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An event can go a long way and have a huge impact. Litures show the moment of truth by making a small event create a key moment to start the big impact(s) in the character's life. In the texts The Tequila Worm, by Viola Canales, and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, a character and a person experience moments of truth that influence the character's life and actions. Sofia is bullied for eating tacos and being Mexican-American and is humiliated when her tacos are picked up and thrown on her. Sofia's mom always makes Sofia bean tacos for lunch and Sofia is embarrassed when eating at the lunch table so she turns her back to everyone and eats in the corner. First, “a big girl [stood] right smack in front of [Sofia]” and asked what was in the lunch bag (Canales). …show more content…

This drew the attention of “Coach Clarke, the girls’ PE teacher, “to blow'' her whistle and [order] everyone back to their seats.”(Canales). Coach Clark then tells Sofia to'' [kick] her but As a result of the big girl bullying Sofia, Coach Clark tells the girls to go back to their seats and tells Sofia not to worry about them. Then Sofia is scared to eat and after two days of not eating she decides to eat at the girl's bathroom stall. So Coach Clark invites Sofia to sit and eat lunch with her and they talk about the bully Coach Clark tells. However, if Coach Clark never told Sofia to kick her head, she would've never left Coach Clark's side. Then Sofia would become popular from sitting with Coach Clark and the popularity would get to her head. So, Sofia would use her popularity to get friends to bully the big girl. Therefore, they would have gotten into a

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