Chapter 6 Flashcards
What do the people of Adam’s Rib believe counts as being alive?
Literally everything, shadows and tools, stones, stinging nettle, snails, ect.
How does Angels perspective on the world change?
She first thinks of it like a seed or an egg, but later realizes that the world gave birth to fish and water and that there is no true division between humans and animals
Why does Dora-Rouge say LaRue never catches anything while hunting?
Wolverine steals his luck because he doesn’t respect the bond between animals and humans
What happens when LaRue takes Angel fishing?
He makes a big fuss about being still, quiet, and camouflaged, but Angel ends up being the only one catching any fish
How does LaRue treat the fish?
Like they don’t have feeling; he drags them thrashing behind the boat and skins them alive
How does nature get back at LaRue for mistreating fish?
A storm comes and lighting seeks him out
How does Bush describe Wolverine?
As a human gone wild that knows how to hide, escape, and stalk people. It knows what people say and think about animals. She says it is a fierce mother
What happens to Angel’s handheld mirror?
She looks in it every night until it breaks. Although she still keeps the shards to look at for a while, she eventually throws it away
What does Angel see when she reads Bush’s eyes?
A soul as strong as hardwood that nature loves
What ability does Angel develop surrounding water?
The ability to see inside of it, even the fish on the bottom of the water
What does Angel dream of one night?
A woman in a white cave sewing together pieces of a person
What buildings, other than Bush’s house, occupy Fur Island?
The ruins of an older house and a shed full of furs Bush had stolen
What does Bush call the christian missionaries and why?
The reverse people because they were the ones who destroyed the plants and water that could have saved them
What had caused the massacre of white settlers years earlier?
The natives thought a shipment of stove pipes was another shipment of weapons and rebelled, killing 200 settlers
What did the old man do to the settlers searching for copper?
He made them a fake map towards a fake island and told them they’d have to leave quick or the water would freeze
Why are there organ pipes on Fur Island?
The Bishop wanted to avoid a misunderstanding with the natives interpreting it as weapons so he ordered it to be hidden
What are the colors of the four directions?
Red, black, white, yellow
What color is Fur Island according to Angel and why?
Golden, because of the pale copper, sun, and corn
Where does Bush’s corn come from?
A trip the northerners took south before the time of Columbus in which they met natives in South America who gave it to them
What plants does Bush grow in her garden?
Corn, pumpkin, tomatoes, squash
Who taught Bush to canoe and what is special about her method?
John Husk and other men on the Hundred-Year-Old road; It is a method of paddling from the past
What elements does Angel describe herself and Bush as?
Bush is water, Angel is air
What makes it obvious that Tommy and Angel like each other?
They look at everything except the other person in the store and Tommy swallows guiltily
What is notable about Dora-Rouge’s new teeth?
They are overly white, like Tony Curtis in “The Great Race”
