Me:How does it feels when people around you all leave you gradually? Billie Jo:It felt lonely.When people all said goodbye to me,I felt like I am the remainder here. Althought they said they would come back,I don't think they would.It's just make me felt like that it's getting hopeless.But me and my dad still decided to stay here,because here is our home,and here had the memories of mom. (It's just what I think she will answer about!)
Me: What's your feeling aout your father and mother after your mother died in that accident?
Billie Jo: I think I feel so sad about my mather's death. Although we oftom argued with each other when she was alive, I realy memorized her. I feel so confused to my father because he did that kind of thing to Ma. I didn't understand what he was thinfing about. He loves Ma, but fight with her. I can forgive that. Which couples don't argue with each other? I changed the relationship of my father and me because he was so strange at that time. He didn't want to talk to me although he loved me before.
>The Illusionist: You know if you were reading what you have just written in a different person's perspective, maybe you would consider yourself a little too self-obsessed? >Billie Joe: Look I'm a total mess-up at writing poetry, sorry. The book was written in a way so that people would be able to think beyond the Great Depression. I bet you would never be able to feel what kind of life people were livin'. People were eating people, if the human race was to go any way but lower, the civilization would have been dead. >TIL: Hey Billie, I've just found something really disturbing. If you people were so poor at that time, even for musical sheets, how come you got to learn music? >BJ: Hey remeber, music is free to every one. Though the people in the past had invented rules for it, you could make all possibilities for a human civilization, and let's not count me in it. >TIL: How did you wash your dishes or plates or even take a bath in such a condition? >BJ: We wash our dishes by saving small amount of water, every spring it just might rain a little bit more, and we save the water in a tower up on a roof. The same as taking a bath.
My question:What was your feeling at that tome about the accident of your Ma?If you can go back before that time, what would you do? Billie Jo's answer:I was so sorry to threw the kerosene out before Ma was coming back.Because of me, Ma died and wouldn't be alive again. I was very upset and heartbroken after the sorrowful accident happened. But I really didn't know Ma was coming back. I thought everyone wouldn't forgive me especially my father. I was so nervous that I thought papa would scold me. But he didn't. If I can go back before the accident happened, I would not touch anything before my dad came.And Ma wouldn't die. My family would be complete. Everything would be okay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~Eric~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Question 1: If you were adult during the Great Depression, what would do for yourself or your family?
Answer 1: In that serious time, I could be very impulsive, and I can't think the way to solve these problems. But that's not helpful for these difficulties. If I faced that, I would plan some stategies to solve that! First, I would asked myself and families to be economical, to spend these money to the right way. Second, we need to learn more things or knowledges, even the skills in some works, if I was unemployed, I could used that to help me. But the important thing is that everyone needs to be economical, if we face that, we can use these to heip us!
I: What do you think about the tragedy for you and your mom? Is it sure a miserable memory for you, how did you get through this? Billie Jo: I felt really really sad for this event. If I did not throw out the kerosene, mom would not die. This is sure a sad memory. And I would never forget this. I: How you think about your father after this event? Billie Jo: I was once sad about my father. He seemed not so care about this event. I was disappointed about his attitude. I started call Daddy "My Father". I would never forgot my mother and the accident.
Claire: Why don't you try to convince your father move to other places? Or shift to other industries? When your mother left you, how do you comfort yourself?
Billie Jo: Well, I think the place we live has a very important meaning to my dad. My dad lived here for a long time, he has already loved this land which he is very familiar with, so I think it's impossible to convice him to move. And I don't want to increase his troubled. He had a lot of troubled already.I think the reason that I don't convince him to shift to other industries is same as the first question. I am pretty sad of my ma's death, but later I think I have to accept it sooner or later. So I let bygones be bygones. I hope that my answer can solve your doubts.
Me: If your ma still alive, what you want to do or to say for her? Billie Jo: If she still alive, I'll do what she say, and I'll try my best on playing paino, and show it to her. Me: What's your felling when you saw the baby? Billie Jo: I think of Ma, because the accident the baby die, it's a terrible experience. I feel very sad. Me: You and your father. Did you want to tell him anything? Billie Jo: I'll ask him why he didn't stay beside Ma that day? I think I'll ask him lots of question. And I'll tell him, our relationship was basic on ma, please do what ma want you do! by cindy
Me: Don't you feel like killing yourself when so many terrible thing happened in your life? Billie Jo: Exactally.Expecilly the day my mom died. Me: ...... I see. Billie Jo: I miss her. I would want to collect all the thing aboult my mom because I don't want to miss every single memeries about her. Those thing would make me think aboult her every time. The reason why I didn't really kill myself is that I believe all the life is special. Even not exactally wonderful, I would try my best living happily for my own and for my mom.
