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“I’ll run you over with my bike.”

This text shows that Alfonso is angry at his brother for threatening to get back at Sandra.

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"ponytails! Those girls who messed with Frostie and me had ponytails."

Ernie and Alfonso are arguing if Sandra is that same girl who messed with Ernie and Frosite.

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Alfonso "pushed both thumbs to his teeth to fix them" because he dose not like how his teeth are looking right know? but he thought if he could get braces like one of his friends but when he asked his mom it was at the bad time because... the family is struggling with money when she said "money doesn't grow on tress.

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"Pushed his teeth by pushing on them with his thumbs"

This quote shows that he does not like the way his teeth are and they are probably wrecked.

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"Alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a V in the back and streaked purple" This shows that Alfonso wants the cool, trendy, new hair style that price has.

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"He hated the way he looked last week he did fifty sit ups a day thinking that he would burn calories. "
This quote shows how insecure Alfonso is with his looks.

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"Do you think money grows on trees?"

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''He decided to fix his teeth by pushing on them with his thumbs''

This highlights that Alfonso feels very insecure about his teeth, it is an internal problem that he is struggling with. He wants to change it about himself in order to feel good about himself.

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"He didn't ask his mother for braces again"

The quote shows how his mother refused to get him braces which made him push on his teeth for three hours straight.

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"Alfonso skidded to a stop and helped the kid untangle his pants from the barbed wire." page 10
This quote shows that Alfonso is kind and helpful. He helps the little boy without being asked to.

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"He liked what he saw until he smiled and realized for the first time that his teeth were crooked"
This shows that Alfonso was suffering from his insecurity, he picks things about himself that he doesn't like or what he wants to change. This was an internal struggle that Alfonso was facing.

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...and pressed on his teeth He pushed himself in the stomach and growled, "Cuts" Then he patted his butch and whispered, "Fresh" pg9
This show Alfonso wants to be good looking because he dose not feel comfortable with his looks

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"Ponytails! Those girls who messed with Frostie and me had ponytails.''
The quote shows how Ernie is someone who easily assumes things about people. It also may show that he holds grudges for people.

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"He wanted "cuts" like those he had seen on a calendar of an Aztec warrior standing on a pyramid with a woman in his arms."

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"He hated the way he looked"

This shows that Alfonso is very insecure about himself, internal conflict, And wishes he could change the way he looks. He disappointed about his crooked teeth and hair.

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"He punched himself in the stomach and growled, cuts. Then he patted his butch and whispered, Fresh''.

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" Come on, man, let me use it," Alfonso pleaded. "Please, Ernie, I'll do anything."
This shows that Alfonso doesn't like giving up and really wants to go on the date.
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"He decided to fix his teeth by pushing on them with his thumbs."
This shows how insecure he is about small things of his appearance and that he would hurt his teeth and fingers in order to look better.

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"He Grew Depressed and turned away from the mirror. He sat on his bed and Leafed through the Rock Magazine". This Shows Just how much he cares about his looks and how sad he gets just from having crooked teeth.

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Alfonso sat on the porch trying to push his crooked teeth to where he thought they belonged.

This shows that he is very insecure about even the smallest details of his appearance

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"he went outside, slamming the screen door behind him and sat in the ally behind his house." this shows alfonso is a very angry person and when things dont go his way he gets mad.

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"'Maybe.' She played with a ponytail and crossed one leg in front of the other. "
This shows that Sandra was acting very shyly and maybe not very sure of herself.

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"she going to be my girlfriend, not yours!" this show when Ernie thought that the girl Alfonso met was the girl that stud him and his friend up and wanted her to be his girlfriend not Alfonso's.