Home Made Love teaches about the literacy of unconditional love, our role in the community and the real meaning of home because the main character, Girlpie, makes a mistake but the love of her parents lets her pick up the pieces and make everything right again. ”But all the time any hurt can be healed. All wrongs forgiven and all the world made peace again”, pag 8, Shane W. This shows that not only is the book teaching readers about how unquestioning love can be but also how forgiving and making things right is giving the world a chance to be in peace again.
Thank you Estefania. I agree, Homemade Love is about unconditional love. I wonder if your M sentence is trying to do too much. It’s really difficult to talk about unconditional love, community, and home in one sentence. What if you established the relationship these three ideas had to one another? For example, “Homemade Love shows that a community is like a home because it has unconditional love for its members.” Your example and analysis are great. I recommend adopting a citation style that is easier to manage. For instance, after a quote, you might put (p. 8) in parentheses. More on citation styles later in the semester.
DW
Homemade Love written by Bell Hooks teaches about the literacy of being apart of a community, coping strategies, and self-love. For example, Girlpie, after having made her mistake, was able to recognize and feel that making mistakes is okay as long as she had learned from them. She was able to still feel the love from her parents and for herself, all while feeling a sense of community in her home. Rather than feeling picked on and isolated, Girlpie learned these strategies which will help guide her in supporting herself and the community she is in because of the mere fact that she can deal with making mistakes in a healthy way.
Thank you Nieve. You’ve followed the MEAL strategy quite well here. You start with a main idea of being a part of a community and self-love and then go on to show an example of this in the text. I wonder if you could’ve narrowed your main idea even more by just focusing on self-love OR by indicating the relationship self-love has to coping strategies and community.
DW
Homeade Love by Bell Hooks teaches children about the reality of life and unconditional love received from parents at a very young age. For example, when Girlpie broke a vase, she knew that everything she did could not be right all the time and that is okay. Girlpie learned from her mistake and all was forgiven by her parents. The reality is that everything cannot be right all the time and children are able to understand that from reading Girlpie’s mistake. Girlpie’s parent’s did not scream or yell because Girlpie realized what she did was wrong. Even with her mistake (big or small) does not affect the way her parent’s feel about her. The unconditional love from parent’s lie in each child regardless of their mistakes and their unconditional love is what holds the child together.
Dear Fathima, thank your for sharing a summary of Homemade Love that focuses on the idea of unconditional love. You use the MEAL strategy to provide examples of this unconditional love from that text and then continue to analyze its significance in Girlpie’s life, but also in the life outside of the text. You’re right, in the real world, everything is not all right all the time, but this book teaches us, that is okay.
In her book “Homemade Love”, Bell Hooks explores the ideas of love and comfort through a child who’s mother refers to as “Girlpie”. For instance, when Girlpie goes to bed alone, she remembers “arms that hold” her (Hooks 13). Therefore, there’s no need for Girlpie to “fear the dark place” because “everywhere is home” (Hooks 15). Essentially, no matter the place, Girlpie always has the comfort of her parents. In addition, although she may have committed a few mistakes, her parents still love her and let her know that she has their support. This book teaches children that making mistakes is normal, however, one must admit their mistake in order to move on and find “peace again”. Through discipline, comfort and love, Girlpie along with other children learn to adapt within a community knowing they have comfort from their parents, therefore, are always “home”.
Thanks Rebeca. I appreciate your summary here. I wonder though if you have several main ideas that need further examples and analysis. For instance, you write: This book teaches children that making mistakes is normal, however, one must admit their mistake in order to move on and find “peace again”. I wanted to see an example of this and also hear from you about why admitting a mistake is the only way to find peace.
Remember, when Chee writes that often the first few pages of a story is the writer clearing his/her throat? The same is true with paragraphs. Sometimes the first couple of sentences are just us trying to figure out what we want to say. That’s why it is a great idea to go back and ask yourself, what is the specific point I’m trying to make? How can I make that clearer? What sentences should start this paragraph, what sentences should I get rid of?
