Reader’s Response:
Title: Waters of Gold
Genre: Fantasy
Student’s Name: Beatriz Zambrano Serrano
Pages: 812-817
1. Identify and
explain the meaning of a symbol in the story in a complete sentence:
There are a
lot of symbols in this story. Some of them are the following:
The ants,
snakes, and bugs symbolize the evilness and greediness the old rich women
had. The gold symbolizes the kindness
and politeness that Aunt Lily had.
The bucket
of water symbolizes good against evil.
It can be used to transform into gold, or used to transform into bugs,
snakes and ants.
2. State the
them and defend it in a paragraph using details:
The theme in
this story is that kindness comes with no price. It means that if you do
something nice for someone, you can’t expect them to return you back. You
should do nice actions because your heart tells you to, not because you want
the reward.
3. Describe the
main internal and external conflict:
The
rich woman had an internal conflict which she learned after her punishment.
Before, she only looked for money, and she was greedy. However, she changed and
she learned how to be kind with others.
The
main external conflict is that the people that lived in the town fought with
teeth, elbows, and legs to get to the beggar. They fought because they wanted
the money that the beggar had given to Aunt Lily.
4. Compare the
lesson earned in this story to a similar lesson you or someone you know has
experienced.
I was
walking around my city, when I saw this old lady carrying multiple bags. She
seemed sick and week, but she was still carrying three full bags of food. I
helped her out with the bags until we arrived in her house. She said thank you,
and I went home. I didn’t tell anyone because I forgot about it. I forgot about
it, until the next week when my teacher told me that the old lady wrote an
article about me in our city’s newspaper saying how kind I was. I didn’t
understand why she wrote it. We met for the first day that day, but my mom told
me that old people are very grateful. Without expecting anything for helping
her, I got an award, all the people in my “city” thought I was a very nice
person.
5. Compare the
symbols in the story to a similar symbol in your life, or someone you know.
Nowadays, a
snake also symbolizes poison, and evilness. It’s like in the story when the
snake bit the rich old lady, giving her sicknesses.
6. Compare the struggle
in this story to a similar struggle you or someone you know has experienced.
A lot of
people don’t help poor beggars in the street. They just pass away. I know that
you can’t really help every poor person you see in the streets, but at least
you don’t have to show them that you don’t care about them. You should feel
lucky because you don’t have to live like that. However, I ‘ve seen people kicking
the beggar’s bowls, or looking at them with superiority
