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1) Billie Jo values apples because they are yummy and you can make a lot of meals out of the apples it also shows the hunger that she has

2) The apples help sustain her spirits because it shows her love for apples

3) The apples symbolize what you make out of the apples

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1 Billie value apples because she loves them, (since they're tasty) and you can make many things with apples, showing that they're an important food source.

2 It sustains her liking for apples and her spirits.

3 The apple blossoms symbolize how tarty and lucky the apples are. Since there is a dust bowl and depression going on.

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1. The poem conveys that Billie Jo is feeling super excited about the Apples that are being grown and how when they're done she will also have a new sibling.

2. What is sustaining Billie Jo's spirits is that when the apples are finished she will feel less lonely and how she will maybe have someone to like to show the piano to.

3. The apple blossoms symbolize how Billie Jo has a sibling that's growing and the apples are growing and her want for both food and her new sibling.

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1) This poem conveys that when the apples are ripe the family will be in a better situation than having almost no food. They use the apples to make foods that they don't have on a daily basis. The apples give them hope and something to look forward to.

2) It shows us how these apples keep Billy jo's spirit up during the great depression and the dust bowl. Other than piano, apples are the only thing that keeps her hopeful for the next day.

3) The apple blossoms symbolize growing and the happiness her family will feel when they have the baby boy and apples.

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1)Billy Jo values apples through their tastes and freshness. For example the text states "and eat one juicy piece at a time until my mouth is clean and fresh and my breath is nothing but apple"(45). To clarify Billy Jo values apples because they are fresh compared to the dust that she coughs up all the time.

2)The poem conveys that the taste of apples sustains Billy Jo's spirits because they help her taste something that is fresh and not dusty.

3)The apple blossoms might symbolize that there is rain that helps them blossom. To go deeper it might symbolize the new baby in her Ma's stomach is growing and developing.

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1. Billie values apples for how many things can be used with apples and how she loves apples just as much as piano. "Those apples will be ready and well make pies and sauce and pudding and dumplings... until my mouth is clean and fresh and my breath is nothing but apple." Billie says that her breath will be nothing but apple and lists how many things apples can be used in which can show her love for apples.

2. The baby could be a factor in what sustains Billie's spirits and her love for apples. "But in just a couple months, after that baby is born, those apples will be ready and..." This shows that the baby will eat a lot of apples and Billie is all here for it.

3. The apple blossoms could be symbolizing a repetitive thing happening in her house, or events in her life. It could also be what she thinks that apples are the only things the baby will eat.