Friday, December 10, 2010

I am not Esther

I am not Esther Quiz:

1.  where does Kirby's mom go?
2.  where does Kirby go to live after her mom leaves?
3. which child at the Pilgrim house is Esther's favorite?
4. who ran away from the Pilgrim family?
5. where are they when they see Mariam?
6. what do they name Aunt Naomi's baby?
7. what illness does Kirby's mom have in the end?
8. who is the suspicious visitor at the door?
9. where do the children go when they do something really bad?
10. who does Kirby/Esther run away with?

Three themes of the book:

        One of the big themes in this book is that you need to be yourself. Kirby Greenland is a girl who likes to have fun and is confident in her self in the beginning of the novel, but at the end she is starting to wonder who she is. When she is named "Esther," she starts acting and talking like "Esther" would, and she stops knowing who she is, or who she wants to be. And in the end when she is back to Kirby, she starts to miss Esther and wants to talk and act like her again. She can't decide, and the main theme of this book is to be yourself.
       Anther of the important themes is that everyone needs to be loved. In the Pilgrim house, Uncle Caleb calls his wife "Wife," and his children "Child," and their household lacks love for each other. when Kirby does something bad, she is sent to the discipline room to study and be quiet for a whole day. When Naomi is sick, nobody cries or seems sad. Nobody is loved, and Esther/Kirby is the one who needs the most love, but who is getting none.
          The last theme of the book is family is important. When Kirby's mom leaves, Kirby has to go stay with her horrible uncle, Uncle Caleb, who doesn't really believe that family is important. The whole Pilgrim family doesn't really care about family, like when Zillah was very sick and Aunt Naomi was sick as well, the Pilgrims didn't cry or appear to be sad. Esther/Kirby needed a family. When her brother showed up, she is happy because she realizes that she has a family other than the horrible Pilgrims. 
  

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