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Gabby S.O. (aka HANDS AWF GABRIELLA #KATSEYE)

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Gabby S.O. (aka HANDS AWF GABRIELLA #KATSEYE)

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The author's (aka Kao Kalia Yang) most affecting experience was when she realized her family was a whole and she "pushed against her own skin" by remembering her family was a whole and her grandmother moving from house to house made her incredibly sorrowful.

Imagining all these memories had a great impact on her body and mental health, which resulted in her getting baby lupus. Then her grades and weight were affected, but then her grandmother healed her with the power of elephants. So in conclusion, when Kao remembered all the memories, she ended up getting sick and then learning that life isn't easy, its a very hard road.

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I think her sickness had the greastest effect on her because it made it realize how close to death she was and too accept who she truly is.

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I think that one of the experience that seemed to have the greatest effect was the death of her grandmother it affected her mentally.

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I think the experience that hade the biggest affect on her was the sickness because she spent the majority of the book or story wright about that

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her getting sick

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i think her sickness had a great affect on the end by making her realize how close to death she is and making her accept who she was.

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I think the experience that most affected the author was when she was sick, and her grandma gave her a silver bracelet or elephants to protect her. After that, the author started to miraculously get better and she wore it everyday until it broke. Even after that she kept it, promising to herself that she would either fix it when she gets older or get a new one exactly like it.

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silver bracelet of a family of elephants

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I believe her sickness had the greatest effect on her because it made her grades drop, lose weight, affected her mental health, and overall went through a lot of pain.

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In my opinion, the most important experience that had the greatest amount of effect on her was when the welfare reform in 1996 was released. I think this because when it first started, she started to worry about her whole entire family as a whole, causing many of the effects that occur after the experience. Such as being sick and not being able to function as a human, and her crying herself to sleep and getting a heart attack, both are anxiety induced thoughts. Both of these resulted in her losing 20 pounds and spiraling into a small depression. In conclusion, I think that the most important experience was when she got sick. This is because it taught her an important lesson on how life isn't just a straight path. It's a rough and windy road, and nobody knows where it goes.

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I think it's when she got sick because her grandma gave her a gift, and it was an elephant bracelet because elephants protect their babies by forming a circle around them

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I think her illness had the greatest effect on her, as it negatively impacted almost every aspect of her life. It caused a decline in her physical health, mental health, grades, the tension at home, etc.

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I think her sickness had the greatest effect on her because she thought she would die.

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I personally think that even though finding the house, her teacher enjoying her essay, and getting sick were all extremely affective on her, her grandmother giving her the bracelet with the elephants was the most influential on her. I think this is because the lupus that she got was nearly untreatable. She could barely even eat or do anything until she was given her bracelet and told that elephants protect their young by forming a circle around them. She loved the gift and felt better and confidant in herself. She even wore that bracelet everyday getting healthier and healthier over time overcoming the sickness in many ways due to the subconscious placebo effect it gave her.

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her getting sick

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The author's experience that seemed to have the greatest effect on her was when she was sick. During the time when she was sick, her grades dropped, she lost 20 pounds, and she was in a extreme amount of pain. When her grandma gave her the elephant bracelet, it helped her realize what she was doing to her body, heart, and mind. She conquered the illness and hardships in her life and changed to a positive perspective and a strong viewpoint on life.

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The experience that seemed to have the greatest effect on the author was when her grandmother gifted her the elephant bracelet. It helped her come to terms with her divided heart and her illness. She came to accept the hardships in her life and changed her persepctive to a positive and strong viewpoint.

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I think when the author was sick it had the greatest effect on her because after that she finally understood that she couldn't give up.

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I think the time she was sick was the experience that had the greatest effect on her. The reason for that was because she really thought deep about what was happening, and she knew that her grandma cared for her and felt very grateful for her grandma giving her the bracelet.

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The author's experience that seemed to have the greatest effect on her was her sickness. This is because she went into a spiral of sadness. Her grades dropped, she lose 20 pounds, and was in extreme pain.

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I think the author's experience of being sick had the greatest effect on her. When she started to get better she realized that everything thing dies that contains life. She says that getting up had become harder and that was the point no matter where she lived. She had to keep getting up.

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i think her realizing how sick she was took away her happiness and made her start to worry

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I think the biggest effect had to be her getting sick because it made her look over her self and how she viewed herself.

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I think the experience that had the greatest effect was getting sick she realized that she was close to death and accepted who she was.

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i think her suddenly getting sick played into the ending like alot. and she wasnt able to enjoy her grandmother enough before her passing

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I think when she got sick and had that health scare was when she started to realize that she was putting too much on herself, she was carrying a lot of weight within her family to become a great American and have a good career so she could help pull her family out of the working class. But she realized her limit and that life is fragile, and so is she.

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I think that the greatest effect on her was getting sick. I feel like it helped her with knowing not to get sick and to be more careful.

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I believe the greatest effect
on the Author was the ending of the welfare system in California in 1996. Her whole world changed. She and her family were Hmongs. Nobody knew who they were, the pressure to become American citizens was overwhelming and scary. Many Hmongs were returned back to their country. She felt the pressure of being poor and not belonging to a country and then she became sick. Nobody could figure out why. She feared she would die. She believed it was the power of the elephant bracelet her grandmother gave to her that helped her. The doctors diagnosed her with Baby Lupus. She started to take her medicine but it was her confidence in herself and her ability to see she could become apart of America and succeed in it that eventually allowed her to heal.

