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    The document is a student's responses to comprehension questions about the short story "The Two Grandmothers" by Olive Senior. The student summarizes the characters and their relationships to the narrator, where they live, things the narrator enjoyed about visiting her paternal grandmother in Jamaica, how the grandmothers' teachings differed, how they were contrasted, who wrote the story, identifies and corrects a grammatical error in a quoted sentence, and discusses whether the grandmothers respected each other despite some differences.

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    The document is a student's responses to comprehension questions about the short story "The Two Grandmothers" by Olive Senior. The student summarizes the characters and their relationships to the narrator, where they live, things the narrator enjoyed about visiting her paternal grandmother in Jamaica, how the grandmothers' teachings differed, how they were contrasted, who wrote the story, identifies and corrects a grammatical error in a quoted sentence, and discusses whether the grandmothers respected each other despite some differences.

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    The document is a student's responses to comprehension questions about the short story "The Two Grandmothers" by Olive Senior. The student summarizes the characters and their relationships to the narrator, where they live, things the narrator enjoyed about visiting her paternal grandmother in Jamaica, how the grandmothers' teachings differed, how they were contrasted, who wrote the story, identifies and corrects a grammatical error in a quoted sentence, and discusses whether the grandmothers respected each other despite some differences.

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    The Two Grandmothers

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    The document is a student's responses to comprehension questions about the short story "The Two Grandmothers" by Olive Senior. The student summarizes the characters and their relationships to the narrator, where they live, things the narrator enjoyed about visiting her paternal grandmother in Jamaica, how the grandmothers' teachings differed, how they were contrasted, who wrote the story, identifies and corrects a grammatical error in a quoted sentence, and discusses whether the grandmothers respected each other despite some differences.

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    The story is about a girl who visits her two grandmothers who have different personalities and views. One grandmother is more traditional while the other is more modern.

    The main characters are the narrator, her parents, her two grandmothers (Grandma Del and Grandma Elaine/Towser) and several other relatives and neighbors. Grandma Del is her paternal grandmother while Grandma Elaine is her maternal grandmother.

    Grandma Del lives in Jamaica while Grandma Elaine and the narrator and her parents live in the city.

    THE TWO

    GRANDMOTHERS
    English B

    GABRIELLA RAMBARAN
    FORM 4 SCIENCE
    Miss Hermanstein
    1. Give the characters in the story and explain their relationship to the
    narrator.
    Narrator
    Mummy- Narrator’s mother
    Daddy- Narrator’s father
    Grandma Del- Narrator’s paternal grandma
    Grandma Elaine/Towser- Narrator’s maternal grandma
    Mister Sonson- Neighbour of narrator’s paternal grandma
    Miss Princess- Narrator’s paternal grandma’s postwoman
    Mister Blake- Narrator’s paternal grandma’s church’s stand in parson
    Mister Mack- Narrator’s paternal grandma’s handyman
    Eulalie- Narrator’s paternal grandma’s handyman’s daughter
    Ermandine- Narrator’s paternal grandma’s handyman’s daughter
    Great-grandpa Del- Narrator’s paternal great grandfather
    Great-grandma- Narrator’s paternal great grandmother
    Joycie- Neighbour of narrator’s paternal grandma who she attends church
    with
    Melody-Ann- Neighbour of narrator’s maternal grandmother
    Aunt Thelma- Narrator’s maternal aunt
    Joyce- Narrator’s babysitter when staying with maternal grandmother
    Mister Kincaid- Narrator’s maternal grandmother’s boyfriend
    Uncle Frank- Narrator’s maternal uncle
    Grandpapa- Narrator’s maternal grandfather
    Jason- Narrator’s maternal cousin
    Maureen- Narrator’s maternal cousin
    Pearlie- Narrator’s bestfriend
    Gina- Narrator’s friend
    Jean-Ann- Narrator’s friend
    Uncle Rob- Narrator’s maternal uncle
    Auntie Rita- Narrator’s maternal aunt
    Mister Blake (2 nd)- Narrator’s maternal grandmother’s new boyfriend

    2. Where do the main characters live.


    The main characters and where they live are:
    Grandma Del- Jamaica (country)
    Grandma Elaine\Towser- in the city
    Narrator and parents- in the city

    3. What are some of the things the granddaughter loved about


    visiting with her Grandmother Del?
    She likes when going to church with grandma Del and when grandma Del
    makes jams and jellies when visiting.

    4. The narrator made us aware of some of the things that one


    grandmother had with the teachings of the other grandmother.
    Describe two.
    Grandma Del is against wearing makeup and heels while grandma Elaine
    encourages it. Grandma Del is very religious while grandma Elaine is not.

    5. Compare and contrast the two grandmothers.


    Grandma Del is old school and country like while grandma Elaine is more
    modern and more of a city woman.
    6. Who wrote the story?
    Olive senior wrote the story.

    7. Identify (copy) one sentence with mistake(s) and rewrite same with
    the appropriate corrections.
    I love Towser so much though, she hugs me a lot and says things that make
    me laugh and she gives me wonderful presents.
    I love Towser so much though, she hugs me a lot, says things that make me
    laugh and she gives me wonderful presents.

    8. Do you think the two grandmothers respect or appreciate each


    other? Discuss this. (Please note that I need to understand what you
    are trying to say)
    I think that the grandmas respect each other and it shows when grandma
    Elaine says “in all due respect” but they don’t agree on everything like how
    grandma Elaine thinks it is fine for her granddaughter to wear heels while
    grandma Del does not agree.

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