ENGLISH QUIZ 2
JASMINE 11-13
Chapter 11: Asked brothers if Prakash spoke english bc couldn't marry a man who didn't--he can--thought she'd never see him again til brother got 3 tickets for 9pm showing--knew it was for her to bump into man She could feel good things about to happen She got all dolled up but only had tiny mirror so has no idea how she looked--road scooter w brother to theater--too early so went to tea shop but owner did not have same voice as P--14 at the time--rest of night unbearable--stumbler came toward her Chapter 12: Two weeks later she was married--wore moms wedding sari--marriage not dowry Her husband Prakash Vijh was modern city man--did things differently--parents died of cholera when he was ten--they didn't move in w uncle instead got 2 room apartment across street from technical college He wanted her to call him by first name even tho women usually call husbands by pronouns-- He liked to show her off Wanted to make her new kind of city woman--gave her the name Jasmine-- Fought over babies--she anted one but he said they're too poor and shes too young--he always won fights bc older and knew more Worked 2 jobs: Jugtiani and Son electrical goods and a math tutor to dreamy boy of 13 and then crammed for exams-- She did things like ran ladies group raffle--also went door to door selling detergent Sundays had days together--good weather ride scooter to countryside--she felt lucky--woke up one night and he was ill He asked her what she though of america--wants them to go and have real life-- Week later he came home drunk--told him about working and he called her secretive-- Professor Vadhera taught him his first year in technical school--and lent him money--recieved a letter from him--in english--she asked him to read it to her and he got mad saying she forgot english--said cared only about pregnancies-- She thought it was unfair bc she didnt have anything to read--saying how well students are doing and wonders when prakish will do the same (in letter)-lsited 2 international schools that made it esy for him to get VISA--he was his best student and she said they can go to america Mother told her story of Masterji--scooter started backfiring near his desk--tolerated for a while and then walked over to boys who were doing it--turned around and boys jumped him knocking off turban and called him names--he cried and holding beared--cut his hair and his beard and held machine gun onver other children--then they shot him Chapter 13: Next day instead of doing raffle she flipped through prakashs manuals--prakash loved electronics bc frontier in india and knowing how to fix them you could make lots of money Burglaries out of hand--Khala Lions converting goods into homemade bombs to blow up shops--having VCR in house to do work was begging for burglars This changed their marriage when she read manuals--started helping him w work bc hed read and guide her hands through wires--liked working w her--thought they could open own shop someday Happy times for them but unhappy times for city--bc of lions Confusing times too--Prakash said he was gonna be studen in florida international institute of technology--asked why he didn't tell her says he doesn't share losses only winnings Shes almost 17--he said might be 18 before visa comes--she will have to be apart from him for a while--shw worries about him not being faithful but he says he will-- They road into town to fancy sari shop--he asked for them to show them wedding saris--two lions one carrying a music box were lounging in doorway--behind themman on scooter and it was Sukhwinder but he wasn't wearing a turban--lions left music box in door--couldn't turn V CR off She failed him it should've been her the prostitute and *****--she was alive but husband was not Police said she will have to do identifying and she said she knows is was Sukkhi--they meant identify late spouse--she wants them to kill him--police are just trying to soothe her ll CLASS NOTES: Jane/Jasmine/Jyoti is undocumented When astrologer says widow she does not cry, resists, says it's 3rd eye and rejecting tradition Pg. 4--snake story--goddess of snakes approached merchant for worship and he said no--kept having sons who died of snake bits--decides 1 kid to forever protect--predicted die on wedding day so merchant decides bride and groom spend wedding in room of iron and steel but goddess approaches constructor and says make tiny whole or she will kill his kids--snake enters and uses wifes hair to bite guy and he dies FATE IS INESCAPABLE Jasmine believes in individual agency Punjab is a provence, Hasnapur in village, Jullundar is like county Pg. 39=son preferences--born w 1 ruby red choker and blue cord and sapphire fingerprints--her mom tried to kill her bc she was girl and wanted happy life for baby Never been to Lahore--pg 41--Lahore lots of muslins so Pakistan fam had to flee violence Father is refined and she had his looks Charboy is bed made of rope--dad not reverential of Gandhi First name change is to Jasmini Makes india look famined Jane born 18 years after partition so 1965 2 jobs for women bank teller or secretary--dad says if you work thats all youll be jyoti wants to be doctor When daughter wants school mom gets permission but next morning lop split (abuse) pg. 52 Grandma Dida says prob w mother is that dad doesn't beat her When dad died mom tried to throw herself in pyre (Sadi) so overcome w grief doesn't want to live pg. 61 Pg. 59 convo w taylor about dads death Pg. 57 Dida says she not really for salvation--individual effor counts for nothing--jyoti all about agency and gma says all has already been determined Prakash dies w bombs ch. 11--movie is pg. 69 Lions are sikhs 5 sikh markers: kesh hair, kirpan long sword, kara steel bracelet, kanga comb, kachcha clean underwear Pg. 90 prakash into florida college--Jasmine said brochure didn't look anythin glike america bc she thought it'd be all white people Og. 91 hot blooded american stereotype that white women are sexually available Pg. 68/69 and 81--does not want to go to america--prakash calls it real life so real life means to him prosperous life
JASMINE 14-18
