louise allow Billie to accept this new woman?
The characteristics and actions of Louise allow Billie Jo to accept this new woman is that she acts like MA by doing dishes and laundry work, but Loise knows how to communicate to Bj by having a joke or listening when needed to listen.
In what ways does hope return to the Kelby's farm?
Hope does return to the farm when Louise, Bj, and PA bring a lifelong, happy, and healthy relationship.
What do the role of the piano and her hands now reveal about Billie Jo's recovery?
Billie Jo's recovery of her hand reveals that she can start to play piano again. Also, she does not think her hands are useless.