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Analyzing The Short Story 'Your Move' By Eve Bunting

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Doing the right thing can be challenging. In the short story “Your Move” by Eve Bunting. James, the protagonist, is a character who is untrustworthy. James is a boy who lives with his little brother and mother. James has to take care of his brother Isaac when their mom is at work. James is irresponsible, thoughtless, and most of all untrustworthy.
First, James is irresponsible. James took his brother Isaac to a dangerous place when he was required to be at home taking care of his brother while his mom was at work. He makes sure his mom was aboard the bus before they left. In the book it says, “We have to make sure mom’s not still waiting at the bus stop, so we play checkers a while.” This shows James disobeyed his mother and left the house

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