Jessica's Blooms taxonomy questions

Knowledge
Describe what happened at the house with the rat.

At Bigger’s house they were all just getting up and a big nasty rat ran across the room. His mom and his sister started freaking out and got on the bed because they were scared. Then Bigger and his brother tried to catch and kill the rat. The rat jumped and bit Bigger’s leg. Then he got a skillet and beat the rat on its head until it died.


Comprehension
Can you write in you own words what happened at the pool house?

At the pool house, Bigger was talking about the plan they had made to rob the white man Mr. Blum. And Bigger was secretly scared and nervous. But he didn’t want his gang and friends to think that he was a chicken. So instead he tried acting tough and he started yelling at Gus because Gus didn’t answer Bigger when Bigger asked him if he would go through with the plan. He wanted to turn the situation around and make everyone think that Gus was the one that was scared and not Bigger. And when Gus didn’t answer Bigger. Bigger got really anger and frustrated so Bigger started screaming threatening and cursing at Gus.


Application
What questions would you ask of Bigger?

I would ask Bigger why did he freak out at Gus and cause all of that drama instead of just saying that he thought robbing the white man was a bad idea? I would also ask why he murdered Mary? What made him think of burning her? How did that make him feel? did he feel even a little guilty for killing her? Or did he feel powerful? There’s a lot I would ask Bigger if I had a chance. I would ask him, if he was so worried about his families future in the beginning of the book then why didn’t he think about them when he was making his decisions at his job?


Analysis
What events could have happened if Bigger agreed to rob the white man?

I think that if Bigger went along with the plan to rob the white man that he would never have met Mary or murdered her or any of that. I think that he would of either got enough from the white man that he didn’t have to take the new job with the Dalton's or he would have gotten caught and in a lot of trouble and sent to jail or something. I think if he had robbed the white man that the story would be a lot different in many ways.


Synthesis
What would happen if Bigger was a white man?

If Bigger was a white man I think that he wouldn’t live in the small one room apartment, he wouldn’t be dreaming about flying and living like the white man. He wouldn’t be faced with as many fears as he has. He wouldn’t have made the plans to rob a white man. He would have never met the Daltons or murdered anyone. I think that his whole entire world would be different and he wouldn’t have to deal with all the stuff he went through in the story.


Evaluation
Is there a better solution to not robbing the white man then fighting and threatening Gus?

I think that there are other ways that Bigger could of gotten out of robbing the white man then beating up Gus. He could have told them that it was a bad idea. He could have said that he was scared. He could have made up an excuse or lie to say that he was too busy and couldn’t do it. But in this case I think what Bigger did was what he needed to do. He did what he felt was the right way to get out of the situation without looking like a chicken and losing respect of his friends.


Y