In the book, “Homemade Love” Bell Hooks speaks on a little girl who has a grasp on a child’s understanding what is good and bad. For example hook states “But everything I do cannot be right. ‘Cause there’s no all the time right.” This shows that the main character can grasp that not every time she will be right and that its okay if she does wrong but she knows that it will be effect after the wrong she has caused. Her parent did not make her feel like she’s done wrong but in exchange girlpie herself see’s that when you do bad you can disappoint the ones that love you and it doesn’t feel good to do so.
Thanks Porsche. Your focus is on learning right from wrong but also learning doing the wrong thing will not change a parent’s love. I’d like you to focus on crafting less wordy sentences that often prevent readers from understanding your meaning. For instance, you write: on a little girl who has a grasp on a child’s understanding what is good and bad.
Are you saying a girl has a grasp on another child’s understanding? What does that mean? I think you’re trying to say a little girl understanding what is good and bad but the additional “on a child…” creates a confusion. After you’ve written something, review for prepositions like in, on, to, of…ask yourself if the phrase is necessary or if there’s a way you can remove it. Often, removing a prepositional phrase will create more concise sentences.
Homemade Love by Bell Hooks is a very interesting book because it focuses on the importance that it is to show children how much they are loved even when in certain situations they might do things wrong. For example in one of the writings of the book the girl expressed the following “But all the time any hurt can be healed. All wrongs forgiven. And all the world made peace again.” When reading this verse it is important to not only focus on the message that it wants to deliver to children but of the learning that it teaches adults as well. It is important to stay in peace all the time that it is possible and not stay sad or just mean with one another. It is important to just let life go on. In the last page of the book she lets us know the result of being forgiven and in peace, in her way it was just feeling secure everywhere she might go because she is safe and everyone is well treated and feels like if its home.
Thanks Yarielid. I appreciate your focus on “loved even when in certain situations they might do things wrong.” I wonder if you could’ve fleshed this idea out more by unpacking the example you give. You right away talk about the value of the example for adults, but I wanted to hear more about how the hurt can be healed line relates to being loved even when you’re wrong.
Homemade love is a children’s book written by Bells Hook. The book talks about the love kids have for their parents. Kids like “girlpie” love their parents and also like playing with the them as in the book the girl was playing with her father. The love kids have for parents is so strong that they don’t get offended when rebuked but rather but happy if they are forgiven. “All wrongs forgiven and the world makes peace again” is an example. Also for the love kids have for their parents they are not scared knowing they are around. “No need to fear in dark place” is an example when “girlpie” was sleeping by her self at night in the book.
Thanks Prince– remember what we said about sentences that just tell us the author and title of a text– they’re too obvious! A sentence that interprets is a stronger way to start a paragraph– your second sentence for example is a great interpretation of hooks’ work.
Homemade love is about an African American Girl the story focuses on her parents and there unconditional love towards their daughter. Girlie’s makes mistake but, her parents forgive her which time. For example, she breaks a dish and she knows that she cannot be perfect all the time, page 7 says (“Everything I do cannot be right. ‘Cause there is no all the time right”). This book shows the meaning of family and how the family will always forgive you and have your back no matter what. This children book shows the importance of teaching forgiveness to children and between the family member and others. At the end of the book, we see how she scared of the dark but, she knows that her mom and dad love her and that everything is going to be ok because she has them by her side. The real meaning of family is having some that love you unconditionally and it always there when you need them.
Homemade Love tries to teach children the love for their parents. The book talked about a girl name Girlie. Girlie breaks a vase and recognizes, “there is no all the time right,” and is sorry for her behavior. Her parent kissed her reassuring her of their love for her. This is a great book for kids because they will make mistakes are they grow. It demonstrates how a parent with still loves a child regardless of making a mistake or not.