Chapter 14: All sisters living with jealous drunk men and gone from her life--brohters visited on weekends--alone with Mataji in dark hut--friends never visited Mom kept company only with other widos--Jane grieved--Prakash had taken Jyoti an dcreated Jasmine and Jasmine completed mission of Prakash --she gave everything to brothers (visa and america)--shehad to go to america as it was her duty even tho she was alone-- Dida said she should stay with her mother--Dida said if she had waited for man she wanted none of thiswould've ever happened Said god was displeased w her for going to America so killed Prakash --Jane says she hates god if he did that Dida blamed the muslims--Jane said blame the Mahatma--Dida yelled her sons house has become a house full of widows Hari-prar arranged her illegal documents--passport name was Jyoti Vijh and her date of birth was 19 years old Chapter 15: Goes through 3 continents--first leg of trip between Filipina nurse and a Tamil auto mechanic on way to Bahrain--Filipina says pay is great but wishes the Bahrainis weren't muslims She sits with missionaries with deported with australian students Ugandan lifts mickey mouse shirt to show flesh wounds--when american visa bastards turned him down he tried to kill himself----the police pull her and Ugandan off train to see travel documents--gives forged passport and they scrutinize it and then let her go--on train weeps at beauty of visa stanms and she feels renewed In amsterdam a railway porter puts her in touch w captain of trawler who cargoes contraband into Paramiribo then outward to the states Chapter 16: In trawler out of Europe slept in bunks an din New World on a shimper out of Grand Cayman called Gulf Shuttle--learn to hold vomit in Half Face was captain and had lost eye and ear and most of cheek in vietnam--demolitions expert before sea captain Little Clyde is an anxious Belizian--fell into vigilante hands in Texas--he was paranoid Woman from Mauritius is only other woman and mostly indian--catholic w french accent--cried for her father--to this woman Jane was common peasant girl and so this woman kept to herself One evening half face lectured them on deck about dos and donts--dead dog in river never seemed so close Half face says if border patrol picks them up that they dont know them--Maurtiican wept Kingsland said to not trust the man and slipped knife into her palm Into night half faces crew took down tarp tent and flashlights bobbed--she could smell shore water and then saw horizon She first saw nuclear plant with the smoke spreading People switched into fresh clothes--she had prakash heavy suitcase Du remembers clothes lying on the beach like people inside zapped by aliens Better heeled got in panel trucks--little clyde got in trunk of sedan--Maruitician girl put in back seat and didn't wave bye Half face made her get in his car Chapter 17: First night in america in motel w ply wood over windows No tourist stays at the flamingo court-- Half face took her there--fat black man called for him--baba--jane asks hwy he has indian name--it was actually bubba Half face asked her what he gets for helping her so much--grabbed her and started kissing her--she got angry--he said what you don't like white men--slammed her head into tv over and over and said dont tell me you've seen a tv set, don't tell me you have a husband Small crack on tv--basically threatening her---starts undressing then goes through stuff and find husbands suit--she brought it to put it where they were going to live in Tampa He told her to enjoy what he was about to do but she said please no my husband was killed Raped her and then told her to clean up for the second round Showered vomited through about burning the sari and suit and when she came out he was asleep Cut her tongue and it was bleeding She got on him and sliced him--blood spattering everywhere --went back to shower and cleaned again Left the hotel room--said prayers for dead holding Ganpati--motivated to get to tampa to burn clothes Chapter 18: University club in Dalton, women invited her to lunch It was a professor--Mary Webb---Jane says shes glad she called--met in the bank Dr. Webb tells her about her out of body experiences--revelations of her pre life--in last life she was a man--black australiain--in most recent adventure closing in on a kangaroo Her guri was Ma Leela --Jane says she believes in reincarnation Moved by Mary Webb's sotry--waht if the human soul is eternal Should never have been Jane Ripplemeyer--sjouldve lived and died in that village Jyoti of Hasnapur not Jasmine and Jasmine isnt Jane Found Taylor and Wylie Hayes through Lilllia Gordon a quaker lady who rescued her from dirt in florida This was when left half faced--no water or food for 2 days and at 12 couldn't go farther--thought so much trash in america-boy and men mocked her and didn't help her Old lady came out and yelled at him for speaking that way--brought her food--woman was lilian gordon (70)--took her to her home and put her in older daughters bedroom--didn't tell Gordon what she'd rescued Jane from Brought her a doctor for her tongue Gave her her daughters high school clothes--told her to be careful about shoes bc undocumented alines wear boxy shoes Her daughter calls them third world heels--even helped her walk differently Took her to the mall--escalator revolving door-- Dairy queen first real american food and soothed tongue-- Lillian taught them to cook and clean so they could hire themselves as domestics--at end of week lillian said Jasmine not picker or domestic--said she wants to go tot New York Lillian packed her a suitcase full of her daughters stuff--took her to bus and said walk and talk like an american and you will be fine--gave her a manhattan address in case she got picked up by Port AUthority--hugged and kissed her and told jane she was special--said don't hesitate to call my daughter
JASMINE 19-22
