Billie Jo's journey
WINTER 1934
What is Billie Jo's main interpersonal problem? Give at least three examples of this.
Billie Jo's best friend Livie left, so now she feels lonely.
Ma doesn't want Billie Jo to play piano, but she wants too, since she loves to play piano.
She struggles whether her Dad loves her or not since she isn't a boy.
What is Bille Jo's main problem with her everyday, non-family related, life?
The Dust.
SPRING 1934
What main problem does Bille Jo write about now?
The farm is beginning to turn to dust . Pa does not want to admit his failure.
What are Billie Jo's two sources of comfort and for what reasons?
• apple trees - hope, and reminds her of Ma
• piano - keeps her entertained
SUMMER 1934
What catastophic events happen now?
Ma and the baby were burnes to death.
What personal problems does Billie Jo now struggle with? Quote passages that express these problems.
Her burns, "The heat from the cookstove hurts my burns, and the salt, the water, and the dust hurt too. I spend all my time in pain." (76)
What interpersonal problem now develops for Bille Jo? Give several examples of this problem in action.
• Her relationship with Pa is like strangers. "I don't know my father anymore, He sits across from me, he looks like my father, he chews his food like my father, he brushes his dusty hair back like my father, but he is a stranger." (75)
AUTUMN 1934
What is Billie Jo's main focus now?
The remembrance of Ma, and piano playing.
What is Billie Jo's main interpersonal problem? Give at least three examples of this.
Billie Jo's best friend Livie left, so now she feels lonely.
Ma doesn't want Billie Jo to play piano, but she wants too, since she loves to play piano.
She struggles whether her Dad loves her or not since she isn't a boy.
What is Bille Jo's main problem with her everyday, non-family related, life?
The Dust.
SPRING 1934
What main problem does Bille Jo write about now?
The farm is beginning to turn to dust . Pa does not want to admit his failure.
What are Billie Jo's two sources of comfort and for what reasons?
• apple trees - hope, and reminds her of Ma
• piano - keeps her entertained
SUMMER 1934
What catastophic events happen now?
Ma and the baby were burnes to death.
What personal problems does Billie Jo now struggle with? Quote passages that express these problems.
Her burns, "The heat from the cookstove hurts my burns, and the salt, the water, and the dust hurt too. I spend all my time in pain." (76)
What interpersonal problem now develops for Bille Jo? Give several examples of this problem in action.
• Her relationship with Pa is like strangers. "I don't know my father anymore, He sits across from me, he looks like my father, he chews his food like my father, he brushes his dusty hair back like my father, but he is a stranger." (75)
AUTUMN 1934
What is Billie Jo's main focus now?
The remembrance of Ma, and piano playing.