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Review Of Constancia's Short Story 'Appreciating Her Grandmother'

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Appreciating your loved ones is a big thing in life. Like you have to thank the woman that gave birth to you and the people who love you and care about you. But in the story, Constancia does not appreciate her grandmother. She thinks she is weird and she doesn’t appreciate her at all. In the story she walk behind her from a distance because she is afraid that someone she knows might see her and she doesn’t want to be embarrassed. At the end of the story, Constancia’s mother says “Your grandmother says to tell you that of all the hurtful things you can do for a person, the worst is to make them feel as they are worth nothing.” This is very deep and this finally made Abuela feel bad for what she has done. In real like you want to appreciate your

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