Period+7+Truth

Period 7 Group - Truth Novel - //Gathering Blue//

Your group writes two to three paragraphs on the theme of truth in Gathering Blue. You should briefly quote at least two parts of the novel that have to do with truth (does not have to be spoken or thought dialogue) and include the page(s) on which you find these examples. Do answer the questions on the handout, but let them be a guide as your group works together to write these paragraphs. NO FIRST PERSON HERE - You are the EXPERT! See FDIE for more on "first person." 
 * I see good writing by the "Truth" group here -

P1 = introduction (first sentence needs revising) with two examples P2 = Kira's discoveries as truths; P3 = Matt's lack of truth about Kira and Council at first P4 = lack of truth about humans and the field P5 = summary of truth in general

I do realize that we took time in learning how to use wikis, how to save, how to edit, etc. Since we will use wikis not only in this class but also in other classes (and in life), I think it is a useful skill. I appreciate the work all of you put into this. As I will tell the class - I am asking that most groups focus on three revision ideas. However, your revision has to do with each paragraph, so you only have two revision ideas.

For this group they are the following: ** 1) All paragraphs need one topic sentence (underlined in revision) so you are sure one main idea is present; all other sentencese in paragraph must be about that one main idea; 2) Enrich your language by doing away with all uses of "very" and "thing" and replacing with more specific adverbs (very) and nouns (thing)

See bottom. **


 * I see some clearly strong revisions here, especially for a two-person group. **


 * Revised grade is 46/50 **

__One of the main topics in Gathering Blue is finding out the truth//.//__ In the book, the truth is not always told to the citizens of Kira's community.On pages 209-210 it says that Kira's mother didn't have a disease, but was poisoned, so the Council Edifice could use Kira's talent. On page 208, another example of truth not being told was that people said that her dad was killed by beasts, but the other men, including Jamison actually killed him. They had also poisoned her mother so that they could make it seem like they cared for her and let her move into the Edifice.  __The truth in //Gathering Blue // helps Kira discover her past and more about her father and how people died.__ An example of where Kira is given a hint about the real truth, is on page 110. Annabella tells her in her exact words, “There be no beasts." At first, Kira doesn't believe her, because there had been many stories about men being taken by beasts, including her own father, that she believed that there must be beast. Annabella knew that the Council of Edifice wouldn't let her tell people about the truth and beasts. Annabella realizes her fate because she is ready to die. After Annabella told Kira about the beasts, Kira tells Jamison what the old woman had said. He says, “It is dangerous for her to speak that way, her mind is beginning to wander" (pages 111-114). The next morning on her usual way to Annabella's house, Matt tells Kira, “You mustn’t go today. She not be expecting nobody. She be gone to the Field right when the sun be coming up. Draggers took her there. I seen it." (page 133). Annabella had been poisoned because she had tried to let Kira see the light about the community and its many hidden secrets.

__A lot of times, art expresses many feelings like truth.__ Kira's art reveals truth, because it expresses her feelings, and sometimes your feelings lead to truth, but she might not know it at the time. Also, some of the stitchings in the "Singer's" robe revealed truth but the people of the community including Kira don’t know exactly how to analyze it. The robe tells stories about the past, and helps Kira learn more about her community. Thomas' carvings reveal truth to him because when he is carving he lets his mind control his actions. For many people art is a way to let go and express themselves and be free.

__When the people of the community are taken to the Field, they are not always dead.__ They take them there so that they will die from starvation. While they are there, the people of Christopher's community come and tend to them and bring them to their community. They are known as the "broken people", like Kira. They know the truth about beasts because they either have physically or emotionally "broken". They take them there either because they are born different or because they have been injured by the " beasts". Very rarely do the people that are taken to the Fields die on thier own.

__What //is// truth?__ The word truth has no definite definition. It is what scholars and philosophers having been debating over the past thousands of years. The word truth in the world means to be sincere and tell the truth and the whole truth, and not leaving out anything intentionally. Sometimes in life people don't tell the truth to protect someone as the Council, in //Gathering Blue, // thought they were doing. But in the end it often harms the person later. People sometimes don't always tell the truth to seem more interesting or to make themselves look better than they really are. As humans it is our natural instinct to do wrong, lie about it, and then blame it on someone else; just like Jamison and the other hunters had. Truth is very important in the world. It is what decides fact from fiction.