A Patch Of Blue
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A Patch of Blue
Elizabeth Kata 5/2/06
145 pages
This story takes place in the nineteen-sixties. It is an urban setting. The story takes about two weeks.
The point of view in this story is third person. It is third person because it say worlds like me, my, and I.
The story starts out by telling us what has happen to Sileena. Sileena is the main character, she is 18 years old and she is blind. She is blind because about thirteen years ago her father had come inexpediently home from the war and mother was with a client and Harry chopped up the guy. Sileenas mom Rose-Ann was so mad that she tried to pour acid on him but she missed and got sileena and it took away her sight.
Sileena is very respectable and a good worker. She is respectable because she is blind and yet still tries her hardest to please her mother and her grandfather. She does this by waking up extra early and cleaning, making coffee, and breakfast. She does this while being blind and they still act they she isnt even there sometimes.
She is also a good worker because she is blind and she has been stringing beads for eight years now for a man named Mr. Faber. Sileena doesnt even get the money for the work either it goes to her mom Rose-Ann. Also she doesnt even complain when she has to do extra work around the house.
Gordon is very outgoing and caring. He is outgoing because he saw a lonely girl in the park and went up to her and asked if she needed help with out even knowing her. He also came back day after day to help her just because.
He is caring because he helped her because he found out she was blind so he helped her string beads, brought lunch, and even took her his house one hot day to cool off. He is also caring because he has done so many things nobody would go out of their way fo
E. The story starts out by telling us that she became blind when her mother accidentally threw acid in her face. Then thirteen years later we catch back up with her and she is working for free for Mr. Faber stringing beads. Then one day Mr. Faber and his dog Scum-Dorg come to her house and ask her if she wants to go to the park for the day and she is ecstatic because she has never left the room she lives in. So they go to the park and she gets to work and then a low but soft voice asks if she would like some help and she said yes. So this man named Gordon helps her and she has