My name is Cherie Datson and I'm a year 10 student. This tumblr has been set up as an English assignment. Throughout term 2, my year 10 class were given a novel to read called The Simple Gift, it is written by Steve Herrick. Every chapter is made up of many different poems. Hopefully this blog lets you know a bit about this book. Make sure you scroll down to the bottom to read right from chapter one then make your way up to chapter eleven.
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The End.
This concludes this assignment.
Overall a great read.
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Chapter Eleven: The Hobo Sky.
"The taste of being sober all day."
This photo is of a sky with clouds in it, the clouds appear to have made a shape, i believe this is Billy well and truly letting his hobo life go. Hes finally moving on and feeling happy with Caitlin.
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Chapter Ten: Old Bill.
"The swallows still sang on the veranda, as Caitlin and I stood there measuring a life."
In the photo it shows a clear sky with a crucifix that looks like its floating up, its almost like the cross is a symbol of something bad and that bad news is floating away and gradually everything fits into place and works out.
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Chapter Nine: Locks And Keys.
"We shake hands, and my hand in his stops trembling for a moment."
The photo shown has a pair of somewhat dirty hands, holding an old fashioned key. Old and made of brass. I think this means this is opening new pathways to perhaps a new life.
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Chapter Eight: Closing In.
"I tried to read between the lines holing someone's past in any dirty hands."
I think this quote means something like if you get involved with the wrong people, bad things are going to happen, so you dont want to have a past like that to look back on.
The photo on this page looks like a sun setting or a sun rising, its as though the book is coming to an end and that the book might just come back up to a good stage and have a happy ending.
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Chapter seven: The Simple Gift.
"Wondering from room to room discovering another side to the moon."
To me the quote means walking onto another side of the room and changing matters/habits or just changing the bad thing and making good things happen.
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Chapter Six: Friends.
"Sure there's hope in the world even for hobos like us."
The photo for this page is of a railway track, I believe this is saying something about Billy escaping from the live hes living, maybe he like being a hobo but yet, maybe he hates this life style.
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Chapter Five: Work.
"A kid who cant leave well enough alone."
The photo for this chapter is of a wooden floor. The title is work so maybe this means that Caitlin is forever going to work and she used to hate it, but now she likes it because she just knows that Billy is gong to be there.
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Chapter four: The Hobo Hour.
"Every second day I come here... to wash the world away."
The quote that you can see is the quote shown in the book on that chapter title page. Billy says this because every second day he goes to McDonalds he gets to see Caitlin and focus all his attention onto her and nobody else.
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Chapter three: Caitlin.
The photo to start this chapter of is of a sky. I believe that this means in somewhat Caitlin has been sent down from heaven like an angel to find Billy.
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Chapter two: Bendarat.
In this photo it is of a train station. Its dark, empty and looks like a cold place however, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
To me, this means there is always light at the end of the tunnel, it might be hard to find but if you look hard enough its there!
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Chapter One: Champagne Billy.
The photo shown on this chapters cover page is of a railway signal light.
To me this signify that Billy is trying to escape, maybe trying to get away fast as trains are a wast way to get to places fast and its also very convenient.
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The Simple Gift.
-Photographs Review the photographs that introduce each chapter in The Simple Gift. In what ways do they relate to the story told in the novel? with what events, thoughts or feelings do you associate with them? Present your view of the photographs as visual symbols in a piece of your choice.
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