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What The Saleslady Knows In The Poem Oranges By Gary Soto

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Carter Crawford
Mr. Shank
English
24 January 2023
Importance of Love to Others
What the saleslady knows in the Poem Oranges by Gary Soto. The saleslady knew that the boy couldn’t pay for the chocolate, but she also knows that the chocolate is for the girl he was with. The author states “Knowing very well what it was about” (40-42). This shows the reader that the saleslady knows that it was about love. The saleslady wouldn’t have let him pay for it with an orange but she saw the girl with him and knew it was about her. The author let the reader know that love is significant to many people which is the saleslady helped him out. We then find out that he actually bought the chocolate for her when the author said “Then released it to let her unwrap
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