Chapter 19: Lillian busted for exploiting the undocumented but every xmas before sent Jane 20$ and pair of slippers Jane oculdn't testify for her bc og status but sent an anonymous letter saying she saved her life and was best american experience Went to jail for refusing to name contacts or give addresses of illegal aliens--got iskc in prison and pardoned to let her die at home Year ago wylie wrote to her to get bosses interested in Lillian gordon story--project crashed and people getting scared Kate, the ironist, wrote that she and sister sold house to retired ortho in FL and advertising lillians property as key west style cottage--turning whole area into Paradise Bay Complex Seems very american to Jane At the Paradise place a one bedroom unit w gulf front bath and balcony is 280 anight At ten in the morning on monday she arrived in NYC--policemen waving heavy night sticks but none swung at her--only had 100 and lillians parting gift Beggar coming at Jane and he yelled you ****ing bitch In taxi man from same place as her asked if she had american dollars--she said Professorji will take care of money short Driver was doctor in Kabul but live like dogs here--NY was seething with aliens Chapter 20: Jane suggests Darrel go to Dalton about golf club idea on the farm--he says its not far enough and needs to go to Tahiti Farm country closing over all of them She knows how darrel feels bc in NY she got her stuff and got on train out of ghetto from Vadheras'--can wanting be fatal? Professorji put up w her for 5 months just bc her husband was his favorite student She said problem wasn't him it was her--his family was aged parents and recent bride Nimala (arranged marriage) Professorji was about 40 and called Dave instead of Devinder in NY They had no kids--avoided marriage til saved enough money for 2 kids and educate them--they'd been tring for kids Nimala 19-- Professorji out of the house by 7 5 days a week and both came back by 6 in bad moods Nimala worked in sari store--every night she brought home new HIndi film--watched at 9--felt her english deserting her During parents afternoon naps she'd watch soap oeperas--Nirmala brought plain saris for her Jane could not admit she was accustomed to american clothes--disguised her widowhood--wanted to distance herself from Indian and Jyoti She was intrigued by the city To date in her year in american Nirmala had exhausted available stock of Hindi films and now renting Urdu ones--everyone knew she loved them so visitors left them Professorji and NIrmala did not go out at night Professorjis parents in their 80s demanded constant care--32 indian families in building of 50 aps so only talked to other educated Punjabi speaking Hindus Every morning they escorted th eparents to other apartments or have elderly visitors Sundays the Vadheras had free time--remarriage out of question for Jane-- Professorhis father always lost money in poker and professor got drunk In INdia young bride quiver under commands of elder woman--but in NY senior Vadhera was denied the authority This is all old peoples complaints--follow children to america and sons are selfish and daughters want to work and be thin Jane gained so much weight and couldn't understand soap operas--felt herself deteriorating Professor good man but didn't seem like same man who gave Prakash school opportunity--some days Jane would cry in bathroom when husband and wife gone and elders sleeping--wanted to be cut off from the past but w out green card she didn't feel safe going outside One day professor came home early and caught her sobbing--asked if anyones been treating her like a servant--she was upset w that reaction and said she wants a green card He said it's expensive but not impossible--she said she'd work to pay him back but he said she doesn't have skills but for Prakash's sake he said he will take rupees It would be 50,000 rupees (gonna be from brothers) but they could not do that Professor made arrangements for green card--Jane didn't understand why he was so secretive and not telling his family--Prakash told Jane everything and took pleasure in her adventures Nirmala did not know where husband worked One day father cut his head open on bath and she did not know whether to rush him to hospital by taxi or call 911--called professor but nothing so ran to sari shop Professorji was importer and sorter of himan hair Professor said he'd call a doctor friend to bandage the wound--worried Jane would tell people he is not a professor Offered her to live with master forger, another renter in the Khyber basement--week later called Kate Gordon Feldstein Chapter 21: All saturday Du shuts himaself in room reshuffling circuits Like Prakash he has a surgeon touch Months after he arrived while bud in hospital he rigged her alarm clock to coffee maker She syas he is the son her and prakash might've had But is gratified but not impressed--he says tech is birthday cake for Du--brightest boy in camps bc he sruvuved She and Du are alone in the house a lot--bud always at conferences-- She keeps front door locked when bud is away bc of things that have been going on--she asks Du where he learns this stuff and he says he doesn't have to learn it it's just what he does She tells him she understands circuitry and he just says congrats--she says she's also killed a man--and he says i know and that he has killed more than 1 Goes to wait for Buds call--calls him reliable--calls from Des Moines conference and said bad day she assumes he is crying bc he does that more since accitent (PTSD) He says theres so many pretty places he wants to show her but cant and that things were not always this ugly Chapter 22: Met kate gordon feldstien in her loft and she said they'll love you Corner loft was huge Kate taking photos of her as they walk--Lillian showed Jane book of photos kate took of migrant workers that lillian had--kate had a prize winning book Kate said you'll be looking after Duff--Jane worried bc barely knows english Left note to professorji and said unhappiness was her fault and promised to pay any debts Professorji lesson would be life affirming and they had kept Punjab alive and let nothing go Kate the ironist said Jasmine has wicked sense of humor and so do the Hayeses Have a pet name Sam and cat Dander She said not afraid of animals but she is She didn't know what animal sam was--held him and she was reborn Sam is a marine iguana Thumped her shins with tail--his kick of contentment
JASMINE 23-24
