Hannah Sherfy Mrs. Ragusky 5th hour Ashleigh had a huge choice to make while staring into the teapot full of money. Ashleighs parents, her mom, a realist, and her dad, a dreamer, had been divorced for about 2 years at that point. Her father, who she only sees on tuesdays, has no job and is in need of money. Ashleigh and him both know of the $200.00 her mother keeps in a teapot, and he had a plan, involving her, to steal it. Ashleigh decided she would take the money because her dad made her feel special, she liked her dad more, and he promised he would pay the money back. Ashleigh took the money, because her dad made her feel special. Her father was constantly complimenting her saying things like, “ You’re the special one, Ashes. You’re the …show more content…
This made it exceedingly easy for her father to manipulate her feelings into getting her to do what he wants. Although , sometimes she doubted her dad, and thought her mom might be right about him being a lazy bum, she realized, “... he still called me ashes, where mom couldn't hear him to be annoyed. And that made me feel special all over again.” (susan beth pfeffer 1). Ashleigh did sometimes doubt that what he did wasn't just to annoy her mom, but as soon as he called her ashes (his nickname for her), or told her anything kind, she felt special again, and was back on his side, forgetting what her mother said about him. “ ‘All right,’ i said, and reached to unlock the door. ‘ you’re one in a million,’ he said to me.” (susan beth pfeffer 4). Ashleighs father has always told her shes one-in-a-million through out the whole story, trying to make her feel special, because he knows her mother never does, but it's only to manipulate her. He came up with an idea to take money from her mother, and at first ashleigh was hesitant, but she thought about all the times he told her she was one-in-a-million, and knew she wanted to help him get the …show more content…
Ashleigh doesn't really like her mom, but she still would like not to get in trouble. Ashleigh's father reassuring her that her mother would never find out made her more confident in the plan. Asheleigh was almost positive that her father would pay the money back, and her mom would never find out the money was gone so she decided to ‘borrow’ it. Ashleigh's father made her feel very special, she likes her dad more, and he promised he would pay her the money back, so she decided she would take the money. Ashleigh's father manipulated her by making her feel special, and making promises that would never follow through. Ashleighs dad knew her and her mother's relationship wasn't very strong, so he took advantage of that. Ashleigh knew that her father was in need of money, and he had no job, and was considerate of that,s o when the idea of taking money came up, she wanted to help him if he could. Ashleigh made a big decision, and that was to take the money because her father made her feel special, she like him more, and he promised he would pay her
There is a slight glimmer of hope when the school year ends and the girls all receive their report cards. They stand eagerly in the hallway, none of them can break their gaze at the slips of paper in their teacher’s hands. Pashtana finishes 15th in her class and in this moment looks forward to a new year in the 8th grade. Unfortunately, Pashtana and her family were living off of $7 a week, a dollar to spend a day. She soon got married to her cousin and has not been back to school since their last day.
2) Hannah tells stories of her “other” life in which she attends school and looks forward to the weekends. As Chaya, her new friends are again shocked by the fact that she-a girl-attends school. Hannah explains that he...
Paine, Noah’s father, is in jail and that puts more pressure on Noah’s mom because she truly cares about Noah and Abbey. Noah’s mom has to play the roles of both mom and dad because she is the only adult in the house and needs to take care of Noah and Abbey since Paine is in jail. The following quote by Noah proves that his mom is stressed, “My mother says that being married to my father is like having another child to watch after, one who’s too big and unpredictable to put in time-out.” This quote shows how family is helping you get through tough times because because Donna, Noah’s mom, knows she has Noah’s support and his listening ear.
