Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Discussion Question 1 (Week 2)

Why did Hazel not want to go to the picnic? How does her decision show that the war has created hard times for people? 
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  1. I believe that Hazel didn't want to go to the picnic for several reasons. First, I think that she was mad at Estelle and she didn't want to be with her. If I had played a prank on my older sister like what Hazel did, and she had reacted the way Estelle did I would be pretty angry. I also think that she was stressed about possibly not seeing Jed ever again. On page 9 it says" Don't feel like it... I'm tired of saying goodbye to people. Her dad and her brother had left to help with the war and she was devastated to say good-bye to Jed as well. Her decision shows war is hard for people because many people die in war and she doesn't want Jed to die in the war, or even got to war!

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    1. I feel bad for Hazel on telling people goodbye

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  2. Why Hazel didn’t want to go to the picnic was she already had to say goodbye to people she loved and cared about. I know this because in the text on page 9, Hazel says “I’m not going to the picnic.” “Not going? Why Not?” “Don’t feel like it… I’m tired on telling people goodbye.” “Just last Wensday we had said goodbye to Dad, who’d spent less than a week home before going back to his wartime job in the Portland shipyards. A few months ago my brother, Frank, left to join the Young America Work Corps.” Why her decision shows that the war has created hard times for people, is Men and Boys are going out to risk their lives and families don’t know that they can see them again.

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    1. Nice rad answer Carson. I like that you used a lot of text evidence.

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    2. I love how you used dialogue in your answer such a good idea it brings out how she felt word for word.

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  3. Hazel didn’t go to the picnic because of plenty of reasons one, seeing Jed go off and serve as her father did would be too hard. She has know Jed for such a long time and watching him go would break her heart. If I was her I would stay home too, because if I had to say goodbye to someone so important to me and maybe not being able to see that someone agen would be horrible. Two, Jed hasn’t talked to her in a very long time and not knowing if you will ever talk to that person would be very stressful and make you feel sick. When ever I have to do something hard in swimming before a race I feel like throwing up and really nervous I bett that is how Hazel felt. Last but not least, she must be mad at her sister for being engaged with her best friend that she has known longer than Estel so she won't want to be around her. When I'm mad at Kenley like really mad at her I don’t want to even be around her at all! Hazel’s discussion shows us how hard it was back then because seeing your loved ones leave you is super scary and lots of people die in war and will never come back to you is terrifying.

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    1. I'm surprised Jed and Estelle are engaged

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    2. Your answer is amazing! I loved that you used so much detail.

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    3. Annika I love your thinking and how you connected with your life! I agree with you because I know how you feel when you get mad you don't want to be around that person. Your reasoning is excellent you explained very well. You made connections with text and your life, but you made connections to my life. I completely agree on how hard it would be because with war on the world must be like a big dark place and so hard to find happiness.

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    4. Wow Annika very insightful. I completely agree with you that the ritual of the picnic before someone leaves for the war would be too hard to go through again. Staying home is better than bringing back all your old worries for the people who already left coupled with new ones.

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  4. I like your answer Joshie, it very accurately describes some of the hard times that people had to deal with during war - the separation, the sacrifice of people, relationships and time. These are all precious commodities, things that aren't recoverable, but are instead contributed for the greater good of the cause, the contribution to the war.

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  5. Hazel did not want to go to the picnic because, she already said goodbye to Jed and she did not want to say goodbye knowing that he might never come back. Hazel’s decision showed that the war has created hard times for people, because in the war people were being taken from their families and some people that had to leave could be boys that were 10 and older. And Hazel’s decision showed that when people leave to go to war they knew that they might never be able to see that person ever again in their life. It is also, hard waiting and hoping that they will return, knowing and hoping that a lot of people die and there is a big chance that they don’t return. And she has a person that has been called of to war and may never come back. Now she has two she has Frank and Jed out there somewhere fighting for their freedom.

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    1. I noticed that conversation too. Hazel and Jed had spoken and had a private yet not formal goodbye. This seemed more personal then a picnic with lots of folks. I agree that the picnics seemed almost like a funeral, a chance to say goodbye "in case" they did not come back. It is almost like the picnics had a gray cloud above them, knowing that many of the boys would never come back. Not sure anyone "wants" to go to these events. They seem more like an obligation.

      I agree also that the hard times were about worrying, but what about the crops and work that was left for families to do without these now soldiers. Didn't Jed even ask Hazel to help out his family while he was gone?

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  6. To start, there are many reasons that Hazel didn’t want to go to the picnic. First, Hazel knew that saying goodbye to yet another person was just too hard. She knew that Jed was special but knew that after he left for war it was to hard to think about what would come in the future. She knew that it would be very, very hard to say goodbye to him. I alo think that she didn’t want to go to the picnic because it was a great time to go to the hill. It was perfect because the Lanskis would be occupied because of the picnic for Jed. Also, her mom couldn’t catch Hazel.

    Next, the war going on, just reading this, it changed very many people. It was a dark place when the war was going on and some felt the need to do things. Many people started feeling the urge to do something because they may never get to do it. The war affected so many people it broke many people’s heart. It caused great depression, and it lead to horrible things.

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    1. Grate job Carly!! it looks like you put so much time and effort into this.

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    2. I like the phrase you included "it was too hard to think about what would come in the future". This really captures the uncertainty that so many felt during this time.

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