1. Analyzing the Role of Poverty

2. Chapter two:
Respond to this quote from the chapter. “Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.”
And respond to this quote from the movie Hell or High Water “I've been poor my whole life, like a disease passing from generation to generation.”
How are the two quotes similar? In what way are the two quotes addressing a similar idea?

3. Chapter two con’t.
Fill in the chart over the positives and negatives of being poor. You must use at least one example from the text for each side. Then add your own ideas. Write at least three points on each side of the chart.
Positive -
Negative

4. #1.Why didn’t the narrator blame his father for shooting Oscar?
#2.In your opinion, was the father right for shooting the dog? Yes/No? WHY???
#3. Explain the metaphor used in this chapter. “my mother and father are the twin suns around which I orbit and my world will EXPLODE without them.”
What is being compared? How does the comparison explain the relationship between the narrator and his parents?

5. Dance, Dance, Dance
Respond to the quote from ”Dance, Dance, Dance”: And since the kids and parents at Rearden thought I had a lot of money, I did nothing to change their minds… Yeah I pretended to have a little money. I pretended to be middle class. I pretended I belonged.”

6. Dance, Dance, Dance
How does Junior’s cartoon represent his expectations of his friends and Rearden culture?

7. #1.What changes for Junior through this chapter?
#2.What changes for Roger, and Penelope in this chapter?