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About This Passage
These two sentences are the biggest idea in the whole book. Gloria is teaching Opal that what a person did in the past does not have to be all that you see when you look at them now. The word 'now' at the end of the second sentence is the most important word — it tells Opal to look at TODAY, not yesterday. Copying these sentences shows children how a small word like 'now' can change everything.
You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell about the bottle tree. Why did Gloria put bottles on the tree? What is she trying to remember?
Discussion Questions
- Gloria put bottles on the tree to keep the ghosts away. What kind of ghosts is she talking about? What in the story makes you think so?
- Gloria says some of the bad things she did were because of drinking, but some of them were not. Why does she tell the truth about both kinds? What does this teach Opal?
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