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Who is Dara in the clay marble?
Dara. Dara is the novel’s central character, its protagonist and narrator. As the story begins, she is twelve years old, a young Cambodian girl from a farming village.
Who did Dara meet up with at the refugee camp?
Dara travels to the border with her brother Sarun and her mother as war refugees. They are from Siem Reap in Cambodia. At the border with Thailand in a refugee camp in Nong Chan, Dara meets Jantu, a 13 years old girl and her family, Baby, grandpa Kem and Nea.
When did they stop making clay marbles?
Clay marbles, both glazed and unglazed, are plentiful because they were mass produced between 1884 and 1950.
What is the setting of the story clay marble?
The Clay Marble is a 1991 children’s novel by Minfong Ho. It is set in war-torn Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge in the early 1980s. It is about a girl named Dara and her friend Jantu, and illustrates the struggles they face.
What does a Bennington marble look like?
Bennington marbles are a type of glazed clay marble. They are not very dense. The marbles are fired clay with a salt glaze on them. Benningtons are readily identifiable by both their coloring and the little “eyes” that they have on them.
What do valuable marbles look like?
The swirls are usually different colors and the more colors used for the swirls, the more valuable the marble is. Marbles that feature no spaces between the colors are the most prized as collectibles.
Who is Sarun in the clay marble?
The Clay Marble. Sarun is Dara’s older brother and through the book he changes drastically. He also becomes engaged to Nea who is one of people Dara and her family meet when they are forced to go to a Refugee camp.
The Clay Marble is a 1991 children’s novel by Minfong Ho. It is set in war-torn Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge in the early 1980s. It is about a girl named Dara and her friend Jantu, and illustrates the struggles they face.
What gives Dara the courage to get through her ordeal?
Dara courageously stands up to him, and convinces him to return home with the family. The title comes from Jantu’s effervescence and manual dexterity, the combination of which impresses Dara as magic. She believes a clay marble, having been invested with Jantu’s magic, gives her the courage to get through her ordeals.
What do NEA and Dara do with the daughter of Nea?
They find a place to stop and make their house; close by another family that had arrived a short time before them. The daughter of this family, called Nea, starts talking to them and invites them to eat some rice. After Nea and Dara come back from having a wash, the two families sit down together to eat dinner.