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Billie Jo is grateful to Mad Dog that he “doesn’t stare at [her] deformed hands”, but “looks at [her] like [she] is someone he knows” (#).

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Billie Joe is now depressed on the fact that her mom passed and that she can’t play anymore. Now she can’t “ even stay in the same room with one especially Ma’s” (#).

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Nobody talks about “those hands” of Billie’s anymore. “Only Arley Wanderdale” tells Billie that she “could play piano again”, but Billie is to depressed to try (#).

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Billie knows that their are people out their that treat her like she is a person, and not a thing that causes problems, people who don’t “stare at [her] deformed hands (#).

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Billie Jo is glad that Mad Dog doesn’t “stare at [her] deformed hands”(#).

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Billie Jo can’t hardly stand being in the “same room with one” because it reminds her of her piano that she can’t play (#).

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Billie Jo didn’t think that she will ever play the piano but she wants to give it a try if she would try it again if she was able to because she really loves the piano so much.

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Billie Jo can’t stand being in the same room as a piano, “especially her Ma’s” because it reminds her of the connection her and her Ma used to have with that piano (Hesse, #).

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Billie Jo as “deformed hands’’ and she’s not proud of it but Pa “looks at me like I am someone he knows someone named Billie Jo Kelby”(#).

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Many people now just look at Billie Jo’s hands but not one person, “[Mad Dog] doesn’t stare at [her] deformed hands” He just sees Billie as who she is as a person not by her damaged hands(#).

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Billie Jo ‘’can’t hardly stay in the same room with’’ a piano and it bring ma back to her head (#).

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I learned that Arley Wanderdale believed Billie Jo could play the piano again if “if [she] would only try” (#).

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Billie Jo misses her Ma and get reminded of her ma if she “hardly stay in the same room” with Ma piano(#)

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Billie Jo doesn’t want to play the piano even if she “would only try” ,but the memories of Ma cheering her on ,and her hands that were in good condition have stopped her from playing (#).

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2: Billie Jo fears that she will never be able to play piano ever again due to her hands getting “burned/bad” (60). Because of “The Accident” (60). Billie Jo can’t stay in a room with a piano because she thinks she can’t play it anymore.

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Everyone tells Billie she could play piano again “ if [she] would only try” but she thinks that with her gnarled hands and sad memories she could never touch a single key again.

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She is happy that mad dog “doesn’t stare at [her] hands”(#).

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Even though Billie has injured hands, people still believed in her that she could play the piano “if [she] would only try”(#).

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Even though Billie has injured hands, people still believed in her that she could play the piano “if [she] would only try”(#).

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Even when Billie herself didn’t believe she could ever play the piano again “Arley Wanderdale [still] talks about [her] hands/ and how they could still play piano again/ if [Billie] would [just] try” showing even though Billie hands were messed up Arley believed that Billie could still play piano even if she didn’t believe in herself.(2)

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Billie Jo thinks she’ll never play piano again because of her deformed hands but Arely wanderdale thinks she can “if only [she] would try”{#}

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Billie can’t stand the heartbreak of being reminded of her mother. Especially when people think she’s the one at fault.

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Billie’s perspective on the piano changed because with her hands she feels taunted and “cant’t hardly stay in the same room with one”(#). This shows billie perspective changed because she can’t use them.

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Arley believes in Billie and thinks “they could play piano again/ if [she] would try” (#).

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Billie joe does not have people who believe in her besides Arely wanderdale 

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Billie joe does not have people who believe in her besides Arely wanderdale 

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I learned that Billie Jo can’t be in the same room with” the piano” because it reminds her that she has injured hands and she can’t play the piano anymore [#]

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now [she]can hardly stay in the same room with [the piano]./especially [with] ma

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This means that Mad Dog believes in Billie and sees her like “someone he knows”(#).

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Billie Jo “can’t hardly stay in the same room with one./ Especially Ma’s,” (#). She can’t go into the room with the piano because she misses her mom so much.

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Billie Jo is to sad to “stay in the same room” as a piano (#).

