Please preview the vocabulary for chapter 2.
Vocabulary--Chapter 2 "The Fire"
Vocabulary--Chapter 2 "The Fire"
Shinto shrine a religious building of the principal religion of Japan, with emphasis upon the worship of nature, ancestors, ancient heroes, and the divinity of the emperor. Prior to 1945, Shinto was the state religion.
brackish having an unpleasant taste; nauseating.
corrugated iron iron sheet formed into a wavy pattern of parallel grooves and ridges.
grotesque characterized by distortions or striking incongruities in appearance, shape, or manner; fantastic, bizarre.
atavistic displaying characteristics of remote ancestors.
ionization the process by which something becomes electrically charged, as a gas under the influence of radiation or electric discharge; here, the smell from such a process.
prostrate lying flat, prone, or supine; in a state of physical exhaustion or weakness.
Occidental a person born in the West or a member of Western culture. Here, Father Kleinsorge is German rather than Japanese.
Grummans military aircrafts made by the American firm Grumman Aircraft Corporation.
vortex a whirling mass of water forming a vacuum at its center into which anything caught in the motion is drawn; whirlpool.
razed to tear down completely; level to the ground, demolish.
1. How do these react toward family?
-Tanimoto
-Nakamura
-Kleinsorge
2. Who is Mrs. Kamai? What adjective would you use to describe her situation?
3. Who is Yoshida? How does he react after the bomb?
-Tanimoto
-Nakamura
-Kleinsorge
2. Who is Mrs. Kamai? What adjective would you use to describe her situation?
3. Who is Yoshida? How does he react after the bomb?
Option 1: Please complete the three questions above and provide evidence from the text.
Option 2: Please complete the two questions above and provide evidence from the text.
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