Analysis Of A Little Help From My Friends By Firoozeh Dumas

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In this story A little help from my friends by firoozeh Dumas, takes place in The United States from the viewpoint of an Iranian child, they moved there for her father's work. Dumas (the story teller) talks about her interesting and different adventures of moving to America. One of them being constantly interviewed by American children and adults (p.89-A little help from a friend) Dumas was frequently asked about her life back home in Iran, many of the questions were about camels and where Iran even was. “They wanted to know important things, such as camels. How many did we own back home? What did we feed them? Was it a bumpy ride?” (p.90-A little help from a friend)A phrase that dumas says with beginning with “They wanted to know the

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