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Billie Jo doesn’t believe in herself because she has the weight of Ma’s death and her father’s hatred on her shoulders. Still, a man named Arley Wanderdale still believes in her with her deformed hands and “how they could play piano again if I would only try” (#).

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1: Billie thinks of the piano and ma together, and her hopes of playing have died like Ma. She thinks of pianos as burdens now.

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Billie Joe wants to do piano but she “ would only try”[#].

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She is ashamed of her hands because “Arley Wanderdale talks about them” and that makes her think she will never play piano again (#).

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That Billie Jo is so depressed that she “can’t stay in the same room with [a piano]” (87)

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Billie ‘’can’t hardly satay in the same room with’’ a piano because it reminds her of her Ma and as well as to even look at because she knows she will never get to play it again (#).

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Mad dog doesn’t look at Billie Joe’s hands like that makes her a terrible person. Mad Dog does follow the rule don’t judge a book from its cover. Mad Dog “ doesn’t look at [her] deformed hands” (92).

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Billie Jo means something to Mad Dog, he doesn’t “stare at [Billies] deformed hands” like she’s a monster with her hands like that and he likes her for who she is (Hesse, 92).

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Bilie Jo is so gloomy about Ma’s death and so depressed about her hands that she can’t even “be in the same room with” a piano, especially Ma’s (#).

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Billie Jo’s damage to her hands no longer allows her to play the piano and can no longer ”stay in the same room with one” because she does not like the thought of not being able to play it when its right in front of her. (#)

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Billie Jo don’t have people who believe in her except “Arley Wanderdale”(#).

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Billie Jo is still frightened by the incident of ma’s death that she can’t even be in the “same room with [a piano]” because of her deformed hands and the piano reminds her of he ma.

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Billie Jo thinks Mad Dog is respectful and kind, but I don’t think Pa likes Mad Dog.

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Billie Jo’s hands are still badly bruised from the accident and “only Arley Wanderdale talks about them/and how they could play piano again” Billie Jo doesn’t have much confidence or hope in the future of playing piano but, Arley Wanderdale still believes she can(#).

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Billie Jo’s perspective is that she likes the piano and misses her mother

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Billie Jo’s perspective on Mad Dog is that he sees her as a real person, not just someone weird

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Billie Jo has trauma from past experiences so she can “hardly stay in the same room” with a piano, because it reminds her of her mom.

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Billie has gone through so much trauma and has so many memories with ma’s piano, that she “can’t hardly stay in the same room” with a piano (#).

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Billie Jo is so distraught of the thought she can’t play piano that “now [she] can’t hardly stay in the same room as one./Especially ma’s] (#). This shows that her perspective is if she can’t do something she loves its best to avoid it.

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Billie can “hardly stay in the same room” a piano because of how badly she misses her Ma (#).

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She said that “he doesn’t stare at my deformed hands,” (#). She doesn’t like people looking at her hands because they’re deformed. And she is glad that he doesn’t stare.

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Billie Jo could play the piano “if I would only try”(#).this shows Billie Jo is to heartbroken to ever play the piano again.

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Billie Jos heartbreak is to much when she is “in the same room with [a piano]/especially Ma’s“ showing his her perspective on pianos changed after the tragedy.

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Billie Jo notices that Maddog doesn’t stare at her “deformed hands” and instead looks at her like “someone he knows”(#).

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Billie is too sad to be in a room with a piano, “especially [her] Ma’s” at her home (#). If Billie is in the same room as a piano, she will probably break down sobbing.

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I learned that Arley is the only person that believes Billie Jo “play piano again / if [she] tried” (#).

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Billie Joe cannot handle being “in the same room with [a piano] because they remind her of the depressing memories of Ma.

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Billie Jo isn’t respected enough and not known for who she is however, when she meets mad dog he changes her perspective by looking at Billie like she’s “someone he knows named Billie Jo Kelby” and that makes her feel known and there (#).

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Mad Dog “ Doesn’t stare at [Billie’s] deformed hands” (#). This changes Billie’s perspective about him about him being a good person and a friend, instead of Mad Dog being an enemy.

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Billie Jo can’t “stay in the same room” with the piano, “Especially [after] Ma’s” death (#).

