

(Potok 39) What does Asher's mother ask permission to do? (C1) Asher's mother asks to go to college.

(Potok 37) What does the ice and darkness of Siberia represent for Asher? (C1) The ice and darkness represent the suffering of the Jews in Russia, specifically that of Yudel Krinsky. He works in a store in the weeks leading up to Pesach and Asher's father helped bring him from Russia to America. (C1) Yudel Krinsky is a small Jewish man from Russia. (Potok 32) How does Asher's dream of his great-great-grandfather demonstrate the inner conflict that he feels? (C1) Asher's dream of his great-great-grandfather shows the inner conflict he feels between his art and his faith/family. Each of his drawings have meaning and he feels like the drawing leaving him also took with it a piece of him. (C1) Once Asher's uncle buys one of his drawings, Asher wants it back he misses it. Describe the inner conflict Asher feels about the drawing his uncle purchases.
