Novel study - Children of blood and bone (Chap 3 - 13)

In English we are doing a novel study on the book Children of blood and bone by Tomi Adeyemi. After we read the some of the chapters we write a statement on a connection to the real world, a message we took from the scene/passage, or wondering that we have. I'm a bit a head, so here is Chapters 3, 4, 9, 13. 

Chapter 3 – Amari
“I am afraid not, Your Highness. I saw it with my own eyes. Their magic was weak, but it was there.”
Skies…
What does this mean for us? What shall happen to the monarchy? Are the maji already planning an attack? Will we have any chance of fighting back?
Memories of Father before the Raid play in my head, a paranoid man with grinding teeth and forever graying hair. The man who forced Inan and me into the palace cellar, placing swords in our hands though we were far too young and weak to lift them.
The maji will come for you, he warned. The same words every time he forced us to spar. When they do, you must be prepared.
A message I take from this scene is That, they think all the maji are bad and dangerous. They seem as if they are jealous of them, so they project their jealousy as hate.


Chapter 4 - Zélie
I bite my tongue. There’s no point in arguing. Strong and handsome Kosidán that he is. Tzain doesn’t understand why I need Mama Agba’s training. Boys in Ilorin try to be his friend, girls try to steal his heart. Even the guards flock his way, singing praises of his agbön skills.
He doesn’t understand what it’s like to be me, to walk around in a diviner’s skin. To jump every time a guard appears, never knowing how a confrontation will end.
A message I take from this scene is that Zelie has a slight resentment to her brother because everyone seems to want to be his friend, and he doesn’t have to be afraid when a guard comes knocking, while Zelie, as a deviner, is afraid when the guards come because one wrong move can mean her death, and non-diviners don’t want to be around her Because then the guards attack them as well


Chapter 9 – Zélie
“Mama, are you okay?”
Tears come to her eyes, spilling into the wrinkles of her dark skin. “It’s been so long,” she whispers. “I never thought I would feel the warmth of magic again”
…
“I feel,” she chokes through her silent sobs. “I feel like I can breathe again.”
I feel that when Mama Agba’s magic disappeared, it would feel like a huge whole in her chest would have opened up, and her touching the scroll and getting some of that back would fill that hole and make her feel like herself again.


Chapter 13 - Zélie
I turn back toward Amari and try to let it go. But in her eyes, I see her brother’s. I feel his hands choking me.
“I want to trust her—”
“No, you don’t.”
“Well, even if I did, I can’t. Her father ordered the Raid. Her brother burned down our village. What makes you think she’s any different?”
A message I take from this scene is That Zelie is scared that Amari will betray them, and can’t let go of that fear. She can’t forget what Amari’s family did, even if Amari herself had nothing to do with the raid.

Novel study - Children of Blood and Bone.

In English we have started novel studies. The book we are looking at is called Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. After we finish a chapter, we have to make a link to a part in the chapter. Here is Chapter 1 and 2. I only did 2 though

Chapter 1 - Zélie
I move to help her, but she slaps my hand away. “Ode!”
Fool, she scolds me in Yoruba, the maji tongue outlawed after the Raid. I haven’t heard our language in so long, it takes me a few moments to remember what the word even means.
This could be compared to New Zealand history. Māori language was oppressed for so long, which has led to us not knowing the language so well anymore.

Chapter 2 – Zélie
“It’s a diviner tax.” I grip the draped fabric of my pants, still haunted by the guard’s touch. “They came for Mama Agba, too. Probably hitting every home in Ilorin.”
Tzain presses his fists to his forehead as if he could smash through his own skull. He wants to believe that playing by the monarchy’s rules will keep us safe, but nothing can protect us when those rules are rooted in hate.
This could be compared to Black people at the moment and how things are unfair for them, and the rules seemed to be made out of hate. It can also be related to Apartheid when the whites avoided the Blacks, like the norms are avoiding the Diviners.

TWTWB Chapter Questions (chapter ten)

In English, before we had to go into lockdown, we were reading tomorrow when the war began. We have a bunch of questions per chapter to answer. Here is Chapter Ten.
Soo, I'm meant to of done this more often, but....... I kept forgetting. But now that there is a deadline, I realise how far behind I am. I had been focusing on my story, (Which will be posted later,) and forgot there was other work. sooo..... I may not complete all the work, we will see. now, on to the questions.


1. Why does Homer insist on going on with the plan after Corrie’s house blows up? How does he convince Corrie that this is a good idea? Because they could come back. They could try to bomb the place again.

2. Describe the strategy Home and Ellie use to ensure their safety when riding their bikes into town. What does this show about how they are starting to think? They go slowly, checking around corners, getting more careful as they got closer to town. This shows that they are starting to think with their lives in mind. That they know one wrong move, they die.

3. Why do you think Mr Clement is reluctant to help Lee and Robyn? How would you react in his position. he knows that if he helps them, and they get caught, so will he. I would help if I could.

4.How has Homer changed in Ellie’s eyes since the invasion? he has gotten more mature, he has taken a leadership role. he has gone from a goofy teen with no responsibility to a man in war, making life or death decisions.

5.What are the 2 different types of soldiers and how do they each treat the inhabitants of Wirrawee? There are the professionals and the not so professionals, the Pros tread a little more carefully than the non pros, who seem to shoot anything that moves, shoot now, ask questions later.

6.Why do you think Robyn had the strength to carry Lee? adrenalin, sper of the moment.

7. How have the group decided to rescue Lee, whose idea was this and why do they think it will work. it's a bit of everyone's Idea, and they think it will work because the bulldozer is made of thick metal, therefore it is slightly bullet proof, meaning more protection, it is also heavy, so people will move outta the way

8. What do you think happened to people who ‘tried to be heroes?’ they died.

there you go. Chapter ten. done. Now, to do the rest of them. ugh. But this is what happens when you put it off. you have a lot to in a week. Whoops. welp nothing I can do now.

TWTWB Chapter Questions (Chapter Nine)

In English we are reading 'Tomorrow When The War Began'. After each chapter there are some

questions we need to answer. Here are the chapter Nine questions.

Why, in Ellie’s opinion, is Cobblers Bay and Wirrawee so important to the invaders? -

Because they can port into Cobblers Bay and then make their way inland via Wirrawee

undetected 

Corrie and Ellie reminisce about how innocent they were in high school and even a few days ago.

Why were they still innocent then? Why are they no longer innocent? - They were innocent then

because they thought they were safe, that nothing was wrong. They are no longer innocent

now because they realise that they were no longer safe, and will probably never feel safe again 

Why does Homer think splitting up is a good idea? - Because they can get more things done, and if

one group gets caught, then there are still the rest of them there.

Why do you think the author added the few lines about an Australian jet flying overhead? - To show

that Australia is trying to stop this, to get the invaders out. To show they aren’t the only people. 

By blowing up Corrie’s house, what does the invading force demonstrate to the teenagers? - That they

are in control, they can, and will, get them. That they can’t outsmart them.

Why do you think Corrie reacted the way she did? - her house just got blown up. Right in front

of her, all her memories, all her belongings, all her parents things, everything gone. Before this,

they weren't thinking this is all that bad, now they realise how serious this is.