Kira-Kira chapters 14-16 Response

I think that Lynn's death has changed Katie's life path a lot. After Lynn died, Katie began to do many things that Lynn had wanted to do, or wanted Katie to do. Such as doing better in school, "I worked harder at school, because that was one of Lynn's last wishes." Also, Katie was the one who suggested that the family take a vacation to California, because Lynn had always wanted to go to the sea. I think that as Katie gets older, she will continue to do things that would make Lynn happy. She'll probably go to college, maybe buy an apartment in Chicago or a house by the sea, like Lynn had always talked about doing. Katie will take care of her family, and put others before her, like Lynn did, and like Katie started doing after Lynn's death. I think that Katie will live a very good, happy life, because Lynn will always be with her in her thoughts and memories, and Katie will want to please Lynn in every way that she can.

Kira-Kira Response for Chapters 12 & 13

For a long time, Katie has been really kind to Lynn; making sure she gets her pills and medications, and caring for her sister without complaint. But, that one night, when Lynn asked Katie first for milk, then water, then milk again, and she couldn't make up her mind about what she wanted to drink, Katie just lost all her patience and completely blew up at Lynn, and Lynn at Katie. Part of the problem is Lynn's fault, because she was being pretty crabby, "I want some milk. Can I have water instead? There's soap on this water glass! I want milk." but it's hard to blame her, because she too has been sacrificing a lot. Having to stay in bed for weeks at a time, not able to see anyone but her family or do anything that she used to love to do. She might just have lost her patience with it all as well, and unfortunetly Katie just happened to be the one that Lynn took it out on. This naturaly made Katie mad, because she has been doing so much for her sister, and then it seems as though Lynn doesn't even recognize all that Katie's doing for her, and she adds to that task by being difficult with her drinking choices, and throwing the milk and water glass on the floor. Lynn got frustrated, which made Katie frustrated, which made them both mad enough to go all the way to say that they hated each other. This obviously isn't true, because they are probably closer to each other than they are to anyone else, but both girls were just so upset at the time, that there weren't really any other words to say. Eventually Katie will forgive Lynn, but it can be really hard to be kind to someone when they hardly seem to notice the kindness.

Apache Fact

One interesting fact that I learned while researching the Apache tribe, is that there is a very big coming-of-age ceremony for girls, but not one at all for boys. Especially since the Apache are hunter gathers' I would think that the boys would have some sort of ceremony to help prepare them for hunting for the tribe. There is a huge Sunrise ceremony that the girls take part in to prepare them for becoming a woman, but they don't do anything to prepare the boys. This seems a little strange because I think that given the way that the Apache live, the boys have more do to prepare for adulthood than girls.