The Milk Carton Chapter Summary

Coming from a lonely and abusive home Mary had to find happiness outside of her house. Her mom made a friend from their church and she happened to have a three month year old baby. Mary always occupied the Richardson’s by helping with baby Alyssa, while also distracting herself from reality. Meeting the Richardson’s ended up being Mary’s worst nightmare. One night the Richardson’s went out and asked Mary and her mother to watch Alyssa.

In the book called Spilled Milk, it talks about a little girl her name is Brooke. She lives in New York with her dad, mom, bother, and sisters. Brooke has kept a secret. The secret was that she had been sexually abused by her father, from a young child to about the age of sixteen. The act of being sexually abused by her father is terrible. Brooke also, took more abuse in the effort to stop her father from abusing her siblings. All her life she knew something was off about her dad and didn’t understand why until she realized she was being abused. Brooke’s mother read Brooke’s journal about the problems that her and her siblings were having. She made a promise to Brooke to try to help.

In 1991, Jaycee Dugard was an ordinary, happy eleven-year-old girl living in Lake Tahoe, California. On day, as she was walking to school, a strange vehicle pulled up beside her. Sensing something was wrong, the child began to move away from the suspicious van, but before she could get away she felt a rush of electricity through her body; she was shot by a stun gun. Unable to resist, Jaycee was dragged into the car, covered with a blanket, and driven to her kidnapper’s hidden backyard where she would be held captive for eighteen years.

Hannah has experiences in the story that change her. In chapter three, Hannah drank watered down wine for the first time. Hannah also got drunk. “ Uncle Sam poured another quarter glass of wine into her glass, then filled it the way with water for the next blessing.” this was on page 16. This experience is a huge role in the story because it causes her to fall asleep and have to crazy dream. Another quote is when Hannah says “I'm not Chaya.” On page 34, “I'm from New Rochelle. And I'm not Chaya, I'm Hannah’ When Shmuel’s eyebrows rose up and lines furrowed his brow, he looked so fierce Hannah moved back a step” Rivka explains to Hannah that she was sick and probably forgot. Hannah has many experiences in the story that change her.

Janie basically becomes a maid while living a life with Joe. Her days started to consist of bringing Joe meals and then going home to clean and just staying out of the way. One evening he gave a speech to the townspeople saying how grateful he was for the help of everyone to create the town. One of the towns people asked if Janie could give a speech but joe said, “...mah wife don’t know nothin’ ‘bout no speech-makin” ( Hurston 43). Janie could have possibly given a speech if she really wanted to, but she never

grew up privileged with wealth and always had a sense of security. The two siblings kept no contact growing up because of a dispute that occurred days before the death of their father. Macon is drawn to Pilate’s way of life even though he cannot admit it to himself. One night Macon decided to take a stroll past Pilates house, to his surprise he was drawn to the music and the liveliness that was protruding her house. If Pilate and Macon would have stayed together and been able to support each other maybe they would have been able to successfully fulfill their dreams. Even though wealth hand success Macon remains unhappy. As the novel goes on we learn Milkman’s true emotions when his father was telling him a story, “Deep down in that pocket where his heart hid, he felt used. Somehow everybody was using him for something or as something” Morrison 165. He concludes that this is Macon’s way of swaying him into finding the gold that’s been hidden. Milkman’s journey includes another difficult obstacle while trying to discover his hidden past he is befriended by his best friend who wants to murder him. Milkman turns up in Shalimar, Virginia, Pilates early childhood hometown, he learns that Guitar his best friend, left him a message and that message said, “Yeah. Said to tell you your day was sure coming or your day… something like that…your day is here” Morrison 262. This comes as a great disturbance for Milkman but it doesn’t not sway him from his original goal of finding

When Janie's Nanny was aging and felt her life ending, she saw Janie maturing quickly and she thought that it would be only proper for her to have a man for protection after she leaves. After Janie was told this, she immediately didn’t want to accept it, but she did anyway. At age 17, she was married with the man named Logan Killicks who was 50 years old. Logan was a lonely man before he met Janie, the only thing he had to offer for her in marrying Janie was his protection, and a 60 acre potato

First, Janie, the main character, starts off living and being taken care of her grandmother, Nanny. She later grows up to become married, but their relationship is not genuine because her grandmother wanted her to marry the man. Janie meets a man called Joe Starks and they run off to a town called Eatonville where Joe becomes Mayor and blinded by his power. He becomes violent and domestically abuses Janie. Joe would be manipulative and isolate her from the rest of the town because she was "high-class." They live on to become older, and he eventually dies due to a sickness he needed to have checked two years earlier, but it was too late.

Janie is a highly believable character due to her being so self-determined and authentic. She is a very complex character who has many strengths and weaknesses. Janie’s strengths are evident in her determination to live life on her own terms. She overcomes leaving an unsuccessful arranged marriage, an abusive marriage, a natural disaster, and the death of her loving husband, Tea Cake. After Janie decides to return to Eatonville, the narrator states, “She called in her soul to come and see” (Hurston

Janie was raised by her grandmother who she calls Nanny that had previously lived the life as a slave. The young sixteen year old girl was brought to us as a product of

In The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline B. Cooney, the theme is the decisions that people make can affect their lives and the lives of others. An example of the theme, "They wandered around the campus, talking about what college would be like and how they yearned to live in dorms and be away from the confining rules of their parents. Janie was lying. College terrified her." Reeve said, "My parents and Guidance think I should take a postgraduate year, repeat some of my high school subjects to get better grades, and go on to college." this shows that they need to make many decisions in their lives. Page:58. Janie, the main character, is a good student and she gets straight A's. She also never misses school. Reeve, her friend, is shocked

Janie’s first home was in Rural, Florida, she lived with her first Husband Logan Killicks. Her first home gave her the realization of how you can’t force yourself to love someone. Logan was a bad husband to her; he abused and disrespected her all the time. She was miserable living with him, she only married her because she was expected too by her grandmother. Logan only used her for work and even called her a mule. For example “Come and help me move this manure pile befo’ de sun gits hot. You don’t take a bit of

However, during these such obstacles she also finds herself and creates a voice of her own. Growing up Janie had a different lifestyle than most african Americans, she grew up believing that she was indeed white. Although she was raised by her grandmother, which she knew as nanny she lived with a family of whites and was treated as one of them.Janie was given a hard time at school because of this her nanny decided it was time to move out. The turning point in Janie 's life occurred when Nanny caught her kissing a boy; Nanny was disappointed because she wanted Janie to be better than what her mother and herself had become. Nanny knowing that she was going to die soon set up an arranged marriage with an older man who was interested in Janie. Janie only being 14 and in desperate search for love hated the thought of her soon to be husband, but she thought that when two people got married they automatically fell in love with each other. She soon discovers that is not what happens. Janie runs away to discover herself, in spite of her self awareness she also finds herself running off with a younger man abandoning her safe home and husband for something in which she does not know how it will play out.

Where: The story takes place in Harlem, New York. The settings are at the subway, the school, the brother’s childhood home, Isabel’s home, the narrator’s home, and the nightclub.

This theme is very important in real life. I feel this way because if you don't step in and help some one who you can see is going through a rough time will always remember, and will always also remember if you help them. As seen in the book, Hannah remembered everything that contributed. I feel this story will help people change how they think.