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antaeus
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Literature
7th Grade
04/28/2011

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parapet
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wall or railing
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when did the story take place?
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during WW2
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what did T.J. look like? and what was different about him?
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he was stocky with white hair.  He spoke differently from everyone else. (a southern accent)
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where was T.J. from?
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Alabama
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What was different for T.J. being in the North in a city instead of where he used to live?
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no fields to raise food in
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what does T.J. want to do?
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make their own field on top of the roof
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"petered out"
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gradually disappeared
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contemplate
Definition
look at or think about carefully
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toilsome
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hard work
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ventilators
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devices used to bring in fresh air
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desecrated
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showed disrespect for something considered holy
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sterile
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barren; lacking in interest or vitality
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flourishing
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thriving
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what did they plant
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grass
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who found the garden?
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the owner of the building
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what did the owner want to do?
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he told a man who worked for him to remove it tomorrow
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what were T.J. feelings about getting rid of the grass?
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anger
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what did he do?
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he said "they can't lay a dirty hand on it" and ripped it up himself ( with the others helping him)
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what did T.J. do then?
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just walked away
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when and where did they find him? who found him?
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two weeks later the Nashville police found him walking along the railroad tracks heading south...home
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did they go on the roof again?
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no
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