ROAR Journal Entry 6

Salma El-Behaedi
The Star of Kazan
Pages 200-240

5 Comments

1. Herr Egghart thinks that Annika stole his great-aunt's treasure case and a whole problem arises between the Professors and the Eggharts.

2. Ellie misses Annika more than ever and she has begun to lose weight from all the grief she is going through.

3. Annika and Hermann get into an argument and Annika hates Hermann even more because of his snobbish personality.

4. Hermann meets Loremarie and almost physically gets into a fight with her just to impress his cousin Gudrun.

5. Zed meets Edeltraut's uncle and enjoys spending time with him because of his generous personality.

6. Zed steals Annika's trunk and runs away but Annika realizes that she still misses him even after all he had done.

7. Ellie is looking through the black recipe book that belonged to her mother and her mother's mother and is stricken by the memory of Annika making the Christmas carp.

4 Questions

1. Since Ellie is upset by any thought of Annika that comes to her, when does she think she will be over the idea that Annika is long gone?

2. How is the Emperor of Vienna seen as by other great empires at the time?

3. Why does the author make it seem like Ellie is more concerned with Annika's absence more than Sigrid?

4. Why has Hermann changed personalities all of a sudden from being a nice sweet boy to a snob?

5. Who does Annika see more in her future, Ellie or her birth mother?

6. In what ways does Annika think that she may have changed since she moved to live with her birth mother?

3 Vocabulary Words

1. indignant ( page 201)
Definition: anger triggered by unfairness.

2. furrowed( page 222)
Definition: To groove or wrinkle.

3. crucifixes ( page 239)
Definition: A representation of Jesus on the cross.

2 Literary Devices

1. Conflict: Man vs. Man
Book Example: " Annika did not like Hermann"( Page 203).

2. Personification
Book Example: "...the bells had pealed out joyously..."(page 239).

1 Sentence Overview

1. Zed runs off with Annika's trunk hoping to reach the gypsies while Annika has to confront her enemy Loremarie.