Bille Jo's Journey
Throughout the novel, Billie Jo wrestles with her relationship with her mother and her relationship with her father. She also must come to terms with her need for home and family versus her desire to break away. In addition, after the accident, she ahs to deal with her disability. Trace these processes through Billie Jo's seasons by completing her journey.
WINTER 1934
What is Billie Jo's main interpersonal problem? Give at least three examples of this.
1. Her mom doesn't want her to play piano
2. She is lonely because her friend left
3. Her dad wanted a boy and doesn't really like her
What is Bille Jo's main problem with her everyday, non-family related, life?
She is in the Dust Bowl.
SPRING 1934
What main problem does Bille Jo write about now?
Her mother does not approve of Billie Jo playing piano.
What are Billie Jo's two sources of comfort and for what reasons?
She is comforted by piano and traveling.
SUMMER 1934
What catastophic events happen now?
Her mother, Polly, and her brother, Franklin, and her hands got burned.
What personal problems does Billie Jo now struggle with? Quote passages that express these problems.
People think she killed her mom and she can't play piano. For example, " (page )".
What interpersonal problem now develops for Bille Jo? Give several examples of this problem in action.
She feels awkward around her dad and wants to be alone, but she is afraid when she's alone and stays with her dad.
AUTUMN 1934
What is Billie Jo's main focus now?
Her main focus is trying to adjust to life without her hands, to find her place.
WINTER and SPRING 1935
How are Billie Jo's feelings about her mother changing? Give examples of this.
Although she didn't always agree with her mom, she misses her and has to do the jobs she did.
What is Billie Jo's main ongoing interpersonal problem now? Give examples of this problem in action.
She is trying to fit in to something.
What main feeling does Billie Jo express about where she lives? Quote passages in which Billie Jo expressed this feeling.
What progress does Billie Jo make in coping with her burned hands? Quote passages that express this.
SUMMER 1935
What feelings allow BIllie Jo to make the choice to leave home? Quote lines that express this.
Why does Billie Jo decide to return home?
AUTUMN 1935
What steps does Billie Jo's father take to help him and Billie Jo reconcile?
What characterisitics and actions of Louise allow Billie to accept this new woman?
In what ways does hope return to the Kelby's farm?
What do the role of the piano and her hands now reveal about Billie Jo's recovery?
WINTER 1934
What is Billie Jo's main interpersonal problem? Give at least three examples of this.
1. Her mom doesn't want her to play piano
2. She is lonely because her friend left
3. Her dad wanted a boy and doesn't really like her
What is Bille Jo's main problem with her everyday, non-family related, life?
She is in the Dust Bowl.
SPRING 1934
What main problem does Bille Jo write about now?
Her mother does not approve of Billie Jo playing piano.
What are Billie Jo's two sources of comfort and for what reasons?
She is comforted by piano and traveling.
SUMMER 1934
What catastophic events happen now?
Her mother, Polly, and her brother, Franklin, and her hands got burned.
What personal problems does Billie Jo now struggle with? Quote passages that express these problems.
People think she killed her mom and she can't play piano. For example, " (page )".
What interpersonal problem now develops for Bille Jo? Give several examples of this problem in action.
She feels awkward around her dad and wants to be alone, but she is afraid when she's alone and stays with her dad.
AUTUMN 1934
What is Billie Jo's main focus now?
Her main focus is trying to adjust to life without her hands, to find her place.
WINTER and SPRING 1935
How are Billie Jo's feelings about her mother changing? Give examples of this.
Although she didn't always agree with her mom, she misses her and has to do the jobs she did.
What is Billie Jo's main ongoing interpersonal problem now? Give examples of this problem in action.
She is trying to fit in to something.
What main feeling does Billie Jo express about where she lives? Quote passages in which Billie Jo expressed this feeling.
What progress does Billie Jo make in coping with her burned hands? Quote passages that express this.
SUMMER 1935
What feelings allow BIllie Jo to make the choice to leave home? Quote lines that express this.
Why does Billie Jo decide to return home?
AUTUMN 1935
What steps does Billie Jo's father take to help him and Billie Jo reconcile?
What characterisitics and actions of Louise allow Billie to accept this new woman?
In what ways does hope return to the Kelby's farm?
What do the role of the piano and her hands now reveal about Billie Jo's recovery?