Quotes from the Text: What text did you mark?
1. the lawns looked well behaved and boring. The grass grew obediently
2. each green blade standing upright like a tiny soldier.
3. At first what I missed most
were los girasoles,
my tall, unruly friends
with their bright yellow petals
and dark brown faces
Annotations: What notes did you write about the meaning, voice, or mood?
1. The narrator thinks her new home is dull. Using the word boring and expressing a negative attitude about obedience makes her seem young, maybe a teenager.
2. The narrator feels that there is too much order, maybe showing that she is restricted too.
3. The word missed makes me think that the narrator wants to go back to her old home. The bright colors of her friends and her memories of them are different from the dull situation she is experiencing now.
