How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
I hadn't had a garden since I was a kid. I wanted one now, only this time I was seventy-eight to be exact, and in no condition to dig up the soil. (6.3)
Sam may not be the young kid he once was, but that doesn't mean he can't enjoy a slice of his past right there in the community garden. How do you think Sam's patch in the garden helps him connect to his childhood?
Quote #5
She had a serious thing for tomatoes. […] Always talking about eating 'em out of her aunt's garden when she was a kid and how she wanted to grow 'em someday. She probably thought I forgot all that. I planted 'em right there in front of her eyes, to show her I hadn't, that I was waiting for her. (9.4)
Okay, let's untangle this web of memories. First, we have Lateesha's memory: she likes to remember eating her aunt's tomatoes as a kid. Then we have Curtis's memory: he wants to show Lateesha that he can remember little details about her, like the tomato story. Who knew tomatoes were such powerful memory machines?
Quote #6
He twisted and pointed toward the garden. I turned the wheelchair and headed back. I could see his nostrils taking in the smell of the soil. We reached the lot. His arm commanded me to enter. Over the narrow, bumpy path we went, his nose and eyes working. Some remembered scent was pulling him. He was a salmon traveling upstream through his past. (10.3)
Nora can tell that Mr. Myles has some memories about gardening, but it's almost as if Mr. Myles doesn't have control over these memories. Why is this? Is he losing the memories? Or are they just super powerful?