Rochelle Oliver

This is an interesting question. When the story begins, we are told that Phillip’s mother is upset that the family is living in Curaçao and misses her life in Virginia where the Enrights had had a...

Zachariah tries very hard to befriend Charlotte at the beginning of the voyage, saying, “I can assure you, Zachariah can be a fine friend.” He feels they have something in common—their...

Kit is conflicted in her feelings about snow. Her heart quickly flips from like to dislike and back again. When she first sees the snow outside dusting the landscape, she is excited by it and...

Kenny is a gifted reader and his teacher likes to show off his reading abilities to the other classes. When Kenny is asked to read in front of Byron's class, he is afraid that Byron will be angry...

When William first sees Kit at Meeting, he is impressed and entranced by Kit. Kit is different from any of the girls in Wethersfield, and he is especially impressed by her manner of dress, as she...

After taking the blame for eating Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds, Stanley returns from his uncomfortable visit with the Warden to find that his hole has already been finished for him. He notices that...

Nat and Kit's relationship has a somewhat rocky start. First, Nat is embarrassed and angered by Kit when she jumps into the water to save Prudence's doll. He splashes in after her but feels silly...

Since the S.S. Hato was torpedoed, Phillip has lost his eyesight and his mother. He now finds himself stranded on an island with a man he barely knows and essentially no survival skills. As a...

The plotline between Kit and Nat is one of those classic love stories when the characters initially don't like each other, but later grow fond and eventually marry. Kit first meets...

Byron's behavior has gotten so bad that his parents, Wilona and Daniel, can't figure out what to do with him. In desperation, they arrange a trip to Birmingham, Alabama where they will visit...

This is a difficult question because one must think of all the places the Watsons passed through on their way to Birmingham. The Watsons begin their trip in Flint, Michigan. Momma has created a...

The Watsons begin their trip in Flint, Michigan. Momma has created a notebook detailing the costs of the trip, the route, the stops along the way, etc. She plans for the trip to take three days....

When Timothy rescues Phillip from the sinking ship, the S. S. Hato, he refers to Phillip as "Young Bahss" which is really "Young Boss" written to mimic the way the words sound in Timothy's...

The figurative language and word choice are what make this such a famous, classic poem. Alfred Noyes uses fantastic, vivid visual imagery in "The Highwayman," and each phrase is infused with...

To answer this question, we must think back on the plotline about Elya Yelnats and Madame Zeroni. Elya was in love with Myra Menke and wanted to earn her love in return. When Myra's father says he...

This is true. Momma makes the children wear many layers of clothes in winter because she is from Alabama and is still shocked by the cold winters in Flint, Michigan, where she is raising her...

When Rufus and his brother Cody first board the school bus, Kenny thinks of Rufus as "his personal saver." This is a play on the word, "savior," which is really the phrase that Kenny is trying to...

During their journey, Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace travel to many different planets. They visit an unnamed, two-dimensional planet, Uriel, the planet where they meet the Happy Medium, Camazotz,...