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Pgs. 3+4 - "I stopped reading except for school assignments. I was pretty mean to my half brothers and totally rotten to my stepmother and Dad. I felt empty and angry, and they all left me pretty much alone." This is a contrast to Katie, because, according to the presents she was gifted, she has been reading and writing poems/stories for a large portion of her life.

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"It's you ," she mouthed. I read her lips. The girl didn't know what she meant when she said that. Also when she said, "It's empty," then, "Is this a joke?" I turned to ask Mama, but she was gone. She thought why did you give me an empty box. On page 4, "It's you?" Why were they the very last words she had ever said to me.

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on pages 3 and 4 it says "its you" this is an important sentence because she realizes what it means in the end of the story. Another memory moment is when the nurses and doctors gave the gifts to the girl especially when she gets her mothers present which distracts her from her mother dying.

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Pgs. 4 - "It's you, why had she said Its you" she was indicating that you need to find happiness.   

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Pgs. 4 - "It's you, why had she said Its you" she was indicating that you need to find happiness.   

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Last page "and so was i, and so was i" in this part of the story she realizes that she is full of stories poems and memories just like the box.

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It says that she was mean to her half brothers who were probably a lot younger than her. That shows how bad she felt after her moms death.

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It says that she was mean to her half brothers who were probably a lot younger than her. That shows how bad she felt after her moms death.

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"in fact the only sound for the longest time was mama's breathing machine going in and out. It was a harsh horrible is

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"but as Mama always reminded me whenever daddy finally remembered to send me something.

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One again and again thing is, "And so was I. And so was I." It means that she was filling with memories as with the box but she put it in repetition.

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in the story there was lots of the again and again in the way that her mom taught her to be thankful you can see lots of this in pg. 4

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on page 1 it says "now you can write beautiful stories " This is a foreshadowing of what she will do later in life. which is write story

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When Katie learns what it's you meant was the aha!!!!! moment.

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When Katie learns what it's you meant was the aha!!!!! moment.

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Whats the life lesson of the story and how will it affect the character? 

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Whats the life lesson of the story and how will it affect the character? 

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The life lesson of the "Birth Day Box" is don't give up on what you love.

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When the mom says "It's you." She says that and after she dies, Katie starts filling the box up and as she fills the box, Katie starts to feel a lot better than she did when her mom died.

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The memory would be important because it could

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The girl is being so mean because she has to live with her dad which she isn't happy about and is sad about her mom's death

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she used to wright a lot then she stopped writing because her mother died  

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she used to wright a lot then she stopped writing because her mother died  

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She is doing this because of the way it impacted her when her mother died.

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She is doing this because of the way it impacted her when her mother died.