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Home Made Love teaches about the literacy of unconditional love, our role in the community and the real meaning of home because the main character, Girlpie, makes a mistake but the love of her parents lets her pick up the pieces and make everything right again. ”But all the time any hurt can be healed. All wrongs forgiven and all the world made peace again”, pag 8, Shane W. This shows that not only is the book teaching readers about how unquestioning love can be but also how forgiving and making things right is giving the world a chance to be in peace again.
Thank you Estefania. I agree, Homemade Love is about unconditional love. I wonder if your M sentence is trying to do too much. It’s really difficult to talk about unconditional love, community, and home in one sentence. What if you established the relationship these three ideas had to one another? For example, “Homemade Love shows that a community is like a home because it has unconditional love for its members.” Your example and analysis are great. I recommend adopting a citation style that is easier to manage. For instance, after a quote, you might put (p. 8) in parentheses. More on citation styles later in the semester.
DW
Homemade Love written by Bell Hooks teaches about the literacy of being apart of a community, coping strategies, and self-love. For example, Girlpie, after having made her mistake, was able to recognize and feel that making mistakes is okay as long as she had learned from them. She was able to still feel the love from her parents and for herself, all while feeling a sense of community in her home. Rather than feeling picked on and isolated, Girlpie learned these strategies which will help guide her in supporting herself and the community she is in because of the mere fact that she can deal with making mistakes in a healthy way.
Thank you Nieve. You’ve followed the MEAL strategy quite well here. You start with a main idea of being a part of a community and self-love and then go on to show an example of this in the text. I wonder if you could’ve narrowed your main idea even more by just focusing on self-love OR by indicating the relationship self-love has to coping strategies and community.
DW
Homeade Love by Bell Hooks teaches children about the reality of life and unconditional love received from parents at a very young age. For example, when Girlpie broke a vase, she knew that everything she did could not be right all the time and that is okay. Girlpie learned from her mistake and all was forgiven by her parents. The reality is that everything cannot be right all the time and children are able to understand that from reading Girlpie’s mistake. Girlpie’s parent’s did not scream or yell because Girlpie realized what she did was wrong. Even with her mistake (big or small) does not affect the way her parent’s feel about her. The unconditional love from parent’s lie in each child regardless of their mistakes and their unconditional love is what holds the child together.
Dear Fathima, thank your for sharing a summary of Homemade Love that focuses on the idea of unconditional love. You use the MEAL strategy to provide examples of this unconditional love from that text and then continue to analyze its significance in Girlpie’s life, but also in the life outside of the text. You’re right, in the real world, everything is not all right all the time, but this book teaches us, that is okay.
In her book “Homemade Love”, Bell Hooks explores the ideas of love and comfort through a child who’s mother refers to as “Girlpie”. For instance, when Girlpie goes to bed alone, she remembers “arms that hold” her (Hooks 13). Therefore, there’s no need for Girlpie to “fear the dark place” because “everywhere is home” (Hooks 15). Essentially, no matter the place, Girlpie always has the comfort of her parents. In addition, although she may have committed a few mistakes, her parents still love her and let her know that she has their support. This book teaches children that making mistakes is normal, however, one must admit their mistake in order to move on and find “peace again”. Through discipline, comfort and love, Girlpie along with other children learn to adapt within a community knowing they have comfort from their parents, therefore, are always “home”.
Thanks Rebeca. I appreciate your summary here. I wonder though if you have several main ideas that need further examples and analysis. For instance, you write: This book teaches children that making mistakes is normal, however, one must admit their mistake in order to move on and find “peace again”. I wanted to see an example of this and also hear from you about why admitting a mistake is the only way to find peace.
Remember, when Chee writes that often the first few pages of a story is the writer clearing his/her throat? The same is true with paragraphs. Sometimes the first couple of sentences are just us trying to figure out what we want to say. That’s why it is a great idea to go back and ask yourself, what is the specific point I’m trying to make? How can I make that clearer? What sentences should start this paragraph, what sentences should I get rid of?
