UNIT+FOUR


 * UNIT 4 pages 71-101 (ch 8-11) Questions by Genna, Aidan, Logan, Raiyaan, Cam, Dylan **


 * Choose any three questions to answer fully. Please write in complete sentences, include all relevant information and proofread and edit your work. **

1. Describe and tell all you know about Brother Ambrose. Where was he going and why? Was he successful? Give lots of details, descriptions and examples from the book.

Ambrose is a friar who teaches boys at a school and is traveling to his hometown Amens to reunite with his big sister Mathilde. Mathilde is a grandmother which makes Ambrose a great uncle. Ambrose wishes to see the cathedral which was started the year he was born. Ambrose managed to get to Amens and see her sister and go to the cathedral. **BY LIAM**

Brother Ambrose was a friar that Thomas met on the pilgrimage. He taught in a school for boys. He was very proud his town he lived in and especially the cathedral that was being built there since he was born. Brother Ambrose wanted to go back to his home town. He wanted to go there and fined his sister who he hadn’t seen in a very long time. He also wanted to see the cathedral in the town he was born in. Brother Ambrose had seen the building of this cathedral since he was a little boy and wanted to come back to see how the building of it was going. Brother Ambrose was successful in the end because he found his sister and got to see the cathedral and that is what he really wanted. ** By Grace **

Brother Ambrose is a Friar who Thomas meets at the hostelry. Thomas liked how gentle Brother Ambrose was. Brother Ambrose teaches a school for boys and is going to Amiens. It has been a long time since Brother Ambrose was home and he was going to see his sister Mathilde, his friends who he says would now be grandfathers and the cathedral that has been greatly growing since he left. Brother Ambrose was successful in getting to Amiens and seeing his sister. However, it took a little while to find his sister. When Brother Ambrose got to Amiens he asked two men if they knew where Mathilde wife of Henri the vintner lived. The men had a whole argument about Henri the school teacher and Mathilde the wife of the carpenter and Mathilde of the forest who never married until they finally figured out who Brother Ambrose was talking about. **By Lizzy**


 * Brother Ambrose is from Amiens and when Elinor and Thomas met him, he was on his way home. Brother Ambrose is a monk and he is taking a visit to his hometown to see the progress on the cathedral that started when he set out to be a monk. Hes also going to see his sister, Mathilde. He seems like a very kind man given the fact that he has a gentle face and speaks kind. Brother Ambros got to Aimens and saw the construction done on the cathedral.- CAM **

2. Tell the story of what happened to Master Roger. How did this affect Elenor? Be descriptive, give lots of details and examples from the book.

What happened to master roger is that he had a heart attack at the top of the cathedral and fell off. When he had the heart attack he just grabbed his heart attack and fell. When master Roger fell Elenor was right there. When she saw master Roger fall she passed out and felt like she was flying. Up up past the cathedral. I think that Elenor had a traumatic moment and that's why she felt like she was flying. **By Aidan**

When Elenor and Thomas where visiting the town of Brother Ambrose they experienced something that they will probably never forget. When Elenor was sitting on the ground of the cathedral in this town she saw a small black thing come falling down from where Thomas had been working. At first Elenor thought it was a blackbird but saw that she was totally wrong when she saw two ankles coming out of a black cloak on the ground.

Thomas meanwhile was up in the arch with Master Roger when this happened. Thomas saw Master Roger clutch his heart and then fall of of the arch and down to the floor. Right as Thomas understood what happened he ran down the stairs and knelt in front of the dead body of Master Roger.

I think this event really traumatized Elenor because at Ramsay she probably hasn’t seen someone die such a tragic death. Since Elenor probably hasn’t seen someone die like this she was in shock and sort saw a nightmare when she saw Master Roger die.

