Kim is
a nine-year-old Vietnamese American girl
and a very important character in Seedfolks as she effectively started off the community gardening project by planting seeds in a vacant parking lot. Kim had no idea that what she did that fateful day would have such enormous repercussions.
How did Kim change in seedfolks?
Kim affects her community by sparking hope in the neighborhood. Without intending to, she creates a place where people can contribute a piece of themselves. The vacant lot becomes a garden,
with trash and ruin replaced by beauty
.
What was Kim's motivation in seedfolks?
Fearing that her father's spirit won't recognize her as his daughter, Kim decides
to plant something in the vacant lot to get her father's spirit's attention
and foster a sense of closeness with him.
What does Kim contribute to the garden?
He decides to grow his own garden in the lot. He
saves Kim's beans by making a circle of dirt around them to catch water
.
How old was Kim from seedfolks?
The novel's first narrator—and the first gardener in what will eventually become a thriving community garden—Kim is a
nine-year-old Vietnamese
girl living in Cleveland. Kim is both the youngest child in her family and the only person in her family who didn't know her father personally.
Who is the 9 year old girl in Seedfolks?
Kim in
Seedfolks is a nine-year-old girl from Vietnam whose father died before she was born. She is the first to start planting in the vacant lot in which Seedfolks is set.
What did Wendell learn from Kim?
While Wendell is watering the plants, he encounters Kim. She looks pretty frightened to have a stranger at her plants. But later that day, Wendell realizes that Kim has copied his dirt rings. This inspires Wendell to start
his own little garden within the vacant lot
.
How does Wendell help the garden in seedfolks?
Wendell is an old white man who originally hails from Kentucky. Before he moved to Cleveland, he lived on a farm, but now he works as a
janitor
. It's Wendell's vast experience of agriculture that makes him such a knowledgable gardener. And it's why members of the community instinctively look…
What was Leonas most important contribution to the garden?
In Seedfolks, Leona
helps the garden through her intelligence and perseverance
. She is appalled by the garbage that has been dumped in the “vacant” lot. In fact, there is so much garbage on the lot that Leona can't believe how anyone could call it “vacant” because it is piled…
What has happened to Ana's neighborhood since she was a child?
What has happened to Ana's neighborhood since she came there as a child?
It slowly became less white populated
. All the white people moved away after awhile and the place became abandoned.
Is Virgil a boy or girl in seedfolks?
Virgil is
a boy–
though in my stage version he got changed into a girl to help balance the genders in the cast.
Is Florence a boy or girl in seedfolks?
The final narrator of Seedfolks, Florence is
an older Black woman
and a “watcher”. Her arthritis makes it too painful for her to bend down and grow vegetables herself, but she nevertheless enjoys watching the garden grow and supporting its efforts.
Why does Ana visit the lot in seedfolks?
Why does Ana visit the vacant lot?
She wants to plant something in the lot just like Kim
. She wants to find out what Kim is burying in the ground of the lot. She likes to take walks in the neighborhood and she often visits the lot.
What did Virgil ask the girl in the locket?
Virgil feels angry, sad, and sorry all at once. He was going to get a new bike with the lettuce money, but that dream is dying with the bug-eaten lettuce leaves. Then he asks the picture of the little girl in the locket
he found if she'll help save the lettuce.
What is Sam plant seedfolks?
Leona plants golden rod; Sam,
pumpkins
; Virgil, lettuce; Sae Young, hot peppers. Curtis plants tomatoes, while Nora, something of a dreamer, plants less practical things: hollyhocks, poppies, and snapdragons.
Who is Leona seedfolks?
Leona. Our newest narrator, Leona, is
an African-American woman with a spitfire grandma
. You see, Granny had one main theory: she should drink goldenrod tea with nutmeg everyday and she'd be fit as a fiddle. Even though her docs told her to avoid the tea, Granny figured the doctors were off their rockers.