Chapter 23: Became an American in apt in Calremont avenue across streed from Barnard College--lived w taylor and wylie who were her parents and family and Duff was her child Entered their life on spring sunday--kate and her took bus to Broadway All apts. Belonged to Columbia teachers They met jane w tea and biscuits--in 30s--duff asked her name and where from--they had shown duff india on a map Wylie asked where sam was and said sam doesn't like busses--Hayses do not have pets They are offering 95 dollars a week She fell in love w taylor bc represented a professor and she was curious about his life bc wanted to be a part of it Whylie said she could tell Jane was a refined person--jane said she does not have much humor Duff enrolled in play school so mornings would be free--shed prepare lunch, nap, strolls in park, little tv and next year she'd be in all day school They said they'll be times where she hates Duff and they said count to ten first Wylie showed her around and said to let them know when they upset her Wylie gave facts about each of them Taylor as expert in subnucreal particle physics and wylie was book editor Duff was adopted bc of low sperm count from hockey injury and haven't told duff yet--they let her meet her natural mother and they were paying for her education Jane could not imagine a non genetic child No concept of shame in this society--could see girls in dorms brushing hair naked Love she felt for taylor had nothing to do w sex--gave her taylors study for her room Jane wondered where duff would sleep--thought it was weird she wound't be sleeping with her--jane never spent a night alone until lillian Gordon's Jane asked who she'd sleep w and they thought she meant sexually They thought she wanted room to herself but she did not know how to say it was unnecessary--Duff was pale w bule eyes and pale hair Sleeping in Duffs room was supposed to be temporary but they fixed that--moved her cot in and prayed she could stay and told wylie she doesn't mind Apt stocked like museum--they bought useless things Every morning heard the news Wylie apologized for having one shower and Jane wondered where servants shower was When wylie talked to her on phone called Jane her caregiver like she was a professional Taylor called her Jase--at time told herself it was his goofiness tahat she loved--she should've saved more money--wanted her job as Duff's day mommy to last forever Day mummy came about when yle came into hall for work and duff begged jane to finish story calling her mommy--wylie heard and said after work they need to talk--Jane said duff thinks of her as her day mummy but wylie said she does not know how to handle this Didn't come home that night bc had to work late--jane had to put duff to bed--next morning put arms around wylie and she cried and said we are family and said sometimes sisters fight sometimes--duff cried--here on out calls Jane day mommy Other day mommies: Letitia from Trinidadd and Jamaica from Barbados--Letitia was grumbler and jamaica a snob Every night Jamaica claimed crie heart out Jane felt lucky bc her caregiver fam was family--she paid nothing for food or rent and money piling up In second year diff in full school taylor arranged part time job at Columbia in math dpt. Answering phones--6 hours a day 6 dollars an hour and doubling caregiving salary She offered to move out but wylie begged her to stay W employment offered free tuition at Columbia extension courses Indian language dpt used her as Punjabi reader and asked if she wanted to teach a section one day--executives came to her and asked in 40 an hour was insulting but she said no In america nothing lasts--in early summer of second year wylie fell out of love with taylor and in love w economist named Stuart Eschelman--met caroling Economists wife was professor at NYU but on leave to world bank Wylie said taylor must know--jane could not understand why wylie was happy She said on weekends or however visits were arranged that Jane would go with her--Jane begged her not to go but 2 weeks later she left for paris Odds on her coming home were nonexistenct--taylor says if jane weren't there he would've gone crazy Taylor wylie and Jase became seff sufficient family but prayed wylie might need her in europe--wylie wanted her to meet stuart First meeting was in Stuarts apt--spoke some hindi and been to india--3 sons in private schools in Massachussetts--if there were no taylor stuart would be perfect Taylors grin turned to pain he was not bitter w smaller family--they were happier than when wylie was around bc theres a warm intimacy--everyday she made discoveries about city and at night told themt o taylor Took duff to many cultural places Taylor took them to Mets Games Taylor did not want her to change bc her different from wylie or kate did not scare him--she changed bc she wanted to--she bloomed on Claremont streed from alien into adventurous Jase In first weeks of adventure her and duff decided liked merchandise on tv--japanese knife, radio controlled lamborghini, cassette care stereo, herringbone, gold neck chain--using entire paycheck for things oculdn't use and did't know how to stop'\ Taylor rescued her--duff told him she was afraid to go outside so he wrote on packages return to sender--she was in love One sunday took supper to the park--asked Jase if she'd stay--taylor said he needs her--he said wylie on something Jase wasn't aware of when she left--she siad that taylor has been in love w Jase since the first moment she walked in Jase started shivering and acted annoyed but didn't want moment to end--she said she saw the man who killed her husband and taylor said he would call the police--this is when he realized not just innocent young girl She said she had to go or they could be killed--she said she must go to Iowa even though he said no Chapter 24: Harlan Kroener sot bud on Dec 23 two years ago--du was w them for 11 months but it was first american xmas and wanted it to be special Bud was traditionalist who got away from xmas but back into it--wanted to get du model train but didn't have time to se it up Put as many presents under tree as possible--learned big xmas from