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What makes Billie Jo feel foul as maggoty stew?
What makes Billie Jo feel as foul as maggoty stew? Try planting other crops. What is Ma’s suggestion when the wheat will not grow? The rain washes the wheat away.
How did Billie Jo get her name?
In Out of the Dust, Billie Jo is given a boy’s name for a simple reason: her parents had believed that she was going to be a boy, and “Daddy” had desperately wanted a son. Instead, Billie Jo is, “a redheaded, heckle-faced, narrow-hipped girl.” Billie Jo says that Daddy, “tried…
How did Billie Jo get her name and what does she look like?
How did Billie Joe get her name? She got her name because her dad wanted a boy but instead he got a girl. A long-legged girl with a wide mouth and cheekbones like bicycle handles. He got a redheaded, freckle-faced,narrow hipped girl.
Where does Billie Jo’s father get a job?
Bayard is an uncommunicative man. He was a dutiful husband and never falters in his role as a dutiful father to Billie Jo. Bayard is a wheat farmer. He continues to work the farm despite the fact that he hasn’t had a profitable crop in years.
How does Mad Dog Treat Billie Jo?
How does Mad Dog treat Billie Jo? Mad Dog treats Billie Jo like he did before the accident without pity and doesn’t stare at her hands.
Where do they ask Billie Jo to play the piano?
the Palace Theatre
When Arley Wanderdale, the music teacher at Billie Jo’s school, asks her to play the piano at the Palace Theatre with his band, the Black Mesa Boys, and Mad Dog Craddock (a singer and friend to Billie Jo), she is ecstatic. Ma gives her permission to play, and Billie Jo feels like she is in heaven.
What does Billie Jo compare her dad to?
After the deaths, Billie Jo stops calling her father “Daddy.” Scarred and burned, Billie Jo is left unable to play piano, one of the few joys that had remained in her life (like her mother). Time goes on, and she begins to notice spots on her father’s face, similar to those on her grandfather when he had skin cancer.
Why does Daddy want to dig a pond now?
Although the hole begins as a symbol of grief and death—digging it is a sort of way for Daddy to dig deep into the pain he feels over losing Ma—the new life it brings forth demonstrates Daddy’s journey out of grief and the harsh circumstances of the land.
What is mad dog’s real name in out of the dust?
Dog Craddock
Mad Dog Craddock in Out of the Dust.
What is mad dog’s real name in Out of the Dust?
How does mad dog feel about Billie Jo?
When Billie Jo makes her return to piano playing at one of Arley’s school shows, Mad Dog seems to be the only person who still treats her the same as he did before the accident—he doesn’t pity her or stare at her hands, but is genuine and friendly (51.4).
Why is Billie Jo and her family struggling?
Daddy’s unwillingness to get treatment for his skin cancer, the growing failure of the farm due to the drought and dust, and watching more of her friends, like Livie and Mad Dog, leave home makes her more desperate than ever to escape her life.