adjective
monotonously—used to describe something that is boring because it is always the same.
The Shawl by Louise Erdrich
“‘She became a gray sky stared monotonously at the wall, sometimes wept into her hands for hours at s time”
The narrator shows how the mother became depressed that she was in love with a man who lives else where. she was sad and just stared into the wall that was the same.
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Aleut– a member of a people of the Aleutian and Shumagin islands and the western part of Alaska Peninsula.
Definition 2- the language of the Aleuts
What you pawn i will redeem by Sherman Alexie
When I got to the wharf, I ran into three Aleut cousins, who sat on a wooden bench and stared out at the bay and cried.
These Aleuts smelled like salmon, I thought, and they told me they were going to sit on that wooden bench until their boat came back.
The narrator was trying to describe a certain kind of Indian froma part of Alaska, which links to the second sentence when he states these Aleuts smelled like salmon.
Regalia noun \ri-ˈgāl-yə\
a : special clothes and decorations (such as a crown or scepter) for official ceremonies
b : special clothing of a particular kind
“But the strangest thing of all was the old powwow-dance regalia I saw hanging in the window.”
What you Pawn I will Redeem paragraph 6
I don’t know what I expected regalia to be but it wasn’t a special adornment. I thought it to be an heirloom of sorts that was passed down from previous generations.
Smother verb \ˈsmə-thər\
a : to kill (someone) by covering the face so that breathing is not possible
b : to try to keep (something) from happening : to try to stop doing (something)
“She was afraid to fall asleep; she slept with the weight of her thigh on Magda’s body; she was afraid she would smother Magda under her thigh.”
The Shawl paragraph 6
Rosa is afraid to fall asleep because she was scared the weight of her thigh might kill baby Magda.
Exploit verb \ik-ˈsploit, ˈek-ˌ\
a: to make productive use of : utilize <exploiting your talents> <exploit your opponent’s weakness>
b: to make use of meanly or unfairly for one’s own advantage <exploiting migrant farm workers>
“He became, for us, a thing to be avoided, outsmarted, and exploited.”
The Shawl paragraph 11
Initially I thought of exploited as a noun and it didn’t make much sense since the other two words were verbs. The father was a thing for that was to be avoided, outsmarted and utilized.
Febrile adjective \ˈfe-ˌbrī(-ə)l\
a: marked or caused by fever : feverish
“Rosa saw that today Magda was going to die, and at the same time a fearful joy ran in Rosa’s two palms, her fingers were on fire, she was astonished, febrile: Magda, in the sunlight, swaying on her pencil legs, was howling.”
The Shawl paragraph 10
I wasn’t sure but I thought the word was closely related to madness. She was instead feverish (not the sick kind). Rosa was overcome with great emotion and was greatly excited at Magda finally dying.
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Temerity
Noun
Termerity– reckless boldness; rashness.
‘’A few of the ladies had the temerity to call, but were not received, and the only sign of life about the place was the Negro man–a young man then–going in and out with a market basket.’’
The Narrator explain that the women had the heart to call but nothing came from it. The only thing that are was the men with the market basket
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Verb
Deprecation– to express earnest disapproval of.
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Defination 2. to urge reasons against; protest against (ascheme, purpose, etc.).
The next day he received two more complaints, one from a man who came in diffident deprecation. “We really must do something about it, Judge. I’d be the last one in the world to bother Miss Emily, but we’ve got to do something.”
The narrator was showing the disapproval and wanted to do something about it when he states Judge we have to do something about it.
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Aleut is a noun
According to the Merriam Webster online dictionary Aleut means: a member of a people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands, other islands in the Bering Sea, and parts of western Alaska.
On page 7 of the story Jackson stated, ” When I got to the wharf, I ran into three Aleut cousins, who sat on a wooden bench and stared at the bay and cried.” These Aleuts were from Alaska. They were homesick and wanted to leave Seattle to return to their home.
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