My Favorite Champone By Jean Daviess Okimoto Analysis

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“My Favorite Chaperone” by Jean Davies Okimoto begins with a young girl named Maya whose family moved to a new country called America. Some customs are foreign to her family like the English language, therefore Maya has to translate for her parents. Maya is in 9th grade, goes to Beacon Junior High and is on the gymnastics team for the school. One day at school, she receives a permission slip for the school dance. She feels mournful because she knows that her parents won’t let her go to the dance. Later, the principal from the Evergreen Elementary informs Maya that her little brother, Nurzhan, got in a fight. She had to stroll to the Evergreen Elementary to translate for her parents at a meeting about the fight. While translating, Maya decides

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