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Emotions In 'Wednesday Wars'

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People have different emotions towards different people. Everyone is different, and everyone thinks differently. There may be people you strongly dislike, or people that you love. Emotions can also be very strong or very weak. It all depends. And in this novel the Wednesday Wars you can see many different examples of emotions. Especially these two characters in particular, one is named Mrs.Bigio. She is a stern teacher, she can be nice to the people she likes, but when she comes across someone she dislikes she can be very harsh. In some scenarios you could even define her as a racist. And the second character here is named Mai Thi. A sweet loving student who did nothing wrong. Yet her and Mrs.Bigio's relationship isn’t the best. And when I

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