The Friday Everything Changed

The Friday Everything Changed.

Question

 

1. The boys were upset because the water bucket symbolized power and freedom but because the girls get to do it.  It’s somewhat logical that they wouldn’t be very happy
2. The boys tried intimidating them and Alma’s cousin also tried getting her to give up by saying that it isn’t fun and that during winter it becomes more of a chore because of the cold
3. The point of view was more limited omniscient so we don’t get an idea of who the narrator was or how they felt about the incident.
4. The setting is most likely somewhere in Canada (they were mentioning Toronto maple leaves)in the past. Their society seemed like they were used to having the boys/men do everything fun or that required hard work where as the girls were stuck with very limited jobs. The fact that at the time in the story it was normal for men to do the work then it made the story much more intense. The conflict was person vs person. Person vs person could be the boys vs the girls. The boys trying the intimidate the girls, hurting them or getting them dirty and the girls standing strong in order to be on the same level as the boys.
5. The protagonist was Alma, she was the girl that really started everything by asking the question.
6. When Ms. Ralston hit that ball farther than any boy normally could showed the boys that not only did she agree with the girls and that the boys were in no way better than them just because they could carry water. This action resolved all the conflict as Ms. Ralston, the adult who was in charge, proved herself and she could change anything in the class that she wanted. Everything changed that Friday because girls could now get water and boys will  stop bullying the girls.

Vocabulary

Galvanized: A coat with a protective layer of zinc

Remotest: unlikely to occur

Intoxicated: to excite or stupefy

Ominous: to give the impressing that something bad was happening

Supplementary: extra

Forlornly: synonyms include desperate, pessimistic etc. (sad meaning)

Earnestly: sincere and intense conviction

Gloating: to dwell on your own success or someone else’s failure

Transfixed: focused on

Pirouettings: very graceful, professional looking