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Billie Jo feels so somber when she stays “in the same room with” the memories of Ma or her hands (#).

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Billie joe can’t be hardly stay in the same room with” a piano because she misses her ma and that reminds her of ma (#).

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Billie Jo likes it when people look at her like a person not just as damaged. “He doesn’t stare at my deformed hands” (#).

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Billie Jo is so heartbroken that she can “hardly stay in the same room” with a piano “especially her Ma’s”. This shows just how much impact the death of a person can have on you.

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2: Billie Jo doesn’t think her hands will ever heal, but Arley believes they will.

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Billie Joe thinks that Mad Dog is someone who is respectful and is nice

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Billie Jo’s perspective on Ma’s death is when she “couldn’t tell her, couldn’t bring myself to say her apples were gone”. This shows that she misses ma and was devastated at the fact “Ma died that day giving birth to my brother” (Hesse, 69

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“Daddy found the money/… under the threshddy/ it wasn’t very much/ but it was enough for him to get drunk and good

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Txt evd in sentence.          (Pa).   Andrew

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Txt evd in sentence.          (Pa).   Andrew

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‘’I don’t know my Father anymore’’ ‘’he looks like my father he chews like my father’’ ‘’but he is a stranger’’Billie felt like that because he chose alcohol over ma

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Billie Jo’s relationship with her Ma is good because her Ma did a lot of good things , and Billie Jo loved her Ma when she”pushed [Ma] to the ground desperate to save her” because Ma’s apron was on fire. (61).

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Pa didn’t care for Ma all he cared about was getting drunk(67).

‘’But it wasn’t much for him to get good and drunk(67).

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Billie Jo’s perspective of ma is when “daddy put a pail of kerosene next to the stove and ma, fixing, breakfast, thinking the pail was filled with water lifted it to make daddy’s coffee, poured it, but instead of making coffee ma made a rope of fire it rose up from the stove to the pail and the kerosene burst into flames” (60).

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“Daddy found the money/…under the/ threshold/ it wasn’t very much / but it was enough for him to get good and drunk(67). This shows that Billie Jo doesn’t really trust her father because about the bad choices he makes.

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Billie Jo’s perspective of pa is a messed up father because he used the emergency money on alcohol instead of water for Ma causing her death. Pa did not help with Ma and her burning after Billie Jo screamed for help to save Ma and her brother. (67)

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Billie Jo’s perspective really changed when her mother died. For example, Billie Jo “Never got a chance”(Hesse,69) to tell her mom her apples were gone. Because she was protecting her mom’s apple trees, she couldn’t get water in time to save her mom and the baby.

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Billie Jo’s perspective really changed when her mother died. For example, Billie Jo “Never got a chance”(Hesse,69) to tell her mom her apples were gone. Because she was protecting her mom’s apple trees, she couldn’t get water in time to save her mom and the baby.

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Billie’s perspective on ma’s death: Billie Jo is incredibly and slowly taking her time at finding strength in herself after losing her mother and little brother making sure she doesn’t ’‘look back at anything” and that she keeps going through all her traumatic hardships.

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Billie Jo’s perspective on Pa has changed by when she looks at him she doesn’t “know [her] father anymore” he’s still her Pa but, just not as similar to his used to be self(76). Pa also “drank up the emergency money” that they had for emergencies, and he used it all leaving nothing for incase of crisis, showing some selfishness(67).

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Billie “can’t forgive [her dad for]that pail of kerosene” that killed her mother(78). This shows that Billie now hates her father for what he’s done.

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”I don’t look back over my shoulder at the single grave holding Ma and my little brother,” (73). I think she is sort of depressed and she doesn’t want to become even more sad.

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Pa

Billie Jo’s perspective of her father went from believing he was a hard working man, to one who “drank up the emergency money until it was gone” even though “it wasn’t very much, it was enough for him to get good and drunk.”and when ma begged for water or cried for him not knowing he was in Guymon drinking, i couldn’t do anything to help her.

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Billi jo loved her father but now she is mad at him because “he drank up the emergency money until it was all gone” and can’t forgive him.