DW
In the book, “Homemade Love” Bell Hooks speaks on a little girl who has a grasp on a child’s understanding what is good and bad. For example hook states “But everything I do cannot be right. ‘Cause there’s no all the time right.” This shows that the main character can grasp that not every time she will be right and that its okay if she does wrong but she knows that it will be effect after the wrong she has caused. Her parent did not make her feel like she’s done wrong but in exchange girlpie herself see’s that when you do bad you can disappoint the ones that love you and it doesn’t feel good to do so.
Thanks Porsche. Your focus is on learning right from wrong but also learning doing the wrong thing will not change a parent’s love. I’d like you to focus on crafting less wordy sentences that often prevent readers from understanding your meaning. For instance, you write: on a little girl who has a grasp on a child’s understanding what is good and bad.
Are you saying a girl has a grasp on another child’s understanding? What does that mean? I think you’re trying to say a little girl understanding what is good and bad but the additional “on a child…” creates a confusion. After you’ve written something, review for prepositions like in, on, to, of…ask yourself if the phrase is necessary or if there’s a way you can remove it. Often, removing a prepositional phrase will create more concise sentences.
DW
Homemade Love by Bell Hooks is a very interesting book because it focuses on the importance that it is to show children how much they are loved even when in certain situations they might do things wrong. For example in one of the writings of the book the girl expressed the following “But all the time any hurt can be healed. All wrongs forgiven. And all the world made peace again.” When reading this verse it is important to not only focus on the message that it wants to deliver to children but of the learning that it teaches adults as well. It is important to stay in peace all the time that it is possible and not stay sad or just mean with one another. It is important to just let life go on. In the last page of the book she lets us know the result of being forgiven and in peace, in her way it was just feeling secure everywhere she might go because she is safe and everyone is well treated and feels like if its home.
Thanks Yarielid. I appreciate your focus on “loved even when in certain situations they might do things wrong.” I wonder if you could’ve fleshed this idea out more by unpacking the example you give. You right away talk about the value of the example for adults, but I wanted to hear more about how the hurt can be healed line relates to being loved even when you’re wrong.
Homemade love is a children’s book written by Bells Hook. The book talks about the love kids have for their parents. Kids like “girlpie” love their parents and also like playing with the them as in the book the girl was playing with her father. The love kids have for parents is so strong that they don’t get offended when rebuked but rather but happy if they are forgiven. “All wrongs forgiven and the world makes peace again” is an example. Also for the love kids have for their parents they are not scared knowing they are around. “No need to fear in dark place” is an example when “girlpie” was sleeping by her self at night in the book.
Thanks Prince– remember what we said about sentences that just tell us the author and title of a text– they’re too obvious! A sentence that interprets is a stronger way to start a paragraph– your second sentence for example is a great interpretation of hooks’ work.
Homemade love is about an African American Girl the story focuses on her parents and there unconditional love towards their daughter. Girlie’s makes mistake but, her parents forgive her which time. For example, she breaks a dish and she knows that she cannot be perfect all the time, page 7 says (“Everything I do cannot be right. ‘Cause there is no all the time right”). This book shows the meaning of family and how the family will always forgive you and have your back no matter what. This children book shows the importance of teaching forgiveness to children and between the family member and others. At the end of the book, we see how she scared of the dark but, she knows that her mom and dad love her and that everything is going to be ok because she has them by her side. The real meaning of family is having some that love you unconditionally and it always there when you need them.
Great work Reina, I love the way you transition from unconditional love to forgiveness.
Homemade Love tries to teach children the love for their parents. The book talked about a girl name Girlie. Girlie breaks a vase and recognizes, “there is no all the time right,” and is sorry for her behavior. Her parent kissed her reassuring her of their love for her. This is a great book for kids because they will make mistakes are they grow. It demonstrates how a parent with still loves a child regardless of making a mistake or not.