• Response #1 is an open ended question that asks you to log your thoughts and reactions on any aspect of the book (250 words).

Leviticus in the bible is known as a very strict religious law, what is not very diferent from the theme on Oranges is not the only fruit. Jeanette starts experiencing her mom’s deeply commitment to what herself called missionary work. Her whole life would be around it, and she would include Jeannete in these story. I cant imagine Jeanette and her family having normal pic nics in the park or just a day to talk about something not church related, so I can imagine that church was really her whole world. Since Jeanette did not have a very strong father figure, I can imagine the Reverend Spratt being very significant in her life, specially because her mom would feel somewhat attracted to him. My reactions while reading this chapter, I was noticing how deeply commited and somehow obsessed her mom would be to the church work. Also Jeanette, who NEEDS to be a missionary and even the praise she would receive from the Reverend Spratt of such a good girl she is, because her value is associated with what she does for the church. So there is story about the prince who made a book about perception, and when he finds the perfect woman and she does not want him, he kills her and she is not perfect anymore. I can imagine Jeanette emotionally understanding that is she does not do what her mom wants her to, she wont be perfect anymore, neither be praised or even… loved. In a unconcious level, I feel she is starting to realize it.

• Response #2 asks you to try to choose a specific literary element that you thought was prevalent in the section you’ve read, then you’ll focus on a specific scene (with quotes) and explain what significance you see in that scene. Remember to focus on things like character, an action, an image, a certain setting, a point of view issue, so on (250 words).

In the scene I am focusing in, the prince had already written his book about perfection, and the whole kigdom read it. He found the perfect woman, and she refused to marry him. He could not believe it, so he killed her. “Eventually he killed her, because she was not perfect, and he was angry, he was afraid.” In this quote we can understand his reasons in some point. In a covard act, she destroyed the only thing he ever found that was perfect. The setting is a fairy tale but still reflects Jeanette’s emotional world. He was afraid of loosing people’s respect because if he found the thing he was looking for so long and everybody knew it, what would they think if they know he was not able to find it? It was an very emotional reaction, and I believe he did not wait to calm down and think strategically of what to do. The prince did not find peace, but yet, he found violence. In the end of the story, it is said, “Afterwards he often thought of her, and the other people, and wondered what it was he had been looking for. But he never found out, and he never went out again.” It reflects that because of his decision, he would live with the consequences of it forever. Or to be even more exact, the consequences of never having what he dreamed about. We can perceive rigid structure of thinking, while he projected that the princess was his only ideal of perfection and the violence he had when faced frustration.