The Journey
One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began,though the voices around youkept shoutingtheir bad advice--though the whole housebegan to trembleand you felt the old tugat your ankles."Mend my life!" each voice cried.But you didn't stop.You knew what you had to do, though the wind priedwith its stiff fingersat the very foundations,though their melancholywas terrible.It was already lateenough, and a wild night,and the road full of fallenbranches and stones.But little by little,as you left their voices behind,the stars began to burnthrough the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voicewhich you slowlyrecognized as your own,that kept you companyas you strode deeper and deeperinto the world,determined to dothe only thing you could do--determined to savethe only life you could save.
In the section of the novel you have just read (chapters 6-9), Aibileen makes a life-changing decision. The Journey by the poet Mary Oliver describes the emotions and struggle that can come from making the decision to try and bring about CHANGE in your life.
Can you find quotations from the last 3 chapters to accompany the poem? The quotations you pick should show similar emotions and imagery in the poem.
A quote from the novel that shares the same emotions/idea as this is…
The emotions/idea that I made a connection with is…
A quote from the novel that shares the same emotions/idea as this is…
The emotions/idea that I made a connection with is…
A quote from the novel that shares the same emotions/idea as this is…
The emotions/idea that I made a connection with is…
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