THeme/Purpose
How does Billie Jo show that she has forgiven her father and herself?
Billy Jo shows that she has forgiven herself and her father by having a healthy relationship with her father and Louise, as well accepting Louise as it did make her dad happy, and starting to play the piano again at the end.
How does her father show that he has forgiven her, himself and the land?
Her father shows that by continuing to be happy on with Louise,
How does the author suggest that in some ways the land has also forgiven the people for the misuse?
The author suggests that because the story ceases to talk and tell stories of the dust storms near the end of the book.
The phrase "out of the dust" appears several times in the book. At one point Billie Jo wants to escape "out of the dust," but later she says, "I can't get out of something that is inside me." How does the title of the book reflect who Billie Jo is as a person?
The title of the book reflects who Billy Jo is as a person. Billy Jo is the dust. She was born into it, lived through it, and coped with it, with her real and only home is located in the dust. Towards the end, she begins to be "Out of the dust" mentally, but not physically. She doesn't think about the dust anymore, and becomes happy, concentrating on things more that the dust, such as piano and her father.
How does the title of the book reflect on the general experience of people during the 1930's and the Great Depression?
People in the 1930s actually went out of the dust and gone to a place where they could be free from the dust, such as onto California, in the west.
What is the significance of the title of the book?
The book title explains the feelings on how people, like Billy Jo's story, experienced the Dust Bowl. They all wanted to go "out of the dust."
Billy Jo shows that she has forgiven herself and her father by having a healthy relationship with her father and Louise, as well accepting Louise as it did make her dad happy, and starting to play the piano again at the end.
How does her father show that he has forgiven her, himself and the land?
Her father shows that by continuing to be happy on with Louise,
How does the author suggest that in some ways the land has also forgiven the people for the misuse?
The author suggests that because the story ceases to talk and tell stories of the dust storms near the end of the book.
The phrase "out of the dust" appears several times in the book. At one point Billie Jo wants to escape "out of the dust," but later she says, "I can't get out of something that is inside me." How does the title of the book reflect who Billie Jo is as a person?
The title of the book reflects who Billy Jo is as a person. Billy Jo is the dust. She was born into it, lived through it, and coped with it, with her real and only home is located in the dust. Towards the end, she begins to be "Out of the dust" mentally, but not physically. She doesn't think about the dust anymore, and becomes happy, concentrating on things more that the dust, such as piano and her father.
How does the title of the book reflect on the general experience of people during the 1930's and the Great Depression?
People in the 1930s actually went out of the dust and gone to a place where they could be free from the dust, such as onto California, in the west.
What is the significance of the title of the book?
The book title explains the feelings on how people, like Billy Jo's story, experienced the Dust Bowl. They all wanted to go "out of the dust."