Sunday, April 19, 2015

Face On The Milk Carton- Summary/ Character Analysis

Janie goes upstairs to the attic to see if there was any clues or things about her kidnapping. She starts looking around the boxes so see if anything looks suspicious. She sees a box in a corner and remembers her mother telling her that it is junk, and that she'll "toss out." The narrator said "If she had really intended to toss it out, or if it was really junk, it would have never gone to the attic; she would have donated it to the Salvation Army." Then, Janie finds a box that has the letter H written on it.After Janie had found that box with the letter H on it, she began to look through it. She found book reports, maps, worksheets, and photographs.  Even a report on Mesopotamia. It turns out that the letter “H” stands for Hannah. Then Janie found a photograph of Hannah. Heres how the text describes her, “A pretty girl- perhaps twelve or thirteen-looked back at her. Sweet, blond, mild.” From behind the papers, Janie realized a little piece of fabric. It was a white cloth, with tiny dark polka dots. It was the dress on the milk carton. 


Janie Johnson is a redhead, from in which she inherited from her mother, Hannah. She is lactose intolerant. In the text it says, “They had recently discovered  she had a lactose intolerance. This was a splashy way of saying she had stomachaches when she drank milk.”


1 comment:

  1. Being a red head and lactose intolerant does not tell us enough about her character. I want to know more about her actions and behaviors. Is she shy, outgoing, mean, thoughtful, mysterious, hard working, etc... You need to dig deeper and go beyond the basics.

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