A Break with Charity
Chapters 1-4
Target Goal: I can define unknown words using context clues in a passage.
- “Then I saw the slow and benign smile spread across her face, making it almost beautiful in spite of the wrinkles” (Rinaldi 13).
- “The thought of my family, my parents, filled me with foreboding. Surely, asking Tituba to read her tea leaves and conjure with sieve and candles to tell me the future would be trafficking with the Devil. What if my parents found out? “ (Rinaldi 14).
- “We didn’t see much color in these parts. All frippery in dress was forbidden. And color was frippery” (Rinaldi 20).
- “Gratefully, I sank down near the fire’s warmth and accepted a mug of hot cider. She offered me warm corn bread with butter on it. And then, before I knew what she was about, she set a light scarf over my shoulders. Her hands, strong and sure, kneaded the tight muscles at the back of my neck.
I felt completely coddled, and my cares receded. The whole world blurred at the edges as I succumbed to her ministrations” (Rinaldi 23).
- “Physical pleasure like this went against the Puritan code. In my house, Father hugged my sister and me occasionally, and we always pecked Mama on the cheek before retiring for the night, but affection was not bandied about. Yes, when William came home from a long sea voyage he always hugged me and Mary. And sometimes lifted us right off our feet. But William was boisterous and world-traveled. Therefore, he was forgiven such displays” (Rinaldi 23).
- “I was not practiced in the art of dissembling, the word given to such a sin. There had been no need in my life, up until now, to keep any of my doings from my parents. But in the next few months I was to learn the art of dissembling well” (Rinaldi 33).
- “Among those accomplishments he also numbered the ability to lie and to run off from his master without being caught. He was also privy to talk that went on between ships’ captains and crews, which meant he was one of the first to get news from Boston Harbor” (Rinaldi 34).
- “Beneath all his bravado, John was a troubled lad. Anyone could perceive that. His boasting and bragging only served to cover his real feelings” (Rinaldi 35).