It’s okay to be sad because of loss -Lauren Bea Be open and express your feelings When you express your feelings, you may feel better When Billie Joe lost her mom, she tried to be tough, but inside, she actually felt sad Out of the Dust, Page 201, Karen Hesse, Autumn 1935 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep an open mind -LIndsey Hirano Don’t be stubborn If you are stubborn you are not keeping an open mind And as long as the dust doesn't crush the winter wheat, we'll have something to show in the spring for all Daddy's hard work Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse, page 219, Autumn 1935 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Follow your heart but also listen to your brain -Alexander Diaz If you think something is right and you should do it, then do it. But if it isn’t sensible don’t do it. If you see that what you were going to do wasn’t sensible, you’ll be grateful that you didn’t do it. Billie really wanted to follow a career in music, but it doesn’t make sense for her to be physically hurting herself while doing it. Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse, Page 134, Winter 1935 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don’t step on people’s toes -Jackson McLane Don’t replace special people all the way, and don’t cross the line You don’t want to step on people’s toes, or you don’t want to cross the line in replacing someone Louise comes and starts dating BIllie Jo’s father, and Louise knows not to fully replace her dead mother Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse, Page 212, Autumn 1935 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sometimes you need to let things go, it might be for the better -Kiera Atkinson You can’t hold on to things forever, and don’t cling on to things so tight because when they need to go they will go The expression “If you love something set it free, if it comes back to you it was yours to begin with” I think that applies for both the subject and theme. I think Billie Joe was holding on to Ma and her possessions so much, it made it that much harder to see Ma go. Out of the Dust, karen Hesse, page 69-74, summer 1934 You are going to have bumps on the road -Michael Lee You will have some challenges in life Ma’s absence Billie Jo is talking about all the bad things that are happening because of Ma's absence Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse, Pages 195-196, Summer 1935 |
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