Thursday, April 30, 2009

chapter 5

word:
itadakimatsau: it means lets eat
gochisohsama: it means youre done eating
kerosene: combustible hydrocarbon liquid
sanji: three o' clock

plot: in this chapter tomi and his papa take billy out to go fishing and they see a p-40 tomahawk and a new character is introduced named sanji

other did you know sharks are more scavenger than predator

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

chapter four

words:
butsudan: a alter like thing

plot:
tomi was talking to billy and tomi has a katana under his bed and it talked about how this is the honor of his family and tomi's dog lucky is going to give birth

other: did you know a tatami mat rolled up has the same denseity as bone

Friday, April 24, 2009

chapter three

words
tumbler:One of a breed of domestic pigeons characteristically tumbling or somersaulting in flight.
convoy:a group of vehicles or ships travelling together [Old French convoier to convey]
stucco:
plaster used for coating or decorating outside walls
howitzer: a large gun that fires shells at a steep angle [Czech houfnice stone-sling]

plot:
there were talkin about the war going on and about how they are afraid of being drafted out and they talked about mr raymos's life and how he wanted to be a lawyer but he decided to teach because his brother got arrested for robbing a convienience store and how he wanted to make a diffronce before not after the fact

other: the new york yankies are one of the most well paid base ball teams in the world

Thursday, April 23, 2009

chapter two

words:
hana-kuso: booger


plot:
in the plot a new character named keet is introduced and he is a bully to tomi but a flash back reveals that once there were good friends then keet said he didn't want to hang out with tomi anymore and took a pocket knife he found in the forest and then they got into a fight. and his papa was very angry at him because he had desgraced the family name

other:when you blink your eyes go into the back of you head faster than 70 miles an hour

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

chapter one

words:
issei: means first generation in the united states

suitable: adapted to a use or purpose

plot: this chapter was just the introduction to the story the characters were being introduced and mainly the story of this chapter was that the grandfather of tomi (main character) does not like how they cant speak his language and how he cant hang the flag of japan and how tomi says he is more American than Japanese

other: a bond called fort minor made a song titled kenji which tells the story of a man who moved to los angeles from japan he to was issei and when the bombing of pearl harbor happened he was taken to the interment camp