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About Me
- Mrs. Rigsby
- I grew up in a suburb of Chicago and attended the University of Missouri at Columbia for my undergrad. I have a Masters in Elementary Education from Regis. I come from a family with four kids. My sister is a teacher in Chicago. One of my brothers lives here and the other one lives in Chicago. I moved here because my husband loved Colorado and I loved him. As it turns out,I love Colorado as well.
Winnie's life at home is pretty misrable at home, I feel bad for her being an only child and wants a sibling. She really needs one, so that's why she ran away. I feel so sorry for her, thinking she was kidnapped even though she was only being protected by the Tucks. I have one question about the Tucks; why is the father called Tuck, is that's their last name?
ReplyDeleteBack to Winnie, she's so lonely talks to ugly toads! On page 13 it says, "and said to a large toad who was squatting a few yards across the road, 'I will, though. You'll see.'" I think that part is important, because it shows she will (or might) run away.
Please answer my question,
Avery :)
Winnie's life at home is not that fun for her. She has to do chores alot. On page 50, it states "Winnie had grown up with order. She was used to it. Under the pitiles double assaults of her mother and grandmother, the cottage was always sqeaking clean..." She is used to doing work in the house.
ReplyDeleteOnce she goes to the woods and gets kidnapped, she is very suprised at the Tuck's house, because there are hardly any rules or chores. There are dirty dishes stacked in the sink. Everywhere there are things random things strung. At dinner,one of them eats on his chair. When she visits them, she can't believe how unorganized the Tucks are.
TABITHA
Winnie's life sucks at home. Her parents are clean-obbsessed rule freaks,who,if something is not done, they yell at her. I think she ran awy because she wanted a new life. Her life repeated itself over and over before. Also, she wanted show the toad wrong. In her mind, she thought the toad could remember what she said. Like on page 23, it says, "And when she remembered the toad, she felt even more disheartened. What if the toad should be out by the fence today? What if he should laugh at her secretly and think she was a coward?"
ReplyDeleteJoshua
Winnie's life at home is different than ours. She is very protected and can't do what she really wants to. She has no free will, and is overly protected by her parents. "Winifred! Don't sit on that dirty grass. You’ll stain your boots and stockings. (page 14) She is influenced heavily by entering the forest, she thought she was being kidnapped and was very scared. She then noticed that it was good to be guarded, but not as much.
ReplyDeleteCamilla
Winnie's life at home is prim and proper. she has to be perfect, and clean. she is feed good food, and sleeps on a comfortable bed. when she goes into the woods she is captured by the Tuck family. she is taken to an unclean home, with lumpy uncomfortable couches, and is asked by jesse to drink from the water, to live forever. that is when she is seventeen. the Tuck family is unruly, and filthy. this changes winnie's thought of the world. this makes her homsick. on page 57 winnie says " I want to go home." she sayed this because she was scared, and wanted he old life back.
ReplyDeleteReily
Winnie's life is like living in a cage for her. She has never been out of her home. The musicbox filled her with curiousity. The thought of adventure and finding out what was making the music lured her out. "Well, anyway, she could at least slip out, right now, she decided, and go into the wood. Too see what had really made the music the night before. That would be something, anyway.She did not allow herself to consider the idea that making a difference in the world might require a bolder venture." [pg.23] She is nervous at first, but the toad's presence encouraged her to go out.
ReplyDelete~Camryn
I think that Winnie is anoyed with with her grandma and wants to run away. When she ran away and found the Tucks I think her adventure started. When the man in the yellow suit heard about the spring youy know that he will be the bad guy. When the Tucks find out that the yellow dude knows I think that they will need Winnies help to find him. I think that Wennie got fed up with her grandma and ran away.
ReplyDeleteWinnie's life at home is organized and untouchable. On page 50 it says, "Under the pitiless double assaults of her mother and grandmother, the cottage where she lived was always squeaking clean, mopped and swept and scoured into limp submission. There was no room for carelessness, no putting things off until later." There were things that she could do and things that she couldn't. When she enters the forest, there is no specific order. Nothing is a certain shape. Everything is free minded and jumbled up. Winnie is not used to this, but it makes her happy. It also makes her feel free and relaxed. When she gets to the spring, she is very confused that she is not allowedto drink from it. If everything else in the forest is so free, then why is she being given orders about one small spring?
ReplyDelete~Devon