Vocabulary:
Snatch: take away, grab, take quickly, take with force
Taking off full blast: running away as fast as possible
Turn you loose: let go
Frail and willow-wild: scrawny, weak
Furnished: décor, design, set up for and has furniture for that
use
Make a dash for it: make a run for it, run away, escape
Icebox: old-fashioned word for refrigerator
Latching: grab and hold, hold onto
Barren: empty, bleak
Stoop – Par 2 “She still held him, but she bent down enough to
permit him to stoop and pick up her purse.”
Verb (action): bend, lower yourself
Stoop – last par “…He couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and
looked back at the large woman in the door.”
Noun (thing): small front porch, usually in a common building
Discussion Questions:
1. Nothing,
that he didn’t say thank you, she was very trusting, she was so nice
2. Troubled,
neglected, no positive role models, probably lives in a bad area, hungry, frail
3. He said
he wanted shoes. Old lady, big, heavy bag, wouldn’t be able to catch him (easy
target)
4. Poor
(rents in a boarding house), single, not well educated, hard upbringing
5. Trying
to be a good person, trying to see the good in the kid, she’s just a nice lady,
she understands
To show him he’s worthwhile, someone cares, teach him a lesson
deterrent? Probably not, he might consider it
deterrent? Probably not, he might consider it
6. Broken
window theory cleaning –symbolic (wash away sins) literally encouraging him to
take better care of himself. To relate to him. She knows it’s probably not a
good situation. She doesn’t want to embarrass him.
7. Probably not.
8. He wants to be on her
good side, like she can trust him. Doesn’t want to let her down.
9. Guilty conscience, or doing
bad brings bad back to you
10. confused, he probably
has never had to say that before, overwhelmed
11. Yeah because he got
off easily. No because it made an impact on him and made him rethink his
actions.
12. Some people just need
guidance, trust, and someone who cares
13. not everyone intends
to be hurtful, sometimes they just need guidance | sometimes advice is more
effective than punishment | have compassion, be understanding | don’t judge too
quickly
