Betsey Brown

Pages 197- 207

• Jane was fanially back home.


• Vida missed her husband.


• Vida missed having children running around the house.


• Greer wanted to work things out with Jane.


• Everybody is starting to like Carrie as their housekeeper.

Questions

• Did Carrie have problems with the family


• What is going on with Greer and Jane?


• What is up with Vida?


• Do the children like going to their school?

unknown Words

• Solace- Alleviation or comfort


• Assuage-to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain. Page 198


• Beguin- a member of a former lay brotherhood, founded in Flanders in the 13th century, living after the manner of the Beguines. Page 199

Summarzing sentence

During this time the family get back together and joins as one.

Betsey Brown

Pages 176-196



Caharcteristics In Betsey Brown

• Vida didn't like the fact that the house was so quiet.


• I think Carrie is destroying the family.


• Carrie is becoming a gentlemen caller.


• Jane still hasn't returned.


• Betsey is getting very worried about her mother.

Questions

• Will Jane leave the family for good?


• Does Betsey like Carrie as a friend?


• How does Greer feel about Jane still not coming home?


• How is Vida feeling about the situations that are taking place?

Unknown Words

• Hellbent-stubbornly or recklessly determined. Page 178


• Fanangled-an elaborate but useless ornament. Page 180


• Repute- estimation in the view of others; reputation: persons of good repute. Page 181

Literary Terms

• Hyperbole- "Once I went to a roadhouse and danced on a dime...." Page 179


• Irony- " How could anybody be so dumb and be a teacher, huh Carrie?" Page 183

Summarizing Sentence

During this part of the novel displays a time when Betsey is having problems at her school.