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An Analysis Of Susan Beth Pfeffer's 'Ashes'

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“Your one in a million” Ashleighs dad claims. Ashleigh goes with her dad once a week on Tuesdays. Ashleigh mainly lives with her mom in an apartment. On Tuesday Ashleigh goes out with her dad and Ashleighs dad tells Ashleigh that he got into trouble and needs 200 dollars When Ashleighs dad says “you're one in a million” but he doesn't really think that he just wants to butter her up, so Ashleigh can steal 200 dollars from Ashleighs moms emergency money tea pot. Ashleigh doesn't steal the money because her dad could get in trouble again or not repay the money, Ashleigh lives with her mom and would never want to jeopardize the relationship, and the 200 dollars Ashleigh would be stealing could save Ashleighs life and her mom's to. The first reason Ashleigh wouldn't steal the money is because Ashleigh’s dad could do it again or not repay the money. A quote from the story “Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer says “Dad took a booth that faced the door, so he could check who was walking in and out.” …show more content…

“Help pay off a deal he already made” from the story “Ashes”. Ashleighs dad cleary has done it before because he knows how they work and how much time he has to pay them the 200 dollars so he doesn't get hurt. Ashleighs dad can't pay them back if he needs to borrow money from Ashleigh in the first place.”Like one of his promises, some never happen” quoted from “Ashes” Ashleighs dad promised Ashleigh he would pay her back by Friday. In the past some promises never happened so know one knows if he will keep or break the promise, leaving Ashleigh to tell her mom what happened to the

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And I swear to you, Ashes I’d have the money in your hands by Friday. ’”P.4. That fact that Ashleigh’s dad swore to her that he’d pay her back by Friday, using her special nickname shows that he wishes he didn’t have to ask for a

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District Common Assessment Essay “I lifted the lid and stared at her emergency money. ”-pg4. Ashleigh is a character in the short story “Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer. In “Ashes”, Ashleigh is a teenager whose parents are divorced and complete opposites. Her father is a dreamer and not responsible while Ashleigh’s mother is always prepared and extremely responsible.

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In addition, it displays Ashes' biased opinion of thinking that the right thing to do was to steal the money for her dad because of how his love influences her. Besides, you can tell Ashes does not just love her dad the most because of the thoughts of loneliness and unright feelings she gets as she is about to steal the money for

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The title of my book is Ashes, Ashes by Karyn Folan and this is a realistic fiction story about a fallout. The main character is Liam and he wants to get himself his sister lily and a couple of his friends to a mountain bunker to be safe from a fallout that's about to happen. This story takes place in washington DC and Liam has to get himself and his sister Lilly, along the way he also picks up two of his best friends Mrs. Standish and Amaranth Jones. These to were friends Liam had at John F. Kennedy High. After he gathered these people he had to make a 200 mile trek to the mountain to get Lily and his friends to safety.

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First, Ashleigh took the money because her dad isn’t very wealthy and he needed the money. Her dad owes someone some money in the text it said that “you owe them two hundred dollars?” She asked her dad if he had enough money to buy them dinner. In the text it says “can you

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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?

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Ashes did not take her mother's money because she’s too similar to her mother, the money is to be used for emergencies only, and she realized her father was trying to butter her up. Ashes and her mother are just like each other. Her father even states on page

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