When you read a chapter in Seedfolks, the narrator’s distinct voice is probably one of the first things you notice. However, that isn’t all that you learn about the character. Most narrators provide some important details about their lives as well. Then, there’s the novel’s plot, or storyline. Each chapter reveals part of that, too.
What did you learn in Sae Young’s chapter? Study these tabs to make sure you found everything important.
Right away, Sae Young describes what has happened to her since she arrived in the United States. Events that occurred in a character’s life before the action of the novel begins are sometimes called the character’s backstory. Sae Young’s backstory is a brutal one, and it’s easy to see why she might feel hopeless and fearful.
A novel’s plot includes many, many events―all of them building toward a solution to the novel’s main problem. Each chapter of Seedfolks introduces not only a character but also a more specific problem that the character has. For instance, Sae Young is afraid to leave her house after being attacked, and this has made her very lonely. The way that Sae Young solves her own problem also moves the bigger story closer to its ending.
Although the two are related, a story’s theme is different from its plot. The theme is the message the plot sends―with help from other elements of the story. A good way to remember the difference is this: The plot is what happens in a story, and the theme is why it happens and what it says about life or people or a particular kind of experience.
Find out how well you understood the elements of character, plot, and theme developed in Sae Young’s chapter. Choose the best answer for each question.
What is Sae Young’s specific problem?
After being brutally attacked at her business, Sae Young is afraid to leave her home, except for buying groceries. Because she lives alone, Sae Young has no contact with people.
After being brutally attacked at her business, Sae Young is afraid to leave her home, except for buying groceries. Because she lives alone, Sae Young has no contact with people.
After being brutally attacked at her business, Sae Young is afraid to leave her home, except for buying groceries. Because she lives alone, Sae Young has no contact with people.
How does Sae Young solve her problem?
First, Sae Young sees Kim working in the garden and decides to risk getting involved. Then, she comes up with an idea to help everyone, and she feels a part of something at last.
First, Sae Young sees Kim working in the garden and decides to risk getting involved. Then, she comes up with an idea to help everyone, and she feels a part of something at last.
First, Sae Young sees Kim working in the garden and decides to risk getting involved. Then, she comes up with an idea to help everyone, and she feels a part of something at last.
What bigger problem with the garden is described in Sae Young’s chapter?
Sae Young describes how Sam helps the group solve this problem.
Sae Young describes how Sam helps the group solve this problem.
Sae Young describes how Sam helps the group solve this problem.
How is the bigger problem resolved?
Sam, who loves to help people work together on projects, creates a contest that gets everyone excited and then prompts them to chip in and work together.
Sam, who loves to help people work together on projects, creates a contest that gets everyone excited and then prompts them to chip in and work together.
Sam, who loves to help people work together on projects, creates a contest that gets everyone excited and then prompts them to chip in and work together.
How does the garden on Gibb Street change Sae Young’s life?
Joining the garden project makes Sae Young feel as though she belongs somewhere―"almost like family.”
Joining the garden project makes Sae Young feel as though she belongs somewhere―"almost like family.”
Joining the garden project makes Sae Young feel as though she belongs somewhere―"almost like family.”
What message, or theme, does the end of Sae Young’s chapter suggest?
The event that made a difference for Sae Young was not feeling bad about her own fear or simply finding a garden. It was her decision to participate in a positive way.
The event that made a difference for Sae Young was not feeling bad about her own fear or simply finding a garden. It was her decision to participate in a positive way.
The event that made a difference for Sae Young was not feeling bad about her own fear or simply finding a garden. It was her decision to participate in a positive way.
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