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Out of everything the author went through, her sudden sickness seemed to have the largest effect on her. She had a loss of appetite and no one knew what was wrong. Her grandma tried to heal her as well but when that didn't work, almost all hope was lost. Until her grandma gave her a beautiful elephant bracelet and helped her to put things into perspective.

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I think her getting sick changed her mindset and made her learn about being careful and not getting sick. (Remember to watch what you eat and wash your hands daily.)

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Getting sick was one of the author's experiences that seemed to have the greatest effect on her. It changed the way she viewed herself.

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I thinker her physical sickness and her heart attack because it shows that life isn't the best sometimes

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The worse the sickness got the less joyful she felt when she soon snapped back to reality and realized all the horrible things that have happened to her. What made her grow from her sadness was the gift gained from her grandmothers passing.

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i think the sickness had her falling apart slowly at a time and plus her grandma messed her up badly

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Although her grandmother's passing had an effect on her I think actually getting sick was the deal-breaker Realizing you're technically on the limit of things you might be able to do in change how you see the world and yourself and she chose to do better by having a more healthier look on life and appreciating her surroundings Including her own skin and flesh Not only that loving her in herIn her own flesh

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Getting sick seems it had the most effect on her. She learned life is not always fantastic. Although the effect of the sickness seems like it helped her. She became a little more open-minded. Seemed more like a panic attack than a heart attack.

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I think the greatest affect was her heart attack because it shows her that life happens and life doesn't go great sometimes.

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I think that getting sick had a great effect on her. While being sick, she learned to be hopeful that things would get better, which they did. Anyways, I think she is epileptic, becauce she said that one night she was watching a reflection of a car light, and then she said she started kicking, twisting and turning. My dog has epilepsy and gets triggerd by strobe lights. That was totally unrelated, but yes, I think that getting "sick" chnaged her.

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I think the biggest effect is her grandmothers gift, the bracelet. It made her happier and she got stronger by going through all of it and it showed her how strong she could be.

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I think that her sickness had the greatest effect on her. It helped her learn some important lessons about life. She got to keep some of those valuable lessons with her from that, which she might not have known if she didn't get sick.

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Ms. Kao went through a consignment worth of meaningful experiences. However [in my opinion], the most influential must be when she received a compliment from her instructor. To many, perhaps it was just a compliment. But to Ms. Kao, it opened doors for her. Mrs. Gallentine suggested she would succeed through high school & college for her gifted talent for literature.

Her eyes opened & she began to see details she hadn't noticed before. She began comprehending her father's words when they took refuge in Ban Vinai. Mrs. Gallentine's compliment changed her perspective on life. Honestly, I can sympathize. I have gone through something similar where someone told me, "if you truly have the willpower to continue in life, you're unstoppable." To many, they are just words of encouragement. To me, they showed me how to endure things I must go through...such as my brother's death. Yes, I will cry & become desperate. But I leave that for the moment & I continue. It's similar to how Ms. Kao was affected by that compliment.

-Nicole Alvarez

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I suppose that the writer's maximum essential revel in that had the finest effect on her become when her trainer complemented her on her amazing literacy. Mrs. Gallentin went on and on approximately how she can excel in writing in the course of excessive faculty and college. She also stated how most of university is ready analyzing and writing. This boosts the author's confidence significantly as she recalls what her father stated long ago. She recollects him talking approximately how they may be educated and have a first rate existence in america. She sees now that her father become right and it makes her suppose that she will be able to reach lifestyles in any case.

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I believe that out of all the experiences the author went through the one that had the greatest effect on her was when she got sick. I think this because before she got sick had a hard time accepting things that happened in life and thought that she had a divided heart between her Hmong side and American side, then when she got sick everything became harder. When she got sick she had started to lose hope. One day her grandma gave her a bracelet of two elephants together that gave her idea that she didn't have to chose between her sides and that they could help each other. She had to be patient and have have hope that things will get better. Going through day by day getting over her sickness and slowly getting stronger, she learned to be satisfied with herself and have hope in the future.

-Callie R.

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I think her physical sickness had the greatest effect on her because when she got sick because it made her heart and whole body hurt and made it hard to breath.That made her think that her heart is divided into two, her Hmong side and her American side and they could be blended together.

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I think her physical sickness had the greatest effect on her because when she got sick because it made her heart and whole body hurt and made it hard to breath.That made her think that her heart is divided into two, her Hmong side and her American side and they could be blended together.

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I believe the experience to have the greatest affect on her was when she got sick. Going through that taught her that if your body has life it could lose life. Which made her value things and herself more. She grew to be okay with the way she was.

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I think what had the greatest on the author was when she got sick and thought that everything was so terrible.

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I would say the sickness had the greatest effect on her because when she had started to get better she had learned a very important thing about life and would carry it on forever.

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i think the greatest effect was when the author received the bracelet from her grandma. The bracelet "helped" the author get more better and stronger and stay happy.

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I think that the experience that seemed to have the greatest effect was her getting sick because it taught her to become patient and to always have hope no matter what is going on the main focus was her grandma's bracelet because it gave her hope and (healed her) which I don't believe but to get back to the main point for a summary it just thought to be a better person

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I believe that that the most influential experience Kao was put through had to have been her Heart attack. When she was ill she never gave up even when everyday was an obstacle. Her grandmother gifted her a bracelet. However, I don't believe that the bracelet had healing powers. Sometimes just knowing someone or something is there can give you more hope and