Ashes By Susan Beth Pfeffer Summary
“Mom might never be caught without batteries or tissues, but she just calls me Ashleigh- a name she doesn’t even like- and never promised me anything.” P.1. Ashleigh’s dad is in a tough financial spot because of a deal he made, and after hearing the situation she realizes that she needs to lend him some of her mom’s money. The story “Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer leaves Ashleigh’s decision to be inferred by the reader using the text evidence. Ashleigh will lend her dad some of her mom’s money because he’s a trustworthy person, he’s her father, and he said he would repay her.
Ashleigh would give her father the money because he is a very trustworthy as well as dependable man and in the passage it even said, “He’s always there if you need him.”P.1. The author tells the reader this to stress that Ashleigh’s dad is a very trustworthy and dependable man. “He’s unexpectedly there like a warm day in January. He’s a rescuer.”P.1. This simile helps the reader connect more to the idea that Ashleigh’s dad is
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“Oh well, Ashes you can always see right through me.”P.3. The author used this metaphor to help the reader realize how well Ashleigh knows her dad, and this helps the reader further by understanding that the trust between Ashleigh and her dad is mutual. This is how he knows it’s ok to tell her about his situation and that he needs money. “‘Can I help?’ I asked. Dad smiled like I’d offered him the key to the mint.”P.3.Ashes eagerness to help also encouraged her father to open up about his money situation. “‘You,’ dad said. ‘ I’d be borrowing from the money from you. And I swear to you, Ashes I’d have the money in your hands by Friday.’”P.4. That fact that Ashleigh’s dad swore to her that he’d pay her back by Friday, using her special nickname shows that he wishes he didn’t have to ask for a
Summary Of Ashes By Karyn Folan
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Susan Beth Pfeffer's Ashes
462 Words | 2 PagesAshleigh wants to make her dad happy. He is always nice to her and she wants to return the favor like when he said “‘You get more and more beautiful.’” (pg 2).
Ashes By Susan Pfeffer Summary
301 Words | 2 PagesFrom the start of the story, Susan Pfeffer tries to make it very obvious that Ashes looks up to her father. Ashes’s father makes her always feel better and more free than she feels with her mother. “That winter, it felt like every time that I saw my father, the sun cast off just a little more warmth than
Ashes Susan Beth Perffer Analysis
664 Words | 3 PagesIn the “Ashes” story by Susan Beth Preffer, she begins it with the quote, “That winter, it felt like every time I saw my father, the sun cast off just a little more warmth than it had the day before.” Later, when the writer on page 1 had stated that Ashleigh’s dad said “I am a dreamer”, and her mom said, “He is a irresponsible bum”, Ashleigh replied with, “I knew he was both, but I also knew that winter that the sun and the moon dreamed with him.” Ashleigh also discussed on page 1 how when she was not sure if “Ashes” was such a good name, “Dad gave me roses or sung me a song he wrote for me.” and then she felt special again. It seems to be the basis of the story that Ashleigh has good feelings toward her father.
Ashes Short Story
599 Words | 3 PagesThe author states that, “That’s just my nickname for her… ashes are cold, grey, dead things… It’s just a nickname… You call her that just to annoy me!” (Page 1, paragraph 7-12). Ashleigh knew that if her mom would find out she’d yell at Ashleigh and her dad. Since her parents are divorced, it is typical to have a stronger bond with one parent than the other.
Ashes By Susan Pfeffer Analysis
711 Words | 3 Pages“Dad forgot to pick me up from school, or didn’t have enough money for the class trip…”(Pfeffer,1). This sentence describes what happened after a fight between Ashleigh’s mom and Ashleigh’s dad. Ashleigh’s dad got ahead of himself and forgot the things he had to do for his kid and left responsibility behind. “No, I just thought maybe you could borrow the money for a day or two, until I straighten my finances. Your mother will never know the difference.
Short Story Ashes By Beth Pfeffer
663 Words | 3 Pages“All I can give you is dreams… But one good dream is worth a thousand flashlight batteries.” The short story Ashes by Beth Pfeffer is about a girl named Ashleigh who is a normal girl but Ashleigh’s parents are divorced and she is given the decision to pick which parent is better. Her mom has $200 in a pot at her apartment and her dad needs $200 to pay someone he owes money to. If he got the money from Ashleigh’s mom he would be able to get out of the bad situation of not having a lot of money.
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Ashes By Susan Beth Pfeffer Analysis
510 Words | 3 PagesAshes’ father is basically implying that he made a bet with someone and he has not paid them back. Typically when that happens, you are probably in trouble. Not only is Ashes’ dad putting her in trouble, he is lying to her face about it in the first
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Ashleigh's Separation
462 Words | 2 PagesAshleigh takes the money for her dad because; Her dad really needed the money to “Repay a deal i have already made. ”The mom will never notice the money is gone from the teapot, and the dad will take the blame if Ashleigh gets seen or noticed trying to take the money. Ashleigh’s dad really needed the money to repay something. On page 3”That money...two hundred dollars. ”This quote
Creative Writing: The Grapes Of Wrath
693 Words | 3 PagesThe tension grew as Ashleigh looked into the tea-pot with money. Her parents were divorced and always fought. Her mom was a strict, level-headed and somewhat loving, her dad was a dreamer, easy going and caring of Ashleigh. Her dad gave Ashleigh a nickname “Ashes”, Ashleigh liked it but her mom hated it. Ashleigh took the money from her mom because her dad made her feel worthy, she liked her dad more than her mom and she didn't want to disappoint her dad and believed in him.
Ashes By Susan Beth Pfeffer Summary
492 Words | 2 PagesAshleigh can tell that money is a big deal; and from her expression, it seems her father has been in debt before. Ashleigh has been manipulated by her father to get the money for him by promising to pay back the money and claiming her mother’s worries aren’t real. One example of this on page 4 when her father says, “You let me have the money tonight, and I’ll straighten out my little difficulty, and Thursday night . . .I’ll give you back what I owe you. No earthquakes, no Martians, no problem.”
How Does Ashes Steal The Money
513 Words | 3 PagesAshleigh told her dad “Come into the apartment with me and take the money,”(Pfeffer,4). Ashes was even asking her dad if he wanted to come with her so that he can take the money. Ash 's dad always wants to make Ashleigh feel special. At any point Ash 's dad will say anything so Ashes will feel special and make her smile. Ashes wants to make sure that her dad has enough money.
Ashes Susan Beth Pfeffer Character Analysis
895 Words | 4 Pages“I’d take off the teapot lid and stare into it, imagining what I could do with two hundred dollars. I looked at Dad and realized he’d had those same fantasies. Well why not. I was his daughter, after all.” (page 3) Here the reader can tell that Ashleigh feels like she's more like her Dad because she doesn’t want to save money for a rainy day ,like her Mother, all she wants is to spend it, like her Dad does.
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