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Aaron's Gift Short Story

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Literary Essay How you ever seen so much thought for someone, that they took some beating up. In the story “ Aaron’s Gift” by Myron Levoy,Aaron was a young boy who found a pigeon, and since his grandmother’s birthday was coming up, he thought it would be the perfect gift. Myron Levoy answered the question “What would you do for your family?”. The author showed Aaron taking care of the pigeon and helping it get better, and being so thoughtful for his grandmother. This thoughtfulness is shown by Aaron and his grandmother throughout the story. When Aaron got this pigeon he found in the park, he took it home and started to bandage it up. He tried to make it healthy for his grandmother. However, there …show more content…

Have you ever seen someone with so much thoughtfulness, Aaron had exactly that.Aaron had showed a lot of thoughtfulness for someone that he loved. So over all Aaron was trying to do something really nice for her. Something that she could keep. It was really hard for him when the pigeon flew away, But when he got home she said it was ok. So Aaron did do something good, and she knew. Aaron felt sorry, but he was ok with it. So over all emotions. Aaron was pretty brave, he took many risks to save this pigeon for him grandmother. IN the text, it was talking about all the action and troubles Aaron was going through to try and get this pigeon. It shows a lot of effort to get this pigeon. It shows all of the bad things that had happened while trying to get the pigeon for his grandmother, but all didn't go as well. So overall in the text it will show violence and a bunch of bravery and troubles that he went through. He took beatings for this pigeon. A wild animal that can't really do anything. All just for his grandmother. There was a question, and the author did really well on answering it. There was a perfect amount of detail for their to be a description, and there was a good amount things going on in the story. During the course of this story, Aaron has learned that helping and defending others, helps him become a better person himself. Helping others might get him a reward or two. Defending others are just something nice to do. So overall it was a good

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