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Pa- Billie Jo is mad at her dad (rhyme!) because while Ma is in pain, desperate for water, her “father was in Guymon/drinking”(Hesse,67). Now, she can’t even recognize or view him as her “Daddy” anymore.

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billies perspective of her pa changed When she was left alone in the house not being able to help ma and pa was “ In Guymon/drinking and she didn’t “know [her] father anymore (hesse 76).This shows that Billie doesn't recognize her father because her father used to help his family and now he has left Billie to fend for herself and ma.

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Billie Jo’s perspective changes of her father, because after her mother died, she doesn’t recognize him anymore, to her “ he is a stranger” now (76). She is “awkward and irritated with him” (76).

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Billie Jo’s perspective of her father’s actions really changed when he left her for drinking. This is shown when Billie says “and the whole time [while Ma was struggling] my father was out in Guymon, drinking” (67). This shows that Billie Jo thinks he father is irresponsible.

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Pa used to be a role model and a supportive partner but after and during the Accident he changed in a bad way because while Ma was dying he went to go get drunk not help her even though after “he [ wasn’t going to do ] it since Ma” to Billie Joe he is now a stranger (87).

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Even when Ma needed it “Daddy took the money/Ma kept squirreled in the kitchen/ it wasn’t much/ but it was enough for him to get good and drunk(67). Showing even though Pa knew that the family needed money he still spent it on beers and liquor. Ruining his reputation as a father and ruining billies thoughts about him being her father

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Pa- As ma “moaned and begged for water” Billie Jo was trying to help but was unsuccessful because, “it hurt the blisters on [her] hands to try” (67). And while that was happening Billie Jo’s “father was in Guymon/drinking”(67). And for that reason,Billie Jo felt disappointed at her father because he wasn’t helping her mother/wife while she was struggling.

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Something that changed Billie’s perspective about Pa is that while “Ma moaned and begged for water” Pa was treating himself “in Guymon/drinking” (67).

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Billie Joe does not “know [her] father anymore… he looks like [her] father” but he is not(76). He is a complete stranger in the darkness.

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PA:

While Ma was in pain, begging for water, Pa “was in Guyman, drinking” and leaving Billie, who was also hurt, to care for Ma (67). After this, Billie didn’t “know [her] father anymore” because he didn’t help with healing his own wife, and instead, got drunk.

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 PA Billie Jo perspective of her dad changed when “my farther was in Guymon  drinking”(Hesse 67).She did’t see the same man as he was before Ma’s death 

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 PA Billie Jo perspective of her dad changed when “my farther was in Guymon  drinking”(Hesse 67).She did’t see the same man as he was before Ma’s death 

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Killian

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Billie Joe feels like she “[doesn’t] know [her] father anymore…he looks like [her] father… but is is a stranger” (76).

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Billie’s perspective changed for her pa because he used all the money and left Ma to die. Billie feels like she doesn’t even “know [her] father’’ anymore and she doesn’t feel like sh can trust him anymore like “he is a stranger’’ to her (Hesse,76).

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Billie Jo changed perspective of Pa went from her happy father to somebody she doesn’t “know anymore”, so she is now “awkward with him,/ and irritated”, and wants “to be alone” (76).

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Billie Jo, “doesn’t know [her] father anymore” it is almost like, “he is a stranger” (Hesse, 76).

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Billie Jo changed her perspective on her father because, while ma “moaned and begged for water” her father was “in Guymon/Drinking” (Hesse, 67)

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Benson Boone.   Billie perspective on ma death

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Benson Boone.   Billie perspective on ma death

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Billie wishes she had stayed out of the fire because she feels like she is the reason she doesn’t want to look back “at the singular grave”that was holding”ma and (her) little brother(pg73).

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MA: “I can’t look at her,/I can’t recognize her,/It doesn’t even have a face” (66). This shows that Billie Jo can’t recognize her mother anymore and she has lost hope for her mothers survival due to the burns

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Billie thought that Pa loved her and ma , but now he is like

“a stranger” and she “doesn’t know [her] father anymore”(Hesse,76).

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pa was very selfish because pa “went out last night while mom begged for water, and the whole time my father was in Guyman drinking.” Pa left Billie Jo and ma to care for themselves(67).