Reading Assignment for Chapters 18-21
For Tuesday Chapter 18-19
For Thursday Chapters 20-21
For Tuesday Chapter 18-19
For Thursday Chapters 20-21
Using evidence from the text to support your answer; Elijah has always been labeled fra-gile, however as he heads in search of the Preacher he must be brave. Describe how Elijah was both fra-gile and brave in chapters 20 and 21.
Your comment should include:
-First Name and student #
-A Shared Inquiry Response, that is free of grammatical errorsand spelling errors.
-Evidence from the text to support your answer.
Due Thursday by midnight.
Alejandra G. #7A
ReplyDeleteElijah has always been told that he's fragile. But, after he had been kidnapped by Mr. Leroy he feels he can't let him down so, he has to "man up". There are many different times when he was brave though through out these chapters one time was on page 286. I think he was brave because he took the courage to sadly lie, but keep on looking for the Preacher. That also is another time when he was brave because he continued to search for the Preacher. There was another time when Eli was of course fragile. This time was on page 295. On this page he fell to the ground when he found out what was really in the stables. All in all I can truly say Elijah has really had his ups and downs.
There are multiple times when Elijah is fragile in these chapters. Many of them are times when he just can't process everything that's going on, and he just falls over and cries. He has to stop quickly though, otherwise he'll draw unwanted attention to himself. That's also a good example of when he was brave. He knew he had to stop crying, and that's hard to do. He also was even able to pull himself together after Mr. Leroy died, and continue the journey as well. That took a lot of guts.
ReplyDelete- Michael #8A
Noah Sullivan #24A
ReplyDeleteElijah is fragile. I think the main idea of the book is that Eli(Elijah) overcomes his being of fra-gile. In chapters 20 and 21, he shows many different "moods". On pg. 308, he is even being both. Fra-gile when he thinks he is not brave enough to be an abolitionist, and brave when he decides that no-matter-what, these people has to get free. On pg. 294-295, he falls on the ground and stars crying because of sheer fear. Then, though, he got back up and faced which was at the time demons. Like Micheal said, that took guts. I think that he had all of this bravery in him all along, but he didn't know and he didn't show.
Eiljah has always been called fragile and he really is. I mean he always is very sensitive. But in the last few chapters he really seems to be "manning up". Like on page 283 to 285 this is when Mr. Leroy dies. Elijah says he gets fragile But he seems to stay pretty calm about it. Also when Elijahs with the slaves he keeps getting these ideas about how to get them to Buxton. How he could sneak up to the slaver and get the keys to unlock the chains. So over all Elijahs on the road to being brave and not really fragile.
ReplyDeleteEligiah was acting fragile on page 284 when Mr.Leroy was dying but I probably might start acting a bit fragile there too if that happened to me.On page 286 he was acting very corageous when he took Jingle Boy and galloped away to keep his promise.He also seemed very determined there too.He seems to be getting tougher.
ReplyDeleteRyan Ferrell 5A
I agree with everyone that Elijah really does have to act more grown in chapters 20 and 21 when Mr. Leroy kidnapps Elijah. An example of Elijah acting fragile in in these chapters was on page 284, where he is witnessing Mr. Leroy's death, he can't help but get all emotional. Another example of his fragilness was on pages 291 and 292 where he finds the preacher standing real still at the end of the stables.
ReplyDeleteThough Elijah is awfully fragile he does have his manly moments. Like on page 299 where he got the water for the slaves when he could've gotten caught.Another example is on page 308 where Elijah realizes the problems of the real world and accepts them and he swears to do the right thing and free the imprisoned slaves.