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        <title><![CDATA[Why does the boy think that it is more fun to rub your face on the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/sounder/q-and-a/why-does-boy-think-that-more-fun-rub-your-face-107911</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why does the boy think that it is more fun to rub your face on the curtains than on the sheets?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:39:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[why did the mother warn the boy to "be careful what you carry off child"?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/sounder/q-and-a/why-did-mother-warn-boy-careful-what-you-carry-off-107881</link>
        <description><![CDATA[why did the mother warn the boy to "be careful what you carry off child"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:48:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The author begins the book by describing the setting of the story,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The author begins the book by describing the setting of the story, outlining immediately the conditions which lie behind the primary conflicts which form the basis of the narrative.  Poverty is a predominant theme, as is isolation and a society in which racism is prevalent.
From the second sentence in Chapter 1, the author communicates the desolate poverty in which the family lives by describing the sagging roof of the cabin.  At least six...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:36:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does the book Sounder begin, and what conflicts are introduced...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does the book Sounder begin, and what conflicts are introduced right away?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:59:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Guide for Using Sounder in the Classroom]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is an important quote for a couple of different reasons.  The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is an important quote for a couple of different reasons.  The young (unnamed) boy who is the main character is growing up in the south where racism and violence is very common.  The boy must learn that no matter what he does, he will not be able to win against the mistreatment of the blacks.  If he &quot;learns to lose&quot; then he can move on and build from that.  The boy is able to use that by going out and learning how to read. ...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:15:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It is the boy's mother who says these words to her son when he comes...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is the boy's mother who says these words to her son when he comes back to the cabin, having been unable to find Sounder. She says,&quot;Sounder might come home again.  But you must learn to lose, child.  The Lord teaches the old to lose.  The young don't know how to learn it.  Some people is born to keep.  Some is born to lose.  We was born to lose, I reckon.  But Sounder might come back&quot; (Chapter 4).When she says &quot;you...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:31:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the importance and background of this quote in &quot;Sounder&quot;?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the importance and background of this quote in &quot;Sounder&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:36:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The boy in &quot;Sounder&quot; gets the opportunity to go to school when...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The boy in &quot;Sounder&quot; gets the opportunity to go to school when a kindly teacher takes an interest in him.  Recognizing the boy's intelligence and drive, he offers him a place to stay during the term in exchange for doing chores for him.The boy is off on one of his tortuous journeys in search of his father.  A prison guard cruelly throws &quot;a jagged piece of iron&quot; at the boy and hurts his hand.  Bleeding, the boy retreats,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:20:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does the boy in &quot;Sounder&quot; get the oppurtunity to go to...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/sounder/q-and-a/how-does-boy-sounder-get-oppurtunity-go-school-59125</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How does the boy in &quot;Sounder&quot; get the oppurtunity to go to school?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:01:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the importance of the following quote from...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the importance of the following quote from &quot;Sounder&quot;:  &quot;but you must learn to lose, son&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:16:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The boy's mother is going off to sell cornmeal to get food for them...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The boy's mother is going off to sell cornmeal to get food for them after his father is taken away by the sheriff.  He stands at the door and watches her go away up the road with the meal sack over her shoulder.  The quote refers to the way things appear to get smaller and smaller as they get farther and farther away.  The boy stands there watching his mother walk away until all he can see of her is the sack, which stands out against the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:23:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Sounder" it says: until the meal sack over her shoulder was just (a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Sounder" it says: until the meal sack over her shoulder was just (a white speck), whats does this mean?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 05:57:56 PST</pubDate>
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