Active Reading---Week 1 Quotes

Quotes Chp. 1-6

Chapter 1

"The earth is round, like an orange"---I think that this one is important to have because it shows just how far behind they are from the rest of the world. It also shows what kind of improvements they need to make as a society.

"If you have to go crazy, please go crazy all by yourself!...But don't try to put your gypsy ideas into the heads of the children."---They are trying to preserve what little bit they have left of each of their children. It is as of they are trying to shelter them and hide them away from the real dangers of life. Insanity or being a sinner is not what Ursula and the children need in life.

Chapter 2

".....he made his way through the crowd up to the first row, where the gypsy girl was, and he stopped behind her."---He was getting desperate and saw something that he knew he could have and pray on for a while. Nothing was truly stopping him or in his way for anything. And even if the little girl didn't want it, it wouldn't bother him in the least bit.

"She thought that his disproportionate size was something as unnatural as her cousin's tail"--- Having a son that is extremely large in some areas worries her for what incest may have caused. Ursula never wanted it to work out that way and cause as many problems as it once may cause.

Chapter 3

"I'm thinking about Prudencio Aguilar again."---This is the point that all his past catches up with him and becomes one with him. It just doesn't make sense to fit into his lifestyle of living.

"The word of your enemy."--- All the rules given and possibly begin followed doesn't mean that he likes him now. They will always be enemies and fight till the day he dies even if others doubt. it.

Chapter 4

"I've come to sleep with you."--- This quotes amuses me and makes me giggly like a little kid. I seriously can't figure out how sick one guy can be to say such a thing as this about a girl. It just shows the craziness and the magical realism behind the book.

"Rebeca waited for her love at four in the afternoon"--- Everything that she lives for in life is out of her reach now. All she wants is to see her only love and if that meant for her to sit by the window she would. Love is something that takes time to develop and when you find it, it sometimes is hard to let go.

Chapter 5

"You are a woman little sister."--- She is not as big as she once though herself to be. Her life is falling all down around her and she can't stop it for anyone.

Chapter 6

"Go to hell, friend."---I have no reasoning besides it just sounded sooo something we would all tell each other joking around. I like to hear such insults I can try out on others!