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NEW BOOK: Queen of the Fall--Memoir and Essays
https://www.wab.org/rochester-reads-2016-queen-of-the-fall-by-sonja-livingston/
Test on A Prayer for the Dying on Thursday--Essay Response
To prepare for the test, be sure you have read the novel and today write a response to the following questions. Refer to the text as evidence!
5. Jacob is a
veteran of the Civil War. How does his experience there affect the way
he behaves in the crisis in Friendship? How did the war change him?
6.
How would you describe the relationship between Jacob and Doc? How do
their different ideas about the world lead to different strategies for
handling the outbreak in Friendship?
7. How does Jacob’s relationship
with Marta affect his behavior in the outbreak? How do his priorities
as a father and husband conflict with his responsibility to the town?
8.
How do you interpret the book’s ending? What is Jacob choosing when he
returns to Friendship? What do you imagine happening to him next?
9. Is Jacob sane at the end of the book? How does the author demonstrate the changes in his mind as conditions worsen?
10.
“You’ve stopped believing in evil,” the narrator says of Jacob early in
the story (p. 6). “Is that a sin?” Is there evil in this story? Does
Jacob come to see it by the end?
11. How do the book’s two epigraphs relate to each other? Why do you think the author chose them?
12.
Jacob is committed throughout the book to saving Friendship, and
willing to sacrifice himself if necessary. Is he naïve? Does his
commitment to principle do more harm than good in the end?
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ReplyDelete7. Jacobs relationship with Marta affects his behavior during the outbreak by leaving him torn between two places to which he feels devoted. He wants to be a good father and husband, but also feels the need to put his life at risk and protect his town.
8. When Jacob returns to Friendship, he is choosing his family, the ones that he loves, over his town. He is done trying to save them. To some degree, he is choosing what he does over religion itself. Next, he probably goes on with his life. He is sacrificial, he is damaged and changed.
9. Jacob is sane, but he is a wee bit messed up. His entire understanding of religion and God has been shattered. He is not insane, is his distraught.
10. Jacob sees the perceived evil of God by the end of the story, because he does not help or stop the death of undeserving people. He is also exposed to the savagery of desperate human beings. By the end, he has some degree of respect for religion and god, but understands the power of fate, and how it can not be changed.
11. The author chose these two epigraphs because they relate so closely to the message of the novel. They describe Jacobs own struggle with religion and God.
12. Jacob is completely naive, he is stubbornly brave. He feels this otherworldly duty to protect his town beyond the normal standards and requirements and it leaves him a damaged and changed man with very little left.
7. Jacob’s relationship with Marta affected his behavior during the outbreak substantially. His wife’s presence kept him going and driven to keep people alive. She motivated him to be the ‘hero’ he wanted to be. When his wife and child became ill and died, Jacob became crazy. He felt like he had failed the town since he had failed to keep his family alive.
ReplyDelete8. As the book ended, Jacob returned to the town of Friendship. He chose to do so as a symbol for him choosing the town and the people who remained. He says “tonight you need to be with the ones you love” (195). Overall, the ending represented him choosing the town, not running away.
9. At the end of the book, Jacob is not sane. This is represented through his behavior with his wife and daughter. When they died, Jacob continued to move their bodies as if they were still alive. This shows that he was not sane at the end of the book. Their deaths made him go crazy, losing them did.
10. The evil in the story is the disease itself. Although Jacob chose to disregard all evils, he comes to realize this at the end. He sees that the disease took everyone that he loved. Therefore, evils do exist to him. This shows how his character changes throughout the story.
11. The two epigraphs strongly correlate with Jacob’s struggles as a character. The first one reflects Jacob’s character and how despite the circumstances, he remained loyal to his people and time. The second epigraph strongly reflects Jacob’s struggle with his faith that was seen throughout the whole story. As the disease progressed, Jacob began doubting his faith. However, at the end he chose God like the quote suggests.
12. Jacob’s strong loyalty and connection to his town doesn’t make him naïve per say, however it does make him have a clouded vision. He feels he has this duty to protect everyone which as a result, makes his vision clouded. He no longer realizes when he needs to save himself. This extreme loyalty only gave the town a feeling of security that was much needed at this time.
ReplyDelete5. Jacob is a veteran from the civil war. He is handling friendship differently from the regular people. He had always seen the bad in people and doesn’t want to make it worst so he doesn’t mess with friendships.
6. The relationship between Jacob and Doc doesn’t always have a great fall it seems to have a downfall. The each have different plans or ideas and it takes a role on their friendship.
7. Jacobs relationship with Marta affects his behavior during the outbreak by leaving him torn between two places to which he feels dedicated. He wants to be a good father and husband, he feels to put his life at risk and protect his town.
8. When Jacob returns to Friendship, he is choosing his family over his town. He is done trying to save them. He is choosing religion itself. He goes on with his life. He is sacrificial, he is hurt and changed.
9. Jacob is same but a little messed up. His whole understanding of religion and God has been crushed. He is not stupid, is his distraught.
