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SEEDFOLKS REVIEW

SEEDFOLKS REVIEW. Ana. Old Romanian resident in the same apartments where Wendell lives Spent time working at a parole office Suspicious of Kim’s activities in the garden. Amir. Indian Believed that people tried to avoid each other in America Grew eggplants

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SEEDFOLKS REVIEW

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  1. SEEDFOLKS REVIEW

  2. Ana • Old Romanian resident in the same apartments where Wendell lives • Spent time working at a parole office • Suspicious of Kim’s activities in the garden

  3. Amir • Indian • Believed that people tried to avoid each other in America • Grew eggplants • Learned about his Polish neighbor who had been in a concentration camp

  4. Florence • This character’s father called their ancestors “Seedfolks” because they were the first to settle in Colorodo • Missed the garden during the winter

  5. Sae Young • Korean woman • Owned a dry cleaning business with her husband before he died • She was robbed and became afraid of people • She bought funnels to help get water to the garden

  6. Virgil • Haitian • Father drives a taxi • Father plants lettuce because the family needs money • Finds a locket in the garden that comes to symbolize hope that the garden will help the family

  7. Maricela • 16-year old Mexican • Does not enjoy working in the garden • Makes a connection with Leona, who gives her some of the goldenrod she grew to help with her pregnancy

  8. Curtis • Muscular African American male • Grew tomatoes in order to impress his ex-girlfriend Lateesha • Hired Royce to protect his tomatoes

  9. Gonzalo • Young Guatemalan • Speaks English • Has to care for his Tio Juan • Brings Tio Juan to the garden where he is able to find a place where he can act like a man again

  10. Sam • Older Jewish man • Friendly • Starts a contest for the best idea to get water to the garden • Interested in bringing the people in the garden together

  11. Nora • British nurse • Cares for Mr. Myles • The reader learns about Mr. Myles through her point of view because he doesn’t speak • Plants flowers

  12. Leona • Grew up in Atlanta • Plants goldenrod in honor of her grandmother • Demanding and determined when it came to convincing the city to clear the lot

  13. Kim • Young Vietnamese girl • Honors her father each year at an altar on the anniversary of his death • Plants the first seeds (Lima beans) in the garden

  14. Wendell • Middle-aged White man from Kentucky • Janitor at the local school • Son and wife both died • Discovers a way that he can change things from working in the garden, regardless of the past

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