Ashleigh’s dad needs money and he wants her to get some. But not just any money, her mom’s money. The 200 dollars she keeps in a jar just in case of an emergency. When she finds the money the story stops. Does she take the money? Im sure she does because her dad has always been nice to her, he is always helping other out as well, and she has some problems with her mom. Since her dad is always being nice to her and just buttering her up any normal person would want to repay that kindness. You can just see how nice he is to her in some of these quotes. “...but then dad gave me roses or sang me a song he had written for me.”(Pfeffer 1). or “You have flair, ashes. Style” and “Your the special ashes. You’re the one in a million girl”(Pfeffer 2). Clearly he is being as nice as possible and of course she loves him for it, as shown in this quote. “I would never have any other dad,” I told him. “My friends fathers, they just tell them to study more. They never tell them they have flair or style.”(Pfeffer 2). This is a big reason for her taking the money. …show more content…
For example “I saw a woman stranded on the road,” he’d say. “So i changed her tire for her”(Pfeffer 2) and also once he found a wallet and returned it to the owner without accepting the reward. but even though he does all these great things, he still doesn’t get that much money. This is shown well in the second to last sentence says “...I could hear my father’s car keening in the distance.”(Pfeffer 4). Normally the word keening is not used when something is all fine a dandy. There is probably something wrong with his car, that he can’t fix. All this would make her feel bad for her dad and want to help him
Belle Gunness was one of the most successful murderers in Illinois. She murdered over forty people including two of her husbands and about four of her children between 1884 and 1908 (Belle Gunness Biography). At the age of 22, she immigrated to Chicago, Illinois in 1881. She got away without a trace and it’s still a mystery as to where she went today. Belle Gunness was born as Brynhild Paulsdatter Storseth on November 22, 1859 (Belle Gunness Murderpedia).
If you look at pages 1 and 2, you see how not only Ashes illustrates her mom, but you can also see how the dad describes the mom. Ashes says at the beginning that, “she just called me Ashleigh-a name she didn’t even like-and never promised me anything.” (Pfeffer 1). This shows that Ashes probably doesn’t like the mom that much because she never gave the fake promises and hope like her dad gave her. The dad also describes the mom in the same way by stating, “she will discourage you from being all you can be….but she’s not a dreamer….She
Ashleigh’s dad needs the 200 dollars of emergency money to invest in a suspicious deal to become wealthier. Ashleigh didn’t steal her mom’s emergency money because she knows her mom is correct in saying that her dad is untrustworthy; she has had many opportunities to steal the money before, but never has, and Ashleigh knows her dad is using the money for dubious purposes.
In the book Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt, the character Angela McCourt is one of the most dependable and loyal mothers in all of literature. Even though Angela goes through many spells of depression throughout the memoir, her dedication to her family and her perseverance through adversity is what makes her a great mother and an extraordinary person. Throughout the memoir Angela faces many challenges, which include her husband, who spends all of their very little money on alcohol and eventually abandons the family. This left Angela as the sole provider. Additionally, the death of her daughter Margaret and her twin sons Oliver and Eugene drove Angela into a state of depression.
“And I realized he still called me Ashes where my Mom couldn't hear him to be annoyed”-pg 1.This shows Ashleigh that her dad loves her that he doesn't care how people look at her nickname it
Contrary to other people she had no grudge against her father, forgave him, and showed gratitude for the money she did
African Americans all had fear in their eyes everyday from the time they woke up till the time they would fall asleep. Being a person of color they knew anything could happen to them at any time. African Americans feared death, incarceration and lynching all because the color of their skin. For instance, “Explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park ... when she is told that Funtown is closed for colored children…developing an unconscious bitterness towards white people” (King 224).
Why that is,is because the dad thinks that Ashleigh is special because in the text it says “you get more and more beautiful….. I wished I deserved you... You're the special one….You're the one in a million girl …...that made me feel special.pg 2” The dad wouldn’t want Ashes to get in trouble because in the text it says “ I wouldn’t want to jeapordize our time together,honey. What do i do if moms there?
Her dad tells Ashes to order whatever she likes, making her feel special. While they wait for their food her dad keeps looking at the door, as if waiting for someone. “What is it,” I asked him. “It’s nothing,” he said. “Oh well, Ashes, you can always see right through me.”
The Grandmother values money to a tremendous value in this story. Her
(Yarbrough 637), so she doesn't ask. What he's father did to her mother caused he to have no trust in her own husband. Their daughter also suffered as she “bunches over as she walks… her posture and the concentrated way she gazes down suggest that she's a girl who believes she has a problem” (Yarbrough 642). It is hinted that she might have been thinking about hearing gossip, which might be the gossip of the town about her family.
“He’s a rescuer. ”I saw a woman stranded on the side of the road,” he’d say. “So I changed a tire for her.” (pg. 1) Since he’s always helping others, and she’s always with him, so she would want to help (she actually does ask). The father is actually an amazing dad, and to top it all off, he’s never told a lie to Ashleigh.
QUOTE She strives to be her father 's favorite even though he rarely shows her the attention she is seeking from him, much less directly speak to her rather than his imaginary congregation.
Although she feels scared and guilty because of her parent’s fighting, she tries to keep looking cool and disengaged in his
You see her asking why wasn't money kept for us or for the university and its simply because they didn't have any money, their husbands did. So,