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Leah

Leah. Pages 223 – 236. How is Leah’s character changing?. Religious beliefs 233 Relationship with her father 229, 231-232 Relationship with her sisters (Ruth May) 224, 235-236. Leah and Anatole (227-234). What does he bring over? Sustenance for her family’s survival

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Leah

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  1. Leah Pages 223 – 236

  2. How is Leah’s character changing? • Religious beliefs • 233 • Relationship with her father • 229, 231-232 • Relationship with her sisters (Ruth May) • 224, 235-236

  3. Leah and Anatole (227-234) • What does he bring over? • Sustenance for her family’s survival • An important message • Roles of men and women in the Kilanga tribe • 227-229 • How is Anatole’s character developing?

  4. Anatole’s News (229-236) • MoiseTshombe declared the Katanga Province independent from the Congo • Why? Can he even do this? • Who’s support does he have?

  5. Waiting for Help • Prime Minister Lumumba believes in unified Congo. Reaches out to: • United Nations • Soviet Union • Implications?

  6. THEMES • Cultural Misunderstanding • Misunderstanding between cultures comes not from a lack of awareness but a lack of concern. • Truth • Truth is subjective and never absolute. • Exploitation • Exploitation is perpetuated by those in power in order to take away a person’s voice. • Coming of Age • True transformation comes from exposure to conflicting ideas and gradual growth.

  7. Multiple Choice Questions (These should be given to Ms. Mazza, Ms. Harvey, Ms. Grotts separately ) 1. Anatole and Leah’s relationship begins to grow when • a. Leah teaches Anatole more about the bible. • b. Anatole teaches Leah where she can catch the largest frogs. • c. They try to adopt Nelson. • d. Leah learns the language and Anatole breaks customs by bringing her gifts

  8. 2. When Anatole and Leah are talking about the differences between American and Kilangan ways of life: • a. Anatole is shocked to hear that almost every family in Bethlehem has an automobile. • b. Anatole tells Leah that money makes people happy. • c. Leah tells Anatole that she dislikes Kilangan culture and wants to go home. • d. Leah tells Anatole that she never wants to go home to America.

  9. 3. If Anatole was opposing a religious institution, like he is Mobutu’s regime, he could be considered • blasphemous because: • a. He upholds the religious mission by working with Leah and the Nuns to support Mobutu. • b. He respects Mobutu’s regime and is even willing to be taken to jail for it. • c. He tries to defile the Mobutu regime’s plan to take control of the Congo by working with • Pro-Lumumbists. • d. He is pious in his actions towards the Mobutu regime.

  10. Why does this chapter matter for the whole novel? • Highlights Leah’s changing narrative voice. • Highlights the difference between Anatole’s and Leah’s truth, OR the difference between those who LIVE in Africa’s truth and America’s truth (THINK KONY). • Foreshadows how the political conflicts might directly affect the Prices as a family.

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