Wylie and Taylor who went caroling and stuff She was sweeping and heard heavy boots on front door step and thought Bud bc he was out shoveling--it was Harlan Kroener w rifle under coat--police came and she said she saw rifle Bud knew of Harlan but didn't tell Jane and buds shooting was first, there'd been suicides but not murder attempt--didn't think of harlan as farmer who felt betrayed by banker Police took bud and she'd been there for less than 2 years--it was like this for bankers in nov and dec Bud was 53--he was fit, quit smoking, skied, tennis Bud invited harlan in for tea--Harlan wanted to take bud on drive or away from home--bud said tomo but Harlan said now--bud kissed jane goodbye and whispered that harlan was going to kill him-- If du had been in the room he would've known what to do Few weeks ago when bud at conference strange man drove in driveway--watched him and then opened door--he asked for Bud and she said no--he said he had info to relay but had to be whole fam at once and left Jane called darrel to see if he had visitor--he said no and that Harlan is dead so don't worry Karin buds ex once called Jane a gold digger-- Karin might've talked harlan into handing over rifle-- First fall so busy loving bud and du and fighting off karin that she didn't notice Harlan--thought everyone loved Bud Mother ripplemyer got her job in bank--she was begging for job but then Mother Ripplemeyer took her in She wants to be like Lillian and Mother R. Why she picked Iowa: duff was born in an elsa county hospital--duff was mistake but wylie and taylor gave her real mom chance for school--iowa meant miracles Taylor wanted ehr to stay--she has had husband for every woman she has been Prakash for Jasmine, Taylor for Jase, Bud for Jane, and Half face for Kali Thinks of taylor lots but she is with Bud Bud says shouldn't have walked in front of Harlan--harlan didn't park in driveway which was signal--harlan shot bud twice in back as bud reaching for car door After he was shot harlan blew off his own head--du said what was that--du called the police Shoveling snow was last task bud did free standing When bud first saw starving jane he felt like life was just opening Banking in baden in instiutive--know who to bank and hwo to foreclose-- Bud courts her bc she is aline--rejuvenates him by being who she is Bud says baden was death til jane came Once watched him punch someone--2 man came in to bar--one man turned on her calling her a *****--(jane wishes she knew america before it was perverted)--bud punched the man Sunday after bud left karin she stalked jain at the fair of the mennonites Karin told her she wrote janes name on paper and then burned it and said i feel your hate and want to be a good christian Karin asked jasmine to help her not to hate her--karin said it'll take forever but she will do it Karin said she might leave--she said janes been here for just months and she's already driving her out Jane said buds happy and she didn't do anything to make him happy he just is Karin said maybe she will go to LA--jane said you don't have to go anywhere--only other thing karin has beside bud was 4H state fair ribbon Karin sobs saying no way to copete with jane--she didnt run away--lives alone in 2 story house bud built for her--invited jane in month after tornado dream She found some things of buds she thought jane woul dwant--karin found volunteer job atnight---suicide hotline--when bud shot 2 years ago she was on tv Karin on tv said she gets calls about suicides and no one knows who to be angry at but the banker is visible Jane feels responsible for Prakash death and buds injury Her and karin had one other conforntation: karin said she heard jane pregnant and asked why she'd put man of his condition in the palace--then she said hows the lutz boy doing there alone--said he used to call alot but not anymore Thad is mail man who makes up stories Growing up in Hasnapur never sent or received letter--loves talking to him bc brings world w him and feels abandoned when he leaves She wishes for a letter from NY--one day has a postcard w woman's face on it--card says Jasmine Vijh Letter from taylor saying him and diff are coming to visit Du standing by fridge--du says whatever you're planning to do just do it talking about postcard--get in argument over Bud being a good dad Du asks who Mr. T is--told him she looked after their little girl--du also asked who woman on postcard was Du never asks questions unless he already knows answer--she's stressing about what to do--bud has never caused her trouble but Taylor is on his war
JASMINE 25-26
Chapter 25: Bud working late bc team of state inspectors due this week--used to welcome them bc he always won--now loads heavy so they do not come often and it is impersonal--they say athat a banker who co signs neighbors lan (gene lutz) is getting that farmer in tougher spot than if he were to say you can't make payments So many things bud doesn't know but can't tell him now bc legs gone Bud says to marry her and marry her before baby comes and put old bull out of his pain--du at soccer practice bc passed drivers test first time which only kids driving tractors do At school they say du is doing so well considering....Jane says considering WHAT? He is doing well bc trained w ammo and w no multiple choice--only certain knowledge or silence and he was once someone else Darrel calls says feels crazy--all Jane wants is to be caregiver but creates tornado wherever she goes--Darrel says come over and say a mantra if that does not work ill call karin Thinks about taylor and says name Jase as if it is someone she once knew Darrel in kitchen--made indian food--jane says came to save his life not eat--darrel is now 23 and a mystery--said he is shy now and holding her hand so anxiously she pulls away Darrel does not wanna be tied down to farm and does not wanna live poor and die rich Darrel says bud doesn't treat her right sexually--she says to stop talking--he says they can leave together to new mexico Darrel can't make it here bc of BUd She says bud has helped him and Darrel but he denies it and she says he's like Harlan--jane leaves frantically worried about what