The Leavers Ch. 10 Chart PDF

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They said I was brave; they were awestruck when I told them how long I’d been in the city. “You’ll get used to it” I said. ‘It gets easier...

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The Leavers Chapter 10 9/8/20 Classwork: Relationship?

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Reveals?

Internal Polly

“They said I was brave; they were awestruck when I told them how long I’d been in the city. “You’ll get used to it” I said. ‘It gets easier.’” 178

Resilience Strength

Polly & Deming

“What if I had forgotten how to be with you, or screwed you up by sending you away?” 182

Scared Unknown

Polly & Leon

“I saw the man’s secret smile, high weighty brow, the eyes that tugged down at the corners and wanted to unlock him.” 181 “as you filled into a new person, so did I, and I tucked the years without you away as another triumph, another thing I’d survived.” 186

New beginnings Mysterious Drawn too

Internal Polly

Polly & Leon

“But the way he strung his curses together in dialect, quick like running water, his striking familiarity, made me laugh and join in.” 187

New beginnings Tough/resilience

Follow/comfortable Connected Safe

Indecision/struggles

Internal Polly

“I imagined being without papers for the rest of my life…I didn’t want a small, resigned life, but I also craved certainty, safety.” 191

Internal battle

Internal Polly

“This October would be followed by another winter, another spring, until it was time for October again.” 205

Repetition Routine Longing

“Leon tossed the ball. You caught it and lobbed it back. How did I get here?” 196 “There was this one Sunday…that we rode the subway to a point you picked out on the map. It had been a long time since we had done this.” 198

Perfection Familiar comfortable

Polly & Leon

Polly & Deming

Sacred Memories from the past

Classwork (independent): fill in the last TWO rows – you may choose either Polly & Deming OR Polly & Leon but you may not use Internal Polly*

Homework: Re-read chapter 11 and chapter 12 Finish your project!...