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Theme Of Each Kindness By Catherine Woodson

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In Life, Many people are new to things or do different things than you; but you can't be mean because they are different from you. You have to be nice, maybe someday you will like how they do sports or what food they eat. In “Each kindness” the protagonist, Chloe is mean to the new girl Maya for being different and eating different foods. She doesn't realize how badly she has hurt Maya for saying no. In “Each kindness” by “Jacqueline Woodson” the theme is people should be nice from the beginning because Sometimes you can't go back to the times you did wrong; this theme is shown through Chloe being mean to Maya, Chloe finds out she was mean during the kindness lesson and she feels awful for being mean to Maya.

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In the story, “Even small things count,” Ms. Albert said gently. But I couldn't think of anything and passed the stone on. (Woodson 20) This demonstrates it means that when Chloe is given the rock she cannot think about anything she has done to help someone or be nice so she passes it on. this is when she thinks of Maya, she needs to say sorry when she comes to school the next day. Furthermore, ‘every day after that, when Maya came into the classroom, I looked away and didn't smile back.’ (5) This confirms that, On the first day Maya comes to school Chloe is mean to her. every day she sits farther away from Maya. When Maya walks into the classroom Chloe doesn't look over and smile, when Maya smiles at …show more content…

in the story, ‘I walked home alone’. ‘When I reached the pond, my throat filled with all the things I wished I would have said to Maya’. (27) This is important because This quote shows when Chloe is walking home from school and she is mad and feels awful for being mean to Maya and wants to make it right. Also, “Like each kindness- done and not done. Like every girl somewhere- holding a small gift out to someone and that someone turning away from it”. (27) this supports that because, This quote explains that every time someone asks to play or someone wants to do something with you and you say no, you will never know how bad it hurt them when you said

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