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Stepping On The Cracks By Mrs. Baker

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If you saw someone being abused would you help? Would you step in and try to save them? In the novel Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn Mrs.Baker is faced with these questions. She has to make the tough decision to interfere with someone's life and risk getting hurt, or risking the life of someone dear to her. I can't entirely agree with Mrs.Baker, I think that there is a time and place that people should help and interfere with someone's life. This book takes place in the middle of WW2 in College Hill. Elizabeth, Margaret, and Gordy are all going into sixth grade. Gordy loves to bully and make fun of Margaret and Elizabeth. Until one day they find out that Stewart; Gordy's brother, is a deserter. The girls plan on telling …show more content…

There are times when people should interfere with people's lives. If they didn't interfere in the end we don’t know if they would have all gotten away from Mr.Smith. In the last few chapters, Stewart went to talk to his father and tells him what he was doing was wrong. Instead of talking it out, Mr.Smith beat him the worst he ever had. Stewart has a broken eardrum and could not hear out of one of his ears. If their neighbor did not interfere and called the police Stewart and the whole family could have been severely injured or even killed. Their neighbor butted into their life and called the police, if they did not interfere when they heard a call for help the family may have never gotten away from …show more content…

Crawford about the day we went to that house with Gordy and June," Mother said, "but I just turned my back and tried to forget what I'd seen. All my life I've believed you shouldn't interfere in other people's business, but now I feel bad, especially about that poor woman.” (Hahn pages 202-203) She is basically saying that she feels terrible for not interfering and doing the right thing. She should have told the police and put her foot down and their business but she didn't. If Margaret and Elizabeth did not do what they did the whole family would still be in an abusive

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