Ashes Susan Beth Perffer Analysis

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Ashleigh’s dad tells Asheigh that “you are one in a million.” Ashleigh’s dad wants her to take money from the teapot in her mom’s apartment because he is broke. Since Ashleigh’s mom and dad are divorced she has to pick which side she wants to be on. Ashleigh will take the money to help her dad because he is broke and he loves her very much and tells her all these sweet things, also so it will make him happy. Ashleigh always enjoyed hanging out with her dad. Ashleigh would talk about how the sun is always shining while she is with her dad. Ashleigh’s dad always said things that made her feel good, like, “you look radiant!” Even though she did not believe everything her father said, she enjoyed him saying it. Ashleigh said many positive things about her father. Ashleigh will take the money because she goes along with her father’s plan without objecting. Ashleigh asked, “can I help?”pg 3 when her dad was explaining he owed 200 dollars. Ashleigh seems to think that she is like her

In the “Ashes” story by Susan Beth Preffer, she begins it with the quote, “That winter, it felt like every time I saw my father, the sun cast off just a little more warmth than it had the day before.” Later, when the writer on page 1 had stated that Ashleigh’s dad said “I am a dreamer”, and her mom said, “He is a irresponsible bum”, Ashleigh replied with, “I knew he was both, but I also knew that winter that the sun and the moon dreamed with him.” Ashleigh also discussed on page 1 how when she was not sure if “Ashes” was such a good name, “Dad gave me roses or sung me a song he wrote for me.” and then she felt special again. It seems to be the basis of the story that Ashleigh has good feelings toward her father. Ashleigh seems to prefer the possible dreams more than cold facts. The attention that Ashleigh got from her father made her feel