In the first 20 pages the setting it introduces where Gemma lives. She lives in Bombay, India. The first two chapters take place in teh streets of the city where Gemma and her mother are shopping around for groceries and a cake for Gemma;s sixteenth birthday.
"Overhead, the clouds are thick and dark, giving warning that this is monsoon season, when the floods of rain could fall from the sky in a matter of minutes. In the dusty bazaar the turbaned men chatter and aquawk and bargain, lifting brightly colored silks towards us with brown and sunbaked hands. Everywhere there are carts lined with straw baskets offering every sort of ware and edible -- thin, choppery vases; wooden boxes carved into intricate flower designs; and mangos ripening the heat." page 2. This paragraph is Gemma describing the weather and the sales in India. She wants to move to London and does not like the little carts filled with flower pots and straw baskets.
Another paragraph that shows what Gemma does in India is "We used to go everywhere together, my mother and I -- visiting ancient temples, exploring local customs, watching Hindu festivals, staying up late to see the streets bloom with candlelight." page 3. This is showing the different things that Gemma and her mother did in India in the streets. There is so much to do but Gemma longs to go to London to visit her grandma and go to school there.
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Although this does not directly relate to Gemma, when they speak about the monsoon season it clicks in my head due to how we have learned about this section in global. Monsoon, which is a seasonal wind is someone describe that the rain fall could fall within minutes. I feel that Gemmas relationship with her mother in the past was so strong, and now they are at opposite ends of each other.
ReplyDeleteJessye, I will extremely honest, your post made me laugh. I agree with the feeling that Gemma and her mother's relationship used to be strong and I think its deteriorating as she gets older. I can also sometimes relate to her feelings towards her mom. There are times when my mom and I will fight and I will feel like she is embarrassed to be around me. But I think that everyone will experience that feeling some point in their lives.
ReplyDeleteI think these paragraph really describe the setting well. Gemma dicusses all of these things when she talks about her life in India. SInce she has lived in India for a long time and her surroundings must have affected her life in one way or another. All of these things and her experiences in India also lead to what is to come. The market place is the center of the setting in this scene, and the story line really gets set up through the description of what is going on.
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