Bonjour
a-
The author is writing in 1999..
She is an adult.
The narrator is speaking in 1948.
She is a child.
The story takes place in 1948.
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b- recap
The author was born in Holland. When she was a child, She lived in Chicago. She is an adult now and she remembers her first job when she was thirteen.
The memoir is written in the first person from the point of view of the child.
The story took place a long time ago but the narrator tells it in the present tense.
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c-
How many hours does the narrator have to work every day?
She has to work eight hours every day. (from noon to just after eight > ligne 11
Do you think it's a lot? Why?
I think it's a lot. She is a thirteen-year-old child and she takes care of two little girls six and four years old from noon to eight pm. It's a lot of responsibilities for such a young girl.
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Read lines 11 to 18
The diet is unhealthy
The mother is poor
What verb... know
Adjectives > young and unknowing
What could have happened...???
The little girl could have lost herself.
OU
She could have got run over, got kidnapped.
OU
She could have run away.
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Read line 19 to 27
a- What sense ...?
Sight
Verb > to look and to see
b- We hear the name for the first time line 23 when the narrator calls "Patricia".
Before that she only calls them by their age "the six-year-old and the four-year-old" like total strangers.
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Line 28 to 31
marvel > C) she thinks it's surprising and she is pleased.
The young narrator feels relieved and thankful
The older narrator feels terrible and sad for this woman who had no choice than having someone as unknowing as she was at that time to take care of her daughters.
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Bonne fin de soirée