Billie:It really changed my life very much.My mother died on this accident, even my fingers.... I don't want my mother to die, but I don't know what i was doing at that time.I just do what I think i should do, but....
Me: I know. But you can't play piano anymore.
Billie: i know. Although I can't play the piano in the real world, i can play it in my mind. I can also enjoy it. I love my mother and play the piano.
Me:What do you think about your father? Billie Jo:I think he didn't like my mom at first. He seemed not to care about me and mom. When the accident happened, my mom looked so painful. My father still did what he likes to do. I really hated him at that time. But now I think he is not as bad as what I thought. Maybe we will be better in the future. I love him and he loves me.
What will you suggest people if they had same experience like you? (mom died)
I really feel sad and upset at the first time but I know that everyone will feel sad if someone beside you was died, but your life is still need to go forward, and there are something beside you are still need your care. you need to take heart.
What will you suggest people if they had same experience like you? (mom died)
I really feel sad and upset at the first time but I know that everyone will feel sad if someone beside you was died, but your life is still need to go forward, and there are something beside you are still need your care. you need to take heart.
If I could ask Billie Joe a question I would ask her…… “You lovely mom pass away in a fire accident. How did you feel at the time when you know that your mom would leave you forever?”
I think she would answer,”Yes, I felt really sad and worse it was a tough time for me. I couldn’t believe that my mom died and leaved me so fast and with lots of pain. And I lost my mom and my brother at the same time. I would hardly forget it.”
I would say, “I sorry to hear these sad thing that had happened. It seemed like your mom mean a lot to you. I hope your mom will bring you good luck and she will always be with you.”
Me: You must be really depress when your mother died, right? But I'm curious of the changes of the relationship between you and your father. It seems that you two are not getting along so well! What wrong with that?
Billie Jo: It needless to say that I am so upupset when my mother died. Anyone would be upset when he or she lost his or her beloved, families. It's also the reason that I hate my father after my mom died. He even went drinking when mom was in dangerous! I know if I haven't throw the kerosene, my mom wouldn't have died, but dad seemed unwilling to take any responsibility to mom's death! I know he's also very sad, but why didn't he feel guilty? by Jeff Tsai
Michael: When the accident happened, how did you feel?
Billie Jo: I felt anxious, nervous and useless. Because I was frightened at that time. I really wanted to put the flames out and saved Ma. I didn't think much about it at that situation. Because it was an emergency! I didn't had much time to think what to do! Then when I was trying to smother the fire but it didn't go out, I felt anxious because it just didn't go out. Also I felt useless because I couldn't put it out. Ma could die because of the flames! And I felt hopeless, too. Daddy didn't come to help us. The fire just kept burning! The baby and Ma even and me might die!
Ivy: When you are having the arguement with your father about your mothers death, how did you think of it? Won't you be painful about having a bad relationship with your own father? Billie Jo: It's really a rough time for me, but the thing that I am really mad of is that my father also think it was my fault. After my mother was dead, the only one the was the most close family for me was my father, without my father's trust, I don't think I can forgive it. It's really painful for me without having a great relationship with my father, all I wanted was just my father's love. I still really love my father.
Anny:how do you feel after the dust storm have gone away?
Billie:Ha ha ha~ I feel more comfortable! I don't need to be surrounded with all of the dirty, yucky dust! Also my father's land are going to grow some new wheat! Don't you think it is exciting?
Anny:It sounds really exciting. But won't you worried about that it grows too much just like the happening before the Great Deprssion?
Billie:No! I won't be worried about it. I am too happy to be worried about it. But I think my father will control it and won't let that bad situation happens again.
Anny:That's right. I think your dad will handle it. (silence for a while) Uh...Can I ask you an question?(whisper)
Billie:Yes?
Anny:Can...you teach me how to play the piano? I really want to learn about it but I am a little bit stupid on it....
Billie:No! Don't say that! I believe you can play it well. JUST LIKE ME!!!(smiling)
Anny:Really?!
Billie:Of course! Come on! Let me teach you right away!
Anny:Ya!!!!!!!
Then Anny and Billie run through the plain, going to play the piano!
21 comments:
Me:How does it feels when people around you all leave you gradually?
Billie Jo:It felt lonely.When people all said goodbye to me,I felt like I am the remainder here. Althought they said they would come back,I don't think they would.It's just make me felt like that it's getting hopeless.But me and my dad still decided to stay here,because here is our home,and here had the memories of mom.
(It's just what I think she will answer about!)
Me: What's your feeling aout your father and mother after your mother died in that accident?
