Most of what you learn about community gardening in Seedfolks is revealed by one of the novel's many narrators, as part of a story. However, one section of the novel takes a different approach. In fact, it isn't really part of the novel at all―it just appears in the same book.
The last section of the novel Seedfolks is called "From Seed to Seedfolks." The "voice" in this section is the author himself―Paul Fleischman, and the section is a kind of follow-up, or afterword, explaining why he decided to write the book.
Even though "From Seed to Seedfolks" is written in a subjective style, much of what Fleischman tells readers is similar to the information found in "A Garden Together." In fact, "From Seed to Seedfolks" and "A Garden Together" include some of the very same facts.
Read the Novel
As you read the very last section in Seedfolks, try to answer these questions:
| What is the purpose of the section titled "From Seed to Seedfolks"? |
| What is the section's point of view―first-person or third-person? |
| How can you tell that "From Seed to Seedfolks" is subjective rather than objective writing? |
| What does the writer include in "From Seed to Seedfolks" that is NOT in the article "A Garden Together"? |
| What ideas appear in BOTH "A Garden Together" and "From Seed to Seedfolks"? |