bud and du are thinking--darrel says you can run from truth but cannot hide says they're the joke over town Chapter 26: Back home du and another boy on sofa talking in Vietnamese--he looks secretive--other man looks from different area/time-- Du says hi but isn't really looking at her--first time she has heard him speak vietnamese--never brought home other vietnamese--he thinks of Hmong kids as illiterate mountain people--man in white is a drug pusher bc what could be writing out du for--du says his name is John John leves before she can give him tea Du leaves room too so she calls karins hotline but it is busy--jane has du sit w her--she tells him if darrel comes do not open door--du says man giving him something--du says he has known him longer than he's known Jane bc knew him in camps and asks for 500$ He says takin gbus to LA to see sister he has one left--she works in taco stand and can look after him--tells her to thank dad for everything and that he is sorry He says he has his own kid coming and never wanted Du--wants Du to stay but knows he is right and he knows who his real friends are--Jane says I love you Karin ripplemyer line free and says fears for Darrels sanity Proud du made life for himself among vietnamese in Baden--she hasn't spoken to indian since Flushing--Du says he can stay til dad gets back bc of Darrel--she says it is dad he wants--he goes to closet and gets rifle and she says this is not the solution--she offers him to take her car to airport He says john coming for him and she says to write her aand then she bawls that he is leaving her alone--asks him to finish HS--he says LA has school--he says "you gave me a new life and I will never forget you" John there and he leaves She will be lonely now--she tried to make herself not cry and be proud for what they did--if there was no Harlan du would've had father of his dreams She will leave everything untouched bc theyre could be clues--she should've known about sis and friends--star on forehead throbs in pain and hope Du was hiding his money in CDs and loans in other places than Bud's bank Karin comes and says buds not here says he is still at bank--said talked to Darrel and he is rambling a lot--karin looks at all of buds meds--karin asks if he is in pain and jane says he does not complain but must be Karin touches things in the house she recognizes Karin said wrong to call jane a gold digger--karins lawyer thought they adopted Du to raise big issue w court and lower the settlement--karin still in love w bud--tells karin of Dus departure and karin says she will stay if jane wants her to Drive to darrels does not tell of his bizarre proposal--thnks of astrologer talking to her under bayan tree--both acting final phase of a social ofer that when ontouched for thousands of years Need to release Darrel from land--he is romantic like bud and touched by same virus Darrel walking the rafters of his hog house--says roof is going on tomorrow--no evidence of drinking--says he'd offer them a beer but he is behind schedule Karin asks if there is anything they can do--says they should work on Bud--tells them to come back tomorrow They say as they leave he seemed normal Bud in house calls Jane and says its a clumsy night--goes out and he has dropped forms--he looks miserable--thinks bud has changed her life and she is grateful--she has triumphed but how can she explain them to BUd--he is uneasy w tales of Hasnapar just likemother R.--memories sign of disloyalty Jane tells bud du left but he will be back for school in september--he worries they will never have Du to themselves After midnight and lights are off at darrels and bud tired--puts im to bed and call to darrel will wait til after breakfast for bud to make Call in morning but darrel is not in--bud decides to deliver news in person--before starts engine of car he asks what noise is--lots of farm noises but she caught it oo it was a skip in the whine--reminds her of screams of baby girl thrown in well in Hasnapur and she cried for two days Bud yells Hogs!--unfed hogs--bud says he better have good explanation--all the sudden stop car and the halves of darrels body perpendicular in road Extension cord wrapped around his neck--bud keeps saying oh my god--she u turns and gets them out of sight of the hogs--it is not darrel on road Tahiti jane sobs--Darrel wanted them to see Tahiti--bud tells jane not to fall apart on her--hogs chewing on darrel's bloodies boots Carol lutz wasted no time selling the farm--came to baden for funeral and left for cruise First of november Alberta Clipper brings snow and thoughts of taylor and wylie come--met at stowe--taylor on ski team First winter in iowa bud and her took up XC skiing Moment dreamed of arrived--looking through dripping icicles--first bank of baden founded Strange car turns in--not immiggration car or the old Eldorado--Duff gets out--taylor gets out and he is giant--duff rings the doorbell but she waits for taylor to get to door before she opens it--he says iowa is not flat Wants themto be an unorthodox family He hugs her it is a cautious hug--she runs away to leave them alone--she says she cannot go to NYC with him and knows why she has not married bud--taylor says they're heading west going to Cali She says she has fam there and taylor says that is quite a prize--she says she cannot leave and he says why not--thinks of Bud and him losing his world--taylor holds her She does not want to choose between men--she is caught between promise of america and old world dutifulness Says she has to make a phone call--calls Karin--says she has to see Du--karin knows Jane wants to leave Bud--she says not leaving bud just going somewhere Smell of singed flesh always with her--she and du have seen death up close Jane does not feel guilt but relief--already does not think of herself as jane--taylor asks if she is ready--she cries into his shoulder Time will tell if she is a tornado arising from nowhere and disappearing into a cloud--out the door and in the driveway scrambling ahead of taylor--she is greedy with wants and reckless from hope CLASS NOTES: Pg. 144 cousin-sister--female cousin--often cousins in India looked at as a brother if sister Pg. 144--220 volt appliances--americans buying it to take home but 140 is standard in america--american appliances--south asians buying american devices to take to india that are suitable for use there Nimila is like Mrs. Sen--living not immersed in the American culture pg. 145 pg/ 143 devinder to dave Jasmine and Mrs. Sen very different Jasmine and James Lee Jasmine does not communicate with family at all Jyoti, jasmine, jazzy, jase, jane Prakash changes her from village girl to city woman
