Grannt's third post on the Color of Water

·        10/16/14

         Book: The Color of Water

     Grannt 

     Prompt: Make a text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world connection to the book (You could easily write a paragraph on each and create links to other sites, videos, etc).

    

                 A text to self connection between me and The Color of Water is the fact me and Ruth are both Jewish. This will give me a deeper connection to the book. I get the connection by seeing things in my Jewish life, and seeing in the book. When I see things like how Ruth speaks Yiddish, and how my grandmother speaks Yiddish as well, I can fee the connection to Ruth as is with my grandmother. I could also have a connection with Ruth in the fact that she has strong morals just like the Rabbi at my Synagogue.

               

               I also have a connection with James in the book because I too was curious about my heritage.  You could see this when James is asking questions to his mom about where she is from and what happened to her family members. I did the same thing with my parents when I was young. The difference is that when I ask, I got a very detailed responds from both my parents. This connection allows me to get a deeper feel for the character of James, along with the books as a whole. 

       -Grannt Bell 4