Shay

=Shay=

== The day before Shay was leaving, Mila looked at her and told the reader that it looked like Shay was already gone. But if you really look closely at her, I think that she never really was there. (Adam) This is so interesting...what does this mean? ==

====On page 150, Shay is described as a **"feral child.**" This means that Shay, from the time he or she was born, did not experience human contact. The child had no one to love him/her and lived in a world of isolation.====

p. 18 "Shay is a soft hair girl. Shay is a big eye girl. Shay is a little, little girl." (I had to go back and re-read. )
 * It's interesting that Shay can be either a girl's or boy's name. Do we know which it is in the story?
 * Shay's story is different than Mila's in some important ways? I wonder what you think?

====On page 101, Mila is describing the people in the television and she says..."they are like Shay. The music is in their ears, but it does not touch them. I feel sad that they cannot get out, that they cannot escape."====


 * I think this description helps us to understand Shay.
 * Music is a language, too...I'm wondering why it touches Mila, but not Shay.

Sauma Amanchi

I think it touches Mila but not Shay because Mila was the one who fell into the ocean and Shay didn't. Mila is interested in dolphins and Shay isn't and Mila had a different story of staying with Dr. Beck and Shay had a different story wiht staying with Dr. Troy.

6-29-10 Dr. Shorey