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Chapter 5: In hospital for gyeinocology appointment--feels safe bc feels like back in asia Only trusts asian doctors--only one other woman--says you don't know what Ricky Doll is--assumes Janes differen In Baden farmers afraid to suggest shes different--alien knowledge in intellect She reads Urdu not arabic For jane experience must be forgotten or it will kill She does all work during sex but bud makes jokes about Dick Kwangs assistance--inseminated--Bud seen this often but didn't think he'd ever be involved Mother ripplemeyer got them together when jane looking for job bc thought they'd hit it off--called her so beautiful Bud ashamed he cannot be in control sexually anymore Bud used to like to play sexual games but now she has to do them all and she doesn't mind--sees toruture excitement and desperation in his face All he can do is lift her--she has to push prostate tools up for him to ejaculate Du says night mom and dad when door cracked and just had sex Chapter 6: Jane born in Hasnapur Jullundhar District in Punjab India--harvest so good everyone had grain to hoard for drought Boy born in this year would've been lucky but daughters curses--daughter married before enter heaven and dowries beggared families for generations--gods w infinites memes visited girl children on women who needed to be punished for sins in other incarnations Her mom must have been heavy w wrongs--5th daughter 7th of 9 kids Sisters said she had red choker bruise on throat and sapphire fingerprints when born--told this to taylors wife whylie (baby sat for them in manhattan)-- Janes real name Jyoti, light, but in surviving she was jane Mother angry she was given daughter and angry 5th daughter prettier than 1st--no money left for dowry she deserved--at 7 reader and counter, smart, whiz in Punjabi and Urdu--most likely candidate for female instruction Fam comes from Lahore where they were much more well off--her mom is Mataji and couldn't forget partition Father had given up long before she was born--without money dressed well and time to harvest laid under a jasmine tree He associated urdu and muslims with loss of fortune Refused to speak Hindu bc of Ghandi who approved partition Still obsessed w Lahore even though he'll never see it again--needs to let it go but won't. Chapter 7: Born 18 years after partition riots friend named Vilma Ghosts AND spirits took over dark in H so had to do everything before nightfall Mataji bullied Pataji into lettin gher stay in school 6 years instead of 3 like sisters Hari-prar and Arvind-prar are her brothers who want to be engineers (and have jane write on their exams) Big city men prefer village girls bc they have no mind of their own Went shopping w women at dawn they liked her bc quick w numbers Dida (pitja's mom) only one who had prob w her staying in school so long Dida was the one who said they found groom willing to take Jane--jane was about 13--father of 3 who was widower and needed someone to look after kids Masterji went to Janes father bc upset--he is a Sikh--from Lahori where sikh men were up there Jane refuses further education--does not want to be a bank teller like Masterji suggests--wants to be doctor and set up clinic in big town--blames the mom and called jane and the mom mad Jane told taylor that her mom loved her so much that she tried to kill jane or herself Chapter 8: Went to fields w neighborhood women--went in pre dawn dark before men woke so they wouldn't spy on them--Mataji wouldn't go bc Lahore woman--so modest Some dawns perverts would sit on the bank edge and watch them-- One day heard growling while going to bathroom--it was a dog probably with rabies--went right to Jane and thought she was gonna die--used her staff to crush his snout while in mid leap ripping nostrils--dog on it's bACK w staff poking through eye--women helped her up but men coward Dida said god doesn't think youre ready for salvation Chapter 9: Pitaji died next may--attacked from bull by behind while going to play chess w Lahori friend Lahori friend comforted her mother and said family is all an illusion Jane tried to explain enlightenment to Taylor--meant seeing through third eye and sensing desisngs in histories muddles--fathers assignment was to get her to Iowa so maybe that is why he died that day She says someones life assugment could literally be moving a flowerpot Taylor couldn't live in world like hers--she said incentive was doing everything like it was task from god After Puntaji death mother shaved head and sat in corner--sometimes jane spoon fed her Chapter 10: Dad died in hottest months, brothers came home to take care of them so stuck in H''no more school Vancouver Singh new owner bought neighboring ground too--she used to watch him--brothers would bring home men and she knew they were for her She felt isolated so read english things and listened--lost english so quickly Sukhwinder man who made her feel uncomfortable--he ws ferocious in speech and called all hindu women whores New man named Prakash--said india is for everyone--she loved his voice and he ran away Sukhwinder on his scooter--city boy from amritsar so seen more hindu-sikh clashes than they had--good student and abt to send job apps to germany and US--could fix tvs and anything--love before first sightmb