The third reason is Ashleigh knows that her mom was saving the money for an emergency. “‘Oh well, Ashes, you can always see right through me.’ He was one who’d been looking right through me toward the door, but I didn't say anything” (pfeffer 3).This quote means he was worried about people coming after him in the diner-putting her in a scary situation. The quote is stating, “‘That is a lot of money .What if mom finds out?’ ‘It's me who she’d be angry at me’”(Pfeffer 4). This quote means.That her dad lost at gambling and wanted her to steal the money so he could gamble again. So he did not learn his lesson. The author stated in the text, “ Good head on your shoulders. Problem is, I’d never be able to find another car this cheap to replace it. ‘No the Teapot is the way to go ’” (Pfeffer 4).This quote means Drove her to the house to steal
In the courtroom, Amanda tried to wipe away her tears. She admitted to the judge, “It seems like I just can't win.” She was still trying to pay off her son's funeral. Like most people, she had no clue that even a basic funeral could cost thousands of dollars. On top of her funeral costs, she was struggling to save money for a new apartment. In addition to her other financial burdens, she still had tickets to pay
I had to get on the phone and say in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs. Tan.” And my mother was standing in the back whispering loudly, “Why he don’t send me check, already two weeks late. So mad he lie to me, losing me money. And then I said in perfect English, Yes, I’m getting rather concerned. You had agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.” Then she began to talk more loudly, “What he want, I come to New York tell him front of his boss, you cheating me?” And I was trying to calm her down, make her be quiet, while telling the stockbroker, “I can’t tolerate anymore excuses. If I don’t receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I’m in New York next week.” And sure enough, the following week there we were in front of the astonished stockbroker, and I was sitting there red-faced and quiet, and my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting at his boss in her
The story begins when Brian, a thirteen-year-old boy, is traveling on an airplane. Brian is from the city, and is traveling to Canada to visit his Father. The setting is in the Canadian wilderness and is most important because Brian’s adventure would have been impossible in a city. Brian was very upset about his parents separation, but was excited to be visiting his father. However “The Secret,” as Brian refers to it, is always in the back of his mind. Brian has seen his mother with another man. He wants desperately to tell his father, but knows his father would be crushed. I think that this situation is something that could happen in real life. Brian is totally distraught. If I were in his place, I would be also. But instead of worrying about telling my father, I think I would be worrying about confronting my mother with the situation. I would feel I needed to stop the affair before my father did find out.
That same night, I walked by Hannah’s cell and I saw her staring down at a newspaper clip out of a young teenager shaking hands with another man. I recognized that the boy was the man who visited today. Could he be Hannah’s son? If he is, then why hadn’t he visit her all this time? Hannah brushed her fingers across the books on her shelf, and took out a sheet of paper and started writing in it. This time, her eyes turned grey and they were empty, but free.
Sarah is experiencing her teenage “rite of passage” to lie or not to lie to her parents concerning her whereabouts. As all teens go through stages that involve the separation of parent/child, so the child can go to the stage of parent/child, thus completing the cycle of life. Here we have a teenager force to make her first adult choice, yet still at the very young age of fifteen. In this scenario, we are dealing with a teenager whose primary focus about schooling has been toward honor classes. This is also, clearly, a girl who has obeyed and respected both her parents; including her own choices of improving in areas other teens would not take advantage of for their education. To address Sarah’s attitude regarding her curfew, we must place ourselves in her thought process. Sarah does have to deal with many feelings at this moment, before deciding to attend a party, which will cause her to be late for curfew.
A loved one is in a financial crunch. They have suggested “borrowing” some money. The decision is helping them get it or not. A young girl named Ashleigh had a similar situation in the story “Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Her dad need money and suggested “borrowing” some from her mother and he wanted Ashleigh to do it.
O-Outline the option(s): convince Erin to speak to her parents, guide, provide information for Erin to make the best decision possible.
Rose Mary is a selfish woman and decides not to go to school some mornings because she does not feel up to it. Jeannette takes the initiative in making sure that her mother is prepared for school each morning because she knows how much her family needs money. Even though Rose Mary starts to go to school every day, she does not do her job properly and thus the family suffers financially again. When Maureen’s birthday approaches, Jeannette takes it upon herself to find a gift for her because she does not think their parents will be able to provide her with one. Jeannette says, “at times I felt like I was failing Maureen, like I wasn’t keeping my promise that I’d protect her - the promise I’d made to her when I held her on the way home from the hospital after she’d been born. I couldn’t get her what she needed most- hot
The techniques used to change the negative behavior was opening the lines of communication and taking personal responsibility. When Anne told Allie about her experience about falling in love with a man who was not wealthy, it made it easier for Allie to make up her mind about what she wanted to do. Allie knew that she did not want to miss her true love like her mother did.
But to get more detailed in the story The Tillerman kids' mother just left them one day in a car in a mall parking lot. Their father had also left them as well a long time ago. All they had left was $11, and this was supposed to last them. It was up to thirteen-year-old Dicey, the eldest of four, to take care of everything, make all the decisions, feed them, find places to sleep. But above a...
She faces the most dilemmas of them all throughout the hold thing. She is b has to commit fraud just so she could take care of her husband in his time of need. She forged her father’s name in order to get the money then took her time to pay it back with her own money. She could have asked her husband whom just got a better job with a raise for the money but she didn’t. she came across a dilemma and she solved it herself.