Ashleigh’s dad needs money and he wants her to get some. But not just any money, her mom’s money. The 200 dollars she keeps in a jar just in case of an emergency. When she finds the money the story stops. Does she take the money? Im sure she does because her dad has always been nice to her, he is always helping other out as well, and she has some problems with her mom. Since her dad is always being nice to her and just buttering her up any normal person would want to repay that kindness. You can just see how nice he is to her in some of these quotes. “...but then dad gave me roses or sang me a song he had written for me.”(Pfeffer 1). or “You have flair, ashes. Style” and “Your the special ashes. You’re the one in a million girl”(Pfeffer 2). Clearly he is being as nice as possible and of course she loves him for it, as shown in this quote. “I would never have any other dad,” I told him. “My friends fathers, they just tell them to study more. They never tell them they have flair or style.”(Pfeffer 2). This is a big reason for her taking the money. …show more content…
For example “I saw a woman stranded on the road,” he’d say. “So i changed her tire for her”(Pfeffer 2) and also once he found a wallet and returned it to the owner without accepting the reward. but even though he does all these great things, he still doesn’t get that much money. This is shown well in the second to last sentence says “...I could hear my father’s car keening in the distance.”(Pfeffer 4). Normally the word keening is not used when something is all fine a dandy. There is probably something wrong with his car, that he can’t fix. All this would make her feel bad for her dad and want to help him