Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Rhianna Hart
English
Chu Ju's House-Discussion Director
4/19/2016
Chu Ju's House-Discussion Director
For literacy circles I read nine chapters of Chu Ju's House by Gloria Whelan. For this round I was Discussion Director, in which I create five different questions to ask the rest of my group. Fourteen year old Chu Ju's Ma Ma is pregnant, and it had better be a baby boy, since the Chinese law says only two children per family. A boy is said to bring honor to the household. The baby turns out to be a little girl which they name Hua, which means blossom in Chinese. Nai Nai states that if they were to keep Hua Chu Ju would need to disappear. To save her sister Chu Ju runs away. 

The first question I asked my group was, why is it an honor to have a so in Chu Ju's tradition?
My answer was that it is important to have a son in her tradition since the Chinese law says only two children per family, and a son brings great honor to a household.
Prachi said "They wanted a baby boy so that their family was honored by him".

The second question i asked was, what does baby Hua's name mean?
My answer was her name means blossom in Chinese.
Ines said, "It means Blossom!".


The third question I asked was, under what circumstance could the family keep Hua according to Nai Nai?
My answer to this question was they could only keep Hua if some how Chu Ju disappeared.
Prachi stated, "If Chu Ju left home".

The fourth question I asked my group was, why was Chu Ju kicked out of YiYi, Bo, Wu, and Zhong's fishing boat?
My answer to this question was because after a year of living with them and learning new things Chu Ju decided to tell them the truth about her and her family and that her family was looking for her.
Katy stated, "Because Chu Ju told them the truth that her family was looking for her".

The last question I asked them was, Why did Chu Ju go to Shanghai?
My answer was, Chu Ju went to Shanghai to bail Quan out of jail with the money he sent his mother frequently.
Nurul answered, "To pay for Quan to get out of jail".

After reading most of the book I quite enjoyed it, however is it also quite sad since Chu Ju ran away to save her sister. I would recommend this book to many people who enjoy sad but caring stories about children.

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