TASTE OF SALT VOCAB.

1. CREOLE.
A) A language formed by the mixing together of African and French.
B) In ‘A Taste Of Salt ‘ the author uses words from the Creole dialect in order to give his book more emotion or mood
C) Creole Spoken by the people > Creole written by the people
2. RELUCTANT
A) Unwilling or hesitant to do something.
B) Jeremie felt reluctant to interview the boy in the beginning since his wounds made her feel frightened and sorrowful, making her feel scared to talk to him.
C) Mercedes Benz driver – giving money to Lally.
3. VIABLE
Weather something is possible or feasible.
B) It is viable that the boy got his injuries protecting Titid’s interests, possessions, or Titid himself.
C) Titid VS. The government.
4. IMMIGRANT
A) A person who has gone to a foreign country to live indefinitely.
B) Lally and the boy ‘Immigrate’ to Titid’s shed with some other boys, and earn their keep by doing Titid’s biding.#
C) Rich educated immigrants VS. Poor uneducated nationals.
5. TRAGIC
A) A horrific sorrowful event.
B) The boy’s tragic injuries are of an unknown source and reason during this part of the book.
C) Beating – Outcome.
6. VOLATILE
A) Likely to change rapidly or sharply.
B) The volatile way that the boy’s mood changes from happy to sad or pacific to excited is mainly because when he remembers different things, different images come to mind creating various feelings.
C) LifeVS. Death (death is always naerby in Haiti weather its starvation or being shot it will always come unexpectedly)
7. PACIFIC
A) Peaceful.
B) Jeremie tried to sooth Djo's pain and mind by talking pacificly and rubbing his toes.
C) Jeremie > Nurse.
8. DEGENERATE
A) To pass into a physical or mental condition considered worse than normal.
B) In his degenerate condition the boy is asked to tell his story to a girl recording, perhaps to be used as evidence against his enemies.
C) Lally + Boy VS. Finding food.