When Elenor saw the event she fainted and in her daze saw herself flying up to the top of the cathedral and breaking through into the sky. She saw herself flying through all these shafts of colors. After she was up and out into the sky she heard claps from below and then saw Master Roger’s black boots disappear into a cloud. **By Remy**

Master Roger was on the top of the unfinished cathedral when he clutched his chest and fell. It didn’t say what happened to him but since he grabbed his heart he probably had a heart attack and fell. Elenor was very upset from what she saw and started to feel dizzy then she hallucinated that she was flying and saw gnomes, rabbits, goblins, angels and a bull as she “flew” up the columns. She felt as though she was falling upward and started seeing different colors such as chestnut, purple, red and green. Then she burst threw the celling of the cathedral and heard clapping. Next thing she knew she saw Master Rogers boots disappear into the clouds. Matthieu saw Elenor lying on the ground and splashed water on her face to wake her up. ** By Grace **

3. Ambrose stated, “A cathedral grows like a plant, like a family. Each worker makes his part as beautiful as it can be and still fit the other pieces.” Page 77. Explain what he meant by this and give details and examples from the book to show how this building of the cathedral worked.

The cathedral is like a plant because over time it grows and becomes bigger and more beautiful. It’s like a family because families bring people together and the workers do the best they can while having everything be as beautiful as all the other workers work. Multiple times, Ambrose referred to the cathedral saying that it was like a stone tree over sixty feet tall. **By Liam**


 * When Ambrose said the cathedral grows like a plant he meant that the cathedral slowly rises higher and higher like a plant when it grows .The cathedral is like a family because more and more people join it. Finally, when Ambrose said, "Each worker makes his part as beautiful as it can be and still fit the other pieces,” he meant that each worker has a job to do and it is to make the cathedral as beautiful as it can be. -Xavier **

A cathedral grows like a plant because it is slow going and you can’t predict exactly what will happen like you can’t predict if a plant will wilt and then regrow. A cathedral starts in the ground and then grows up from there just like a plant. Since it is so slow going and an important building all the workers try to make there piece that they are building as good as possible. Since this cathedral will make there town rich, more popular and all around better with this cathedral I think that the workers put in there best effort to make it the best it can be.

Since there were so many different jobs that had to be completed when building a cathedral each worker puts in their best effort towards his piece so all the other pieces fit together. Sort of like the vault pieces and the keystone like Brother Ambrose said. **By Remy**

I think what Ambrose was saying is that a cathedral is like a family because people all around the world people come and pray together like a family would eat dinner together. Its like a plant because its starts under ground like a seed. Then grows its way up over a period of time. This was very wise for Ambrose to say. **By Logan** Brother Ambrose meant that a cathedral has the body of a plant. The foundations are the seed. The buttresses and pillars are the stems and the roofs and the towers are like the flowers. The foundation is like the seed because everything is built up from it, like a seed. The buttresses are like the stems because they help keep the cathedral standing. The roof and towers are like the flower because the are what the buttresses are holding up and the buttresses are the stem. ** By Aidan **

I think what Ambrose was saying is that a cathedral is like a family because the towns people would pray, eat and do a lot of other things together. It’s like a plant because it starts as a seed and grows to be a plant. The “ plant” grows its way over a period of time just like a cathedral. I think this saying was very wise. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Sam

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Describe Paris at night. How was it different from Ramsay? Be specific and detailed with examples from the book.

Paris was different from Ramsay because first off, it’s a big city and Ramsay is a small town in the suburbs. Paris has many more party's and musicians playing in the street. Paris also has many lights and is a very bright place which makes there be more people out at night.
 * By Aidan **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Paris is alot different then Ramsey because it is bigger. Paris has a huge population while Ramsey is just a small town. It had big dance circles and men and woman could join. Paris is also a lot richer and there would be a lot more people out in the night and depending on the person they would get realy drunk. **By Logan**

Elenor wasn’t allowed to go out in Ramsay at night because father Gregory wouldn’t allow her to. Once she got to Paris it was night time. Since Paris was a big city there were more parties going on at night. There were more lights everywhere to. Ramsay was a much poorer and smaller place than Paris. In Ramsay the people there couldn’t afford to have parties and night and couldn’t hire musicians to play for them. Since Paris was richer and had more musicians and people so the people could pay for all the necessaries for a party. ** By Grace **

