KING OF MULBERRY STREET DONNA JO NAPOLI

WHO? WHERE? WHY?

• The setting takes place in Italy and Ellis Island. The boy is an "immigrant".
• Its late 1800's with a poor Jewish boy named Ben.
• There are no real specific people in this story but they're real places im the story.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

• Well, Ben is a Jewish boy treated very poorly by his peers because of his religion
• Ben is also very poor because Jews were paid less for the same jobs
• The writers had to realize the hatred between the religions, even though they were so closely related

OBJECTS/ARTIFACTS

• The tzitzit is a Jewish item for remembrance of their Faith
• Bens yarmulke, he wore it even when he was inside the church working for the nuns
• The Bolivia is the ship Ben is getting back home in