Thursday, April 8, 2010

Chapter 17 - gold for chicken

If you were in Ma's position, what possessions would you trade in for food? How would you feel if you were tricked and didn't get any food? What would you do?
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18 comments:

  1. rangelxDApril 10, 2010 at 5:02 PM

    I think the part when the man robs ma of her earings was a time where she was really scared because she got physically hurt =(

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  2. ZinnApril 11, 2010 at 2:53 PM

    It must be very difficult to worry about whether or not you will get food - ever. I like to think that I would be brave enough to give up my earrings for food - or my favorite shirt, or the necklace my father gave me - but I know that it would be hard to do in the moment. And then, if I didn't even get the food, I think my heart would break, even if my spirit didn't.

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  3. Madison AlcantaraApril 12, 2010 at 4:27 PM

    It was really brave of ma to even try and get food for Geak because she didn't know if she was even going to get it. If I were in ma's position I would trade anything I had even if it wouldn't be worth much, any little thing counts.

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  4. rayquanperezApril 12, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    I feel sorry for lounges mother because all she try to do is feed her family and the Khmer rouge beat her like she was an animal

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  5. joshua poloniaApril 12, 2010 at 6:57 PM

    i will trade in my furniture and stuff that i dont need. i will get mad and just move on and trade with someone else

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  6. amandaApril 13, 2010 at 8:37 AM

    i will get mad because if i try to do something and it didnt go as well as i planned to i will get upset

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  7. chickadeeC ;)April 14, 2010 at 3:38 PM

    I knew it ! I knew once the lady said 'come back tomorrow' that it would be a set up! Honestly, as much as i hate to say it- I would do ANYTHING to provide food for my family. My family has always done the most they can for me and more. So if it meant giving up my earrings, I wouldn't even think twice.

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  8. Tyler BApril 15, 2010 at 6:15 AM

    Loung got a day off from working so hard and she visited her mom.

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  9. Kayla TorresApril 16, 2010 at 7:22 PM

    If I was Ma I would trade anything that I could for food. It's more important to have food than earrings. What are earrings going to do for you if you're starving? If my trade happened to be a setup I would be outraged but I know I couldn't do anything even if I wanted to. So I would have to move on.

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  10. shayeedaApril 22, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    i Would give my earring.if i was treated i would feel complete disapointment and sadness cause i cant get meat for my child and in result was beaten for trying to keep me child alive

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  11. Raymond MMay 11, 2010 at 2:05 PM

    I would trade what I had to trade either it was furniture or jewelry. You need a meal to live so I would get over with it and trade.

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  12. Tyler R.May 14, 2010 at 8:50 AM

    If I was Ma,
    I would trade either jewerly or furniture.
    Or something that I didn't really care about.
    If it was something valuable, it would be difficult for me to give up. But at the same time I know its something that I must do for my survival.

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  13. NellyMay 15, 2010 at 7:10 PM

    If I was in Ma's position, I would give anything I could just to save my kids, it would be my job as a mother. I would cry for a bit then get mad. But I would remember that this may have been a bad thing that happen to me but I tried for my kids. Then I would think of what I should do an other day to try live.

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  14. Maya Peters DavisMay 17, 2010 at 5:37 PM

    I would give anything to make sure my family was safe, so if I was ma I would've given all I could. Now if I got cheated and didn't get that food there would be some serious problems between me and the person I "traded" with.

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  15. Jasmine MartinezMay 20, 2010 at 4:16 PM

    I'll just give everything I had to get food And for my family even more and i get nothing for it I just beat up that person hell yes i do but the one that got beat up was ma by the khmer rouge i think that was totally rude Dx

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  16. Vanessa RivasMay 23, 2010 at 6:50 AM

    If I were in Ma's position I would trade my rings, but if the Khmer Rouge had taken my jewelery, I would trade anything just like Maya would. I would feel very betrayed and scared at how much you can't trust people even when you are trading something with them.

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  17. christianJune 15, 2010 at 9:25 PM

    i would give everything at that point, i woulden't had cared about anything but some food for me and my family. If i was to be betrayied by the person im exchanging things with i would of secretly tried to form a revolution because united we will all stand

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  18. sam ettorreJune 20, 2010 at 12:46 PM

    When Loung sees her mom and Geak after so long, it was so great. But this is a really sad chapter because of her mom getting beaten and because Geak is so tiny and weak.

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