** Paris at night has many families eating dinner and sharing stories. Paris is very different from Ramsay from the people to the houses. Ramsay is a quiet, calm and relaxed town while Paris is busy, beautiful and elegant. Paris has more people than Ramsay and Paris also has more beggar-musicians too. -Xavier **


 * There were dark alleys with cats, and lots of dimmed windows and **
 * people passed by with their faces half hidden. Elinor loved turning in directions to see what there was to see. There were also lots of people. The sky was clear. Musicians were playing all around. In Ramsay, she would have to go to bed when the sun went down because there wasn't any light to play by. There were no shining lights in Ramsay. Just a quiet restless village. - Cam **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One difference is that Paris is bigger then Ramsay. Paris has a huge population of people and Ramsay does not. Also Paris is richer and at night there also will be a lot of people. Paris is sort of like most cities. Also Ramsay is like un none but Paris is so populated and exciting. For me I never heard of Ramsay but I heard of Paris. Ramsay is sort of in the middle of now where and Paris is the opposite. - Sam

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Who is your favorite minor character that Elenor and Thomas has met so far on their journey? Describe this person, tell what you know about them and give reasons why this person is your favorite.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ambrose is my favorite character so far because of his happy attitude and his determination to go home. Ambrose has a very close relationship with his sister and longs to see her and the cathedral under construction last time he left. Ambrose is very friendly, enthusiastic and unpretentious which is the other reason why I really like him. **By Liam**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My favorite minor character is Mathilde. I really like her because she is up beat, very smart and seems vary wise. I also like Mathilde because she is very kind and helpful.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thomas and Elenor meet her when Brother Ambrose/Henri brought them both to his house to see his sister Mathilde. She was very kind and welcomed everybody in and told one of here family members to go tell the people in town that Henri was back. All around she is a person you want to meet.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I imagine Mathilde being very tall and slender. Waring everyday regular clothing not like pilgrims but not like the rich Lady's. She is rich since she has a well known brother but she is part of the working class and usually does all the house work with help from her family members. **By Remy**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My favorite character that Elenor and Thomas have met along their journey is Brother Ambrose. I like him a lot because he is very humble and a loyal friend. He offered to bring Thomas, who he barely knew, to his hometown, Amiens, and help Thomas on his pilgrimage. Brother Ambrose has a sister named Mathilde, wife of Henri and they live in Amiens. Mathilde has a grandson named Jeannot. There is a cathedral in Amiens that is still being finished. He is a teacher for school boys. Brother Ambrose is very attached to his town and the cathedral too. **By Logan**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** My favorite minor character has been Brother Ambrose because he is very humble and seems like a nice guy. He’s also my favorite minor character because he left all he had in Amiens to pursuea life as a monk and I respect that. He had a gentle face and he teaches a school for boys. He lives in Amiens and a cathedral was beginning to be built when he left on his pilgrimage. - Cam **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My favorite minor character is Brother Ambrose. I like him because he is very humble and is a loyal friend. Also he is a wise as an owl. The Greek god Athena has an owl for a symbol. The symbol stands for wise because she was very wise in war strategy. Though Ambrose isn’t wise in war fare. He offered to bring Thomas to his hometown, Amiens. He offered to help Thomas on his pilgrimage. Brother Ambrose has a sister named Mathilde, wife of Henri. They also live in Amiens. Mathilde has a grandson named Jeannot. He is a teacher for school boys. Brother Ambrose is very attached to his town and the cathedral. When he was explaining it to Thomas he was going to describe it in great detail. Also, I felt bad for him because he lost his sister. Though when I read more I felt better because he found her. In the book he is died and that is sad but it is the way of life.- Sam


 * My favorite minor character is Troubadour, because of the beautiful songs he sings. Another reason I like Troubadour is because he reminds me of myself. Troubadour is kind, gentle and he likes poems and music. Troubadour's home is the road. Troubadour has a friend named Rutebeuf who makes of a lot of the songs for him. -Xavier **