Story of Blima
Chapter Analysis
Part 1
Chapter 1- Blima is working at her aunt Rachel's Bakery. She is happy that she gets to work at her aunt's bakery ,because her aunt picked her to work their out of all of the sisters. She loves it at the bakery ,because the little children that walk in to buy baked goods for their parents and blima always talks to the children and ask them questions. Then, Its time for Blima to go home and she is wait for her sister her sister finally gets their and they are going to walk home together. As they were walking Blima was frustrated ,because she thought her sister Adele was prettier than she was and that really disturbed her. Also, They talked about the nazis just picking up random people on the streets.
Chapter 2- In this chapter Blima talks about her two month old baby brother Zalman. She says how her mother let her hold him and that she was uncomfortable holding him and he was squirming around and she dropped him. It didn't take long for Zalman to die once his head hit the concrete at the bottom of the stairs. Noone even blamed Blima for it cause she was only a child. Then, they go to see their brother Victor and their Sister-in-Law. They stayed long enough that they could tuck in the neices.
Chapter 3- They are cleaning and Blima says Mama im not pretty and was expecting her Mama to fling the dirty rag at her in a fit of temper. Instead she sat down with her and tells her "See your eyes your eyes are as blue as the lake at the home of our cousins." Mama then tells her that they looked alike, but that she was old. That cheered Blima up and they continued to clean.
Chapter 4- As Blima was getting ready to leave she notices that her persian cat was at her grandpa's feet, but her grandpa hated that cat so Blima knew that somthing was going to happen to her grandpa. Blima is getting ready to go to her Aunt's Bakery, but as she was approaching she noticed a big group of people somone had broke into the bakery and put up
Part 1
Chapter 1- Blima is working at her aunt Rachel's Bakery. She is happy that she gets to work at her aunt's bakery ,because her aunt picked her to work their out of all of the sisters. She loves it at the bakery ,because the little children that walk in to buy baked goods for their parents and blima always talks to the children and ask them questions. Then, Its time for Blima to go home and she is wait for her sister her sister finally gets their and they are going to walk home together. As they were walking Blima was frustrated ,because she thought her sister Adele was prettier than she was and that really disturbed her. Also, They talked about the nazis just picking up random people on the streets.
Chapter 2- In this chapter Blima talks about her two month old baby brother Zalman. She says how her mother let her hold him and that she was uncomfortable holding him and he was squirming around and she dropped him. It didn't take long for Zalman to die once his head hit the concrete at the bottom of the stairs. Noone even blamed Blima for it cause she was only a child. Then, they go to see their brother Victor and their Sister-in-Law. They stayed long enough that they could tuck in the neices.
Chapter 3- They are cleaning and Blima says Mama im not pretty and was expecting her Mama to fling the dirty rag at her in a fit of temper. Instead she sat down with her and tells her "See your eyes your eyes are as blue as the lake at the home of our cousins." Mama then tells her that they looked alike, but that she was old. That cheered Blima up and they continued to clean.
Chapter 4- As Blima was getting ready to leave she notices that her persian cat was at her grandpa's feet, but her grandpa hated that cat so Blima knew that somthing was going to happen to her grandpa. Blima is getting ready to go to her Aunt's Bakery, but as she was approaching she noticed a big group of people somone had broke into the bakery and put up