10. Jacob sees the seeming evil of God by the end of the story, because he does not help or stop the death of undeserving people. He is also unprotected to the cruelty of worried humans. By the end, he has some mark of respect for religion and god, but knows the power of outcome, and how it can’t be changed.
11. The author chose these two epigraphs because they communicate so closely to the message of the novel. Jacobs own struggle with religion and God.
12. Jacob is completely unexperienced, he is stubbornly brave. He feels this weird duty to protect his town beyond the normal standards and wants and it leaves him a damaged and changed man with very little left.
7. Jacob’s relationship with Marta affects his behavior in the outbreak because it caused him to be torn between two things that he was dedicated to. He is trying to be a family man and protect his town at the same time.
ReplyDelete8. The end of the book was very interesting. When Jacob returns to Friendship, he chooses his family’s needs over the town’s needs. Somewhat, he is choosing his job over his religion. He tries to go on with his life, despite the damage that he has faced.
9. At the end of the book, Jacob is sane. The author shows the various changes throughout this book in his mind. His perception of religion has been altered completely. He is changed forever, and traumatized. But, he is still sane.
10. There is a greater evil in the story, which Jacob recognizes eventually. He sees the alleged evil of God by the end of the novel, because he doesn’t stop good people from dying.
11. These two epigraphs were chosen because they relate to the message of the novel. They describe Jacobs struggle with religion and God.
12. Jacob is naive, is stubbornly loyal. He feels this duty to protect his town despite the normal requirements. It leaves him a damaged and changed man with very little left.
7. Jacob’s experience affect the way he behaves in the crisis of Friendship because his wife kept him going and motivated him in helping the people. He started feel that he had failed the town because his wife and child and became ill which resulted with him becoming crazy.
ReplyDelete8. As the book ended, Jacob comes back to the town and back to Friendship. Jacob choses to return back to Friendship and to the town with the people remaining because he felt that it represented a symbol for him.
9. Jacob is not sane at the end of the book. This demonstrates that he started become a little messed up when his wife and child became ill and died. His condition worsen by the many deaths of the people in the town which made him go insane.
10. The disease and God are the evil in the story. As he comes to the end, he realizes that the disease took his loved ones away and how God himself did not stop the disease from spreading.
11. The first epigraph reveals how Jacob no matter what’s happening he stayed loyal to his people. The second epigraph reveals how he started to struggle with his faith and his religious beliefs that was seen throughout the story. But overall, in the end Jacob choses God as the virus spread.
12. Jacob is naïve and loyal throughout the book to saving Friendship and willing the sacrifice himself for the people. This commitment that he made leaves him a bit insane.
7.Jacob's mom motivated him to keep going. Because when he lost his family he start to go out of his mind and she pushed him to stay on track
ReplyDelete8.He chose to go back to the town which he was from it said "tonight he would be with the ones he love" he chose to go back to save his family
9.He did end up going crazy he was moving their bodies trying to make it seem like they were still alive but he felt like it was a religious thing.
10.The evil in the story is him being sick. Because he couldn't decide weather he was doing what he was doing for god or if it was his fate.
11.He wanted to make sure the message got through clearly.
12.He does what ever he can to protect people and would go to extremes to make sure everyone is safe. But it still leaves him mentally damaged.
7. Jacob’s relationship with Marta affects his behavior during the outbreak by stuck between two places. He literally wants to be a good husband and father but then he also feels the need to risk his life to protect the town.
ReplyDelete8. When he returned to Friendship, he chooses his family over town.
9. Jacob is sane but slightly messed up in the head.
10. There is a much greater evil in the story and Jacob recognizes it later on. Jacob sees the alleged evil of God at the end of the novel because he doesn’t stop the good people from dying.
11. These two epigraphs were chosen because they relate to the message of the novel. They describe Jacob’s struggle with religion and God
12. He was stubborn. He feels this sudden duty to protect his town and the requirements to do so leaves him so damaged and messed up with very little left with him.
ReplyDelete7. Marta affected Jacob in a positive during the time of the out break. She sort of kept him motivated . When his wife died he became depressed and feel crazy. he felt he failed because his family had died.
8.Instead of running away Jacob decided to go back to town and be with his loved ones so maybe he could save his family
9. I felt as the book went on Jacob got worse and worse because by the end of the book he felt as if he failed everyone.
10. I believe that there is sin inside of the story the author leads towards it in the beginning of the story. Jacob denies it but towards the end of the book he realizes it when everyone he loved gets taken away.
11. I think the author chose to show his struggle as a character throughout the story
7) Their relationship affect his behavior during the outbreak because she motivated his to be a hero like he aspired to be. He is torn with his responsibilities as a husband and father and his responsibilities to the town.
ReplyDelete8) Jacob chose to go back to the town and ultimately chose his family over the town.
9) I still consider Jacob to be sane though his faith in God has been altered and the loss of his family caused him to weird things. I think its normal for him to go through.
10) Jacob sees what he believes is evil in God because he didn’t stop the disease and he let it take his family from him
11) The two epigraphs show the moral battle Jacob goes through during the plague. How he is fighting with his faith in God.
12) Jacob is very naïve. The war has affected him and caused him to feel a responsibility to the town.