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In my mind, dad was perfect, although he did have what mom called a little bit of a drinking situation¨.
Although her father was an alcoholic and was dangerous when intoxicated, Jeanette still loved him.

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¨Whenever we were out of food, Dad was always there full of ideas and ingenuity¨.
This quote is significant due to the fact that although the kids in the story had not eaten for a couple of days, they were still able to manage on whatever they had and kept going.¨

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¨Give us money¨ ¨We will work out a budget and stick to it¨
With how poor the Walls were it is ironic that they would have wanted to work with money considering the fact that they barely had enough to scrape by sometimes not any.

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¨We had received bags of clothing from the church clothing drive¨ ¨The next day, we were taking back the clothing to the school¨ ¨Mom said we don't need their charity we are fine with what we have¨.

The children wore torn up tarnished clothing to school. When they recieved these bags of clothing the mother did not use a single article of clothing. The children had been freezing yet they did not use jackets. This quote depicts how the family did not need anybody's help and they were fine on their own.

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¨I guess we both knew that , given the way people were in Welch thought about mixing¨

This quote describes how Jeanette understands the ethics of Welch and she comes to understand how the people in Welch are racist and do not like blacks.

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¨ I asked Mom and Dad if we can close the doors and windows when we went to sleep. They would not consider it.¨
This quote depicts the parents cold-heartedness an neglect towards their children. It shows that their parents would rather let their children get molested by intruders then sacrificing closing and locking all the windows.