Billie Jo: I think I feel so sad about my mather's death. Although we oftom argued with each other when she was alive, I realy memorized her.
I feel so confused to my father because he did that kind of thing to Ma. I didn't understand what he was thinfing about. He loves Ma, but fight with her. I can forgive that. Which couples don't argue with each other? I changed the relationship of my father and me because he was so strange at that time. He didn't want to talk to me although he loved me before.
>The Illusionist: You know if you were reading what you have just written in a different person's perspective, maybe you would consider yourself a little too self-obsessed?
>Billie Joe: Look I'm a total mess-up at writing poetry, sorry. The book was written in a way so that people would be able to think beyond the Great Depression. I bet you would never be able to feel what kind of life people were livin'. People were eating people, if the human race was to go any way but lower, the civilization would have been dead.
>TIL: Hey Billie, I've just found something really disturbing. If you people were so poor at that time, even for musical sheets, how come you got to learn music?
>BJ: Hey remeber, music is free to every one. Though the people in the past had invented rules for it, you could make all possibilities for a human civilization, and let's not count me in it.
>TIL: How did you wash your dishes or plates or even take a bath in such a condition?
>BJ: We wash our dishes by saving small amount of water, every spring it just might rain a little bit more, and we save the water in a tower up on a roof. The same as taking a bath.
My question:What was your feeling at that tome about the accident of your Ma?If you can go back before that time, what would you do?
Billie Jo's answer:I was so sorry to threw the kerosene out before Ma was coming back.Because of me, Ma died and wouldn't be alive again. I was very upset and heartbroken after the sorrowful accident happened. But I really didn't know Ma was coming back. I thought everyone wouldn't forgive me especially my father. I was so nervous that I thought papa would scold me. But he didn't.
If I can go back before the accident happened, I would not touch anything before my dad came.And Ma wouldn't die. My family would be complete. Everything would be okay.
~~~~~~~~~~~~Eric~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Me:How do you feel about your mother's death?
Billie:I feel very sad and depressed after my mom past away. I feel no hope and nothing can make me feel glad.
Me:Do you feel guilty about your mother's death?
Billie:What do you mean? You think I killed my mom?
Me:No, I mean that your if you didn't throw the kerosene to your mom then........
Billie:I see, I think it isn't my fault. It is the baby's fault, my mom wouldn't died if she don't have that baby!
Question 1:
If you were adult during the Great Depression, what would do for yourself or your family?
Answer 1:
In that serious time, I could be very impulsive, and I can't think the way to solve these problems. But that's not helpful for these difficulties. If I faced that, I would plan some stategies to solve that!
First, I would asked myself and families to be economical, to spend these money to the right way. Second, we need to learn more things or knowledges, even the skills in some works, if I was unemployed, I could used that to help me. But the important thing is that everyone needs to be economical, if we face that, we can use these to heip us!
I: What do you think about the tragedy for you and your mom? Is it sure a miserable memory for you, how did you get through this?
Billie Jo: I felt really really sad for this event. If I did not throw out the kerosene, mom would not die. This is sure a sad memory. And I would never forget this.
I: How you think about your father after this event?
Billie Jo: I was once sad about my father. He seemed not so care about this event. I was disappointed about his attitude. I started call Daddy "My Father". I would never forgot my mother and the accident.
Jeff Lee
Claire:
Why don't you try to convince your father move to other places? Or shift to other industries? When your mother left you, how do you comfort yourself?
Billie Jo:
Well, I think the place we live has a very important meaning to my dad. My dad lived here for a long time, he has already loved this land which he is very familiar with, so I think it's impossible to convice him to move. And I don't want to increase his troubled. He had a lot of troubled already.I think the reason that I don't convince him to shift to other industries is same as the first question. I am pretty sad of my ma's death, but later I think I have to accept it sooner or later. So I let bygones be bygones.
I hope that my answer can solve your doubts.
~Claire :D
Me: If your ma still alive, what you want to do or to say for her?
Billie Jo: If she still alive, I'll do what she say, and I'll try my best on playing paino, and show it to her.
Me: What's your felling when you saw the baby?
Billie Jo: I think of Ma, because the accident the baby die, it's a terrible experience. I feel very sad.
Me: You and your father. Did you want to tell him anything?
Billie Jo: I'll ask him why he didn't stay beside Ma that day? I think I'll ask him lots of question. And I'll tell him, our relationship was basic on ma, please do what ma want you do!
by cindy
Me: Don't you feel like killing yourself when so many terrible thing happened in your life?
Billie Jo: Exactally.Expecilly the day my mom died.
Me: ...... I see.
