Pig+on+a+Stick+-+Reading+Responses

Pig on a Stick
Answer these questions in journal format.
 * Reading Responses**


 * 4th block**
 * (By Kalupe Booze and Michael Coffee)**

1) Explain the title of the story and this quote, "I'm so mad. Mad as a pig on a stick." (page 14)
 * The above quote was made by Juney, the narrator to this story. She appears to be expressing her anger into a visional image that tells of her inner emotions and also her limits of herself. If you think of yourself as a pig on a stick, you being the pig, you might become pretty anger because you're on a stick. You might want down or just off the stick altogether and so, that expresses her anger with her first sentence, "I'm so mad". She's mad because she's just there and has to deal with what's going on. The stick could be like her confinement, her limit as to what she can do. She cooks and looks after her sisters, those responsibilities bond to her like it is that stick to a pig in the quote. It limits her, maybe causing further rage inside of her because she can't do anything really beyond what's she been doing for so long. The stick could also be her youth, her time being a child the age of eleven. At eleven, you can't do much and so, are limited by your age and experiences with the world. This all could be explained when just reading the title of the story. In this story, she is that pig on the stick, the pig being her with her inner anger of her youth and responsibilities being the stick. And so, she is indeed "Mad as a pig on a stick."

2) "'Come on Juney,' Aunt Beauty says, looking at the jar of hard white honey in my hand, waving the scythe. 'It's time we got things in order,' she says." (page 17)
 * Obviously, the quote is being said by Aunt Beauty and she's speaking to Juney. She, Aunt Beauty, is being made out to be the vocal leader. This quote is leading up to her getting the kids and cutting the grass out back. It seems she's getting tired of the way she's living, the lifestyle of things. It also concluded that she is becoming a bit embarrased of her roots and her being a southerner because it isnt civilized. For example, J.C's family, well his mom to be exact, doesnt appear to like Juney and her southerner ways. So Aunt Beauty is aware of that and is trying to change her lifestyle.

1) "Mad as a pig on a stick" means she is fed up with everything. She is mad about having to raise two sisters with out any parental help. She is also probably mad about having little food and a run down house. She is the oldest and in charge every time her sisters do something bad or wrong she has to help them without help. She is also the only person to discipline them and that makes her sisters not like her.Finally she has got the fear in the back of her mind about letting her sisters down and failing to raise them right. We also think that the title of the story uses a lot of sarcasm and jokes around with the fact that this is actually a compilment of some of her best works.
 * 5th block:**
 * 1) 1 by Trey and Dylan