Carry on Mr. Bowditch

Carry on Mr.Bowditch Chapter 1

1)Why did Nat want to stay awake?

A: Nat wanted to stay awake until his brother fell asleep.

2)What bad luck had come to Nat’s family?

A: Nat’s dad had lost his ship and there was a war going on at the time.

3)Why didn’t Nat complete  his good-luck spell?

A: Nat didn’t get to do his good- luck spell because he fell asleep.

4)What did Granny ask Nat to fetch from the neighbors?

A:Granny asked Nat to go to the neighbors and ask for some fire.

5)What prevented Nat from performing his good-luck spell in Salem?

A: At night it started raining, and then Nat’s dad said that it wasn’t supposed to stop raining for three more days.

Thought Questions:

1)If luck is a random chance, why did Nat think he could influence it? Is there such a thing as luck? Why do you think people want to believe in good or bad luck?

A: I think that maybe someone told Nat that he could do it? I don’t think that there is such a thing as luck, because God knows everything he won’t change anything for luck.

2)Would you go to your neighbors if you needed to borrow something? If not, why not?

A: No normally, you would just go to the store and buy it.

3)Are there certain jobs that are “men’s work” and “women’s work”? Do you think it is the job of boys to look after girls and women? How have ideas about these questions changed since Nat’s time?

A: I think that there are things that men are better at and the same with women, but I don’t think that there are jobs for only men, OR women. I think it is a good thing for men to look out for women. In Nat’s time, there were men jobs and women jobs, that the other gender ‘couldn’t’ do.

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