Billie Jo: I miss her. I would want to collect all the thing aboult my mom because I don't want to miss every single memeries about her. Those thing would make me think aboult her every time. The reason why I didn't really kill myself is that I believe all the life is special. Even not exactally wonderful, I would try my best living happily for my own and for my mom.
Me: What's your feeling about the accident?
Billie:It really changed my life very much.My mother died on this accident, even my fingers.... I don't want my mother to die, but I don't know what i was doing at that time.I just do what I think i should do, but....
Me: I know. But you can't play piano anymore.
Billie: i know. Although I can't play the piano in the real world, i can play it in my mind. I can also enjoy it. I love my mother and play the piano.
Me:If you are the president during the Great Depression, what would you do?
Billie Jo:Mmm...I think I may first keep our growth well and then gave some of them to the people.
Me:Is there anything else you could do?
Billie Jo:Probably, I not sure if I can do something special about it. I'll do just like our president did.
Me:...
Me:What do you think about your father?
Billie Jo:I think he didn't like my mom at first. He seemed not to care about me and mom. When the accident happened, my mom looked so painful. My father still did what he likes to do. I really hated him at that time. But now I think he is not as bad as what I thought. Maybe we will be better in the future. I love him and he loves me.
What will you suggest people if they had same experience like you? (mom died)
I really feel sad and upset at the first time but I know that everyone will feel sad if someone beside you was died, but your life is still need to go forward, and there are something beside you are still need your care. you need to take heart.
What will you suggest people if they had same experience like you? (mom died)
I really feel sad and upset at the first time but I know that everyone will feel sad if someone beside you was died, but your life is still need to go forward, and there are something beside you are still need your care. you need to take heart.
If I could ask Billie Joe a question I would ask her……
“You lovely mom pass away in a fire accident. How did you feel at the time when you know that your mom would leave you forever?”
I think she would answer,”Yes, I felt really sad and worse it was a tough time for me. I couldn’t believe that my mom died and leaved me so fast and with lots of pain. And I lost my mom and my brother at the same time. I would hardly forget it.”
I would say, “I sorry to hear these sad thing that had happened. It seemed like your mom mean a lot to you. I hope your mom will bring you good luck and she will always be with you.”
Me: You must be really depress when your mother died, right? But I'm curious of the changes of the relationship between you and your father. It seems that you two are not getting along so well! What wrong with that?
Billie Jo: It needless to say that I am so upupset when my mother died. Anyone would be upset when he or she lost his or her beloved, families. It's also the reason that I hate my father after my mom died. He even went drinking when mom was in dangerous! I know if I haven't throw the kerosene, my mom wouldn't have died, but dad seemed unwilling to take any responsibility to mom's death! I know he's also very sad, but why didn't he feel guilty?
by Jeff Tsai
Michael: When the accident happened, how did you feel?
Billie Jo: I felt anxious, nervous and useless. Because I was frightened at that time. I really wanted to put the flames out and saved Ma. I didn't think much about it at that situation. Because it was an emergency! I didn't had much time to think what to do! Then when I was trying to smother the fire but it didn't go out, I felt anxious because it just didn't go out. Also I felt useless because I couldn't put it out. Ma could die because of the flames! And I felt hopeless, too. Daddy didn't come to help us. The fire just kept burning! The baby and Ma even and me might die!
Ivy: When you are having the arguement with your father about your mothers death, how did you think of it? Won't you be painful about having a bad relationship with your own father?
Billie Jo: It's really a rough time for me, but the thing that I am really mad of is that my father also think it was my fault. After my mother was dead, the only one the was the most close family for me was my father, without my father's trust, I don't think I can forgive it. It's really painful for me without having a great relationship with my father, all I wanted was just my father's love. I still really love my father.
Anny:how do you feel after the dust storm have gone away?
Billie:Ha ha ha~ I feel more comfortable! I don't need to be surrounded with all of the dirty, yucky dust! Also my father's land are going to grow some new wheat! Don't you think it is exciting?
Anny:It sounds really exciting. But won't you worried about that it grows too much just like the happening before the Great Deprssion?
Billie:No! I won't be worried about it. I am too happy to be worried about it. But I think my father will control it and won't let that bad situation happens again.
Anny:That's right. I think your dad will handle it.
(silence for a while)
Uh...Can I ask you an question?(whisper)
Billie:Yes?
Anny:Can...you teach me how to play the piano? I really want to learn about it but I am a little bit stupid on it....
Billie:No! Don't say that! I believe you can play it well. JUST LIKE ME!!!(smiling)
Anny:Really?!
Billie:Of course! Come on! Let me teach you right away!
Anny:Ya!!!!!!!
Then Anny and Billie run through the plain, going to play the piano!
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