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JASMINE CHAPTER 1: -Village of Hasnapur a astrologer foretold her widowhood and exile--she was 7--called him a crazy old man--he chucked her on the head--teeth cut into her tongue--star shaped wound in forehead from twig from firewood -Astrologer told her fate is fate--it is winter--she always felt the sheghosts were guarding her--man told her to go with her sisters---sisters freaked out when saw her star scar and said she'd never find a husband -She said not a scar its a third eye--she can peer into the invisible worlds and she is now a sage Sisters ran to get help from women--she went into water angrily and found a dead dog--touched it and broke into 2 (horrible stench) This stench stays with her--she is 24 now and lives in Baden, Elsa County, Iowa but everytime water to lips she smells the stech and knows what she does not wanna become CHAPTER 2: -Taylor did not want her to go to Iowa--she left NY for Iowa--said Iowa flat and boring -She says Taylor wrong--May--Lutzes and Ripplemeyers land is 1500 acres over ponds glacial moraines and swath - Ripplemeyer land is Bud's, her's, and Du's Jane Ripplemeyer has a bank account and so does Jyoti VIjh in a different city -Bud's father started first bank of baden and Bud runs it now -Bud wants her to marry him before baby comes--small town banker so can't do impulsive things--she is less than half his age and very foreign He is now in wheelchair but wasn't when met but she didn't leave him -Lutz boy Darrel working on ground--looks lost Gene Lutz weighted 300 pounds -Shadow is Darrel's huge black dog going through corn field Last winter Gene and Carol lutz went to Cali and --Gene at 54 choked to death on mexican food--waiters all illegal so hid when police called -Gene looked after everything for her when Bud in hospital--Bud wants to do that for Lutz now but cannot -Bud and her together 3 years and makes him study Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva--Bud's father grew up in southern iowa (Ottumwa had broadcasts) -Darrel has a sister in San Diego married to naval officer--she is widow now but doesnt think for long----Darrel had a girl w him last year but she left -Darrell wants to sell bc 1000 acres too much for someone just graduated Northern Iowa--wants NM--he only year younger than narrator but treats him as innocent Yesterday he went to narrator house for dinner--people get disappointed if not something indian on table--last summer Darrell planted some things for her (herbs) and she always uses them -Darrell said people want to put golf course in place of farm--makes bud sad so is Darrell--Bud suggests he buys it but doesn't want to watch land tromped down--Darrell wants to call it The Barn-- Darrell wants narrator to come up with pretty name--she says you mean in Hindu-- Says farmers here like farmers she grew up w At dinner bud snapped darrells head off--why golf course??--darrell made joke but she thinks buds right bc usually right--he has many problems like blood pressure, diuretics, skin stuff Immobility made bud more excitable -She is carrying Bud Ripplemeyer's baby HER NAME IS JANE Bud not like Taylor--never asked her about India--Bud wounded in war and she feels she saved hsi life not marrying him -On sundays go to mother Ripplemeyers for sunday roast--bud and 8 bros and sis born in house Bud married to Karin but divorce--she kept house of 28 years--new house low and squat Janes father raised 9 on 30 acres--they're waiting it out on farm til mother R. dies Du is a Ripplemeyer--14 when they got him--now 17 junior--barely spoke english when arrived Tell jane no accent but not Iowa either--Du arrived in Jan in aloha yall t-shirt--agency dind't mind Buds divorce--agency liked his asian wife and Du was hard to place Jane met Bud when she went into bank w Mother Ripplemeyer in Baden looking for job--bud tall and fit and 50 and married to Karin and father of Buddy and Vern who are both married farmers--6 months later divorced living w Jane--asia made him emotional--Bud saw special on boat people in Thai prisons and then called agency and yar later Du in their life and Bud in wheelchair Mother is 76--in Hasnapur a woman is old at 22--thinks of Vilma a girl she envied bc lived in brick house--marriage fanciest she'd ever seen--at 21 husband died of typhoid and 22 doused herself in kerosene--set self on fire bc broke pitcher--we are just shells Mother Ripplyemeyr tells Jane her depression stories--Jane has to be careful and talks to mother R about US places bc if talks about India talks about parents Mother R. hoarder of tin foil--says she likes Jane more than Karen--in quilt group Karin wanted to stick mother R in Lutheran Home Bud has 5 bros and 3 sisters and all born w silver spoons in mouth--Jane has fam on 9--his bro vern died in korea which is only other connection to asia Du's first question to Bud was you have television Du from saigan and refugee camp--mom and bro hacked to death when madman found out got their visas -Du and Scott friends--Du called yogi in school and he doesn't share stories w Jane -Bud says he can't let Darrell do it--Jane sent him away for latest in wheelchair --doctor from Montana Jane wants to tell bud to not get involved and it is darrell's farm Rainclouds over Iowa--mother worried for Vern and he will never find way back to barn--Bud's father was Vern--she doesn't share this vision w BUd bc he is happy Chapter 3: -She saw darrell he was drunk which common for farmers--invited to dinner but he declined--Darrell had no time for fun since his dad died but farmers are supposed to in the winter Darrell admitted he couldn't argue more w bud--feels like bud is his father Darrell got very angry but apologized bc he was drunk Darrell wants him to fund 40000 gallon pit for hogs and nightsoil w sewer men and electricians on weekend but won't so darrell says build golf thing She drops him off sometimes and he says he needs her to taste her recipes he has been trying Chapter 4: Her foreigners frightens bud and her too People talking about mexicans--doesn't know what Du thinks on TV and a woman said not bad people just too many Racism against mexicans Asks to help du w homework but it's teddy roosevelt and he says she doesn't know much about him--teacher calls him quick study which doesn't sound good--his teacher tried vietnamese on him which disgusted jane Sending him to Iowa city for college training in summer Says there's a barbed wire between her and du and secrets
