Aunt Ruthie Shows The Way Analysis

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All of the stories in cluster 3 were grouped together because they were about people’s lives and their experiences with others. Whether it was something small like a busy morning or recounting memories with a life long best friend. In the first story, Aunt Ruthie Shows the Way, it’s a small encounter of two people at lunch. The title threw me off at first because I thought that her Aunt Ruthie would be teaching her something important, when really her aunt is teaching other people. The writer recalled a story of her aunt, after being held hostage, telling her captor to make sure to learn a profession while in jail. Even though her life was at risk she wanted to lead the criminal in the right way by giving him good advice for when he’s out.