The Girl Who Was Born With Only Two Leg Analysis

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“The other children teased her ‘’ says the story. In the story ‘’The Girl Who Was Born With Only Two Arms And Two Legs’’ by Stuart Baum, the protagonist, Quarta wants to fit in with other people. For example,she could only watch people playing ball and sticks.Also Quarta has very few friends in the story. Quarta wanted to fit in with the other people by playing a game called ball and sticks.When she played ball and sticks people kept shooting her dirty looks like they wanted to punch her.Second, When she picked up the ball to ball and sticks everyone starts yelling ‘’ Go home freak’’ This made Quarta feel very bad. Lastly, when she was on the court to play ball and sticks her teammates and even the opposing team made hitting motions or

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