"Fairest" by Gail Carson Levine Notes
Title: Fairest Author: Gail Carson Levine By: Jane Phillips
Page Number
Direct Quote from the book
Response
5
I developed the habit of holding my hand in front of my face when guests arrived, foolish practice, because it raised curiosity and concealed little.
This part reminded me of myself because I have stupid habits. Also, I felt sad that Aza would think that she would have to hide herself or feel ashamed about what she looked like.
87
She was our ruler now! Everyone in the room and those outside knelt and swore their loyalty. I knelt, too, and she swayed against my shoulder. How could she rule? She didn’t know Ayortha. How frightened and grief stricken I’d be in her place.
This makes me feel angry but sorrow because Ivi wasn’t fit to be the queen, she didn’t know how to rule so it wasn’t fair that the country was put in such bad hands. But, I feel bad for her because she was scared to have to rule the kingdom. Also, she didn’t deserve the king because she didn’t love him; she just wanted him to love her.
99-100
In Amonta, at the Featherbed Inn, Where I once lived, my mother rakes up the fire. My father wakes the cook, who cannot cook today. Cream curdles; milk sours; eggs break; onions rot. My father and my mother put down their forks. In his castle, the king swallows nought but air. His life has narrowed, but his thread winds on. Should the king come to Amonta, eyes wide, legs hale, mouth full of words . . . Cakes would bake themselves, mares shoe themselves, roads pave themselves. My mother would don her damask gown. And I would sing until the sun cheered and the inn dissolved in music.
This song shows me that Aza really cares about the king and hopes he gets better and about Amonta, the Featherbed Inn, and her family because when she put them into her song not only did it express her love, but also her sorrow. Thought this makes me wonder if everyone’s song were somewhat like this or if Aza’s was one of a kind and how Queen Ivi’s
Page Number
Direct Quote from the book
Response
5
I developed the habit of holding my hand in front of my face when guests arrived, foolish practice, because it raised curiosity and concealed little.
This part reminded me of myself because I have stupid habits. Also, I felt sad that Aza would think that she would have to hide herself or feel ashamed about what she looked like.
87
She was our ruler now! Everyone in the room and those outside knelt and swore their loyalty. I knelt, too, and she swayed against my shoulder. How could she rule? She didn’t know Ayortha. How frightened and grief stricken I’d be in her place.
This makes me feel angry but sorrow because Ivi wasn’t fit to be the queen, she didn’t know how to rule so it wasn’t fair that the country was put in such bad hands. But, I feel bad for her because she was scared to have to rule the kingdom. Also, she didn’t deserve the king because she didn’t love him; she just wanted him to love her.
99-100
In Amonta, at the Featherbed Inn, Where I once lived, my mother rakes up the fire. My father wakes the cook, who cannot cook today. Cream curdles; milk sours; eggs break; onions rot. My father and my mother put down their forks. In his castle, the king swallows nought but air. His life has narrowed, but his thread winds on. Should the king come to Amonta, eyes wide, legs hale, mouth full of words . . . Cakes would bake themselves, mares shoe themselves, roads pave themselves. My mother would don her damask gown. And I would sing until the sun cheered and the inn dissolved in music.
This song shows me that Aza really cares about the king and hopes he gets better and about Amonta, the Featherbed Inn, and her family because when she put them into her song not only did it express her love, but also her sorrow. Thought this makes me wonder if everyone’s song were somewhat like this or if Aza’s was one of a kind and how Queen Ivi’s