Whiteout Chapter Eight
Questions 38,39& 42
Please note- ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED DURING CLASS TIME
Questions for chapter 7& 8 are due at the end of class on Thursday.
New Characters
· Shoona- Panee's friend
Plot Summary
· Jon is desperate to go to school
· Jon was not asked to work at the store
· Jon is getting cabin fever
· Jon borrowed books from his uncle
· He finds his uncle’s collection of ivory sculpture, Jon encounters the half seal / half woman again
· Calvin assigns Jon the chore of shoveling the path to the ammunition shed
· Pudlo shows Jon how to use a snow knife.
· Jon feels pride when Panee compliments his work
· The school superintendent directs Mr. Walski to allow Jon to teach in the evening after class
What we learn about “Kabloona”
· It is a book written about a French explorers travels
· Written about a time before World War II (1945)
· The Inuit lived off the land by hunting and fishing
· The Inuit lived in Igloos
Reoccurring images/ symbols
· The carving of the green goddess. The half woman, half seal Arctic Goddess Sedna (see above image)
Reoccurring theme
· Loneliness and rejection
Dictionary items:
Sedna – the Arctic goddess
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