Summary of Snow Flower Chapter :Into the Mountains.


   This chapter is mainly about how the appearances never show the real side of things.In this chapter Lili and Snow Flower spend  time together since they both got married.Lily went to visit Snow Flower and  his family after their parents in law died.When Lily saw the way that Snow flower lives,she never thoght that Snow Flower,was so poor and Snow Flower husband was just a butcher and the house of Snow Flower was poor and with a constant smell of pork.The Snow Flower mother in law treats her very bad and her husband  quite similar.Lily was happy to be with her laotong but she never thought that Snow Flower lived on that conditions.In this chapter Lily and Snow Flower share a lot of time together and they talk a lot about old times and Lily help Snow Flower  with the kids and all that.In those days was a rebellion in a village close to them and one day they have to escape to the mountains because the rebels were terrible with  all the people who decided to stay in the village .Lily didn't want to go but she didn't have another opcion, because Snow Flower husband talk with her serious about that she could die if she stays there, and Lily and  all of the family of Snow Flower  went to the mountains together and they spent a lot of days without food, water and more things.The days were cold and the conditions very bad but Snow Flower and Lily were together.In this chapter you can see how strong was the friendship of Snow Flower and Lily and how you never can trust in how you mind think that the things are.Because  in real life things sometimes are cruel and in very different conditions.The most important thing of this chapter was that Lily know the truth on how Snow Flower life was and the were throught  difficult situations together.


Vocabulary of this chapter:
quilt- a coverlet for a bed, made with two layers of  fabric.
forsaken-deserted, abandoned.
bundles- an item or several groups of objects.
branches- a division or subdivision of  the stem or axis of a tree.
slung- to throw,cast or harl.
steeply- extreme or incredible high.
frightened-afraid,scared,terrified
miscarried- to have a miscarriage of a fetus, to fail, to attain.
blushes- to redden,from embarrassament or shame to feel shame.
clatter- to make a loud, rattling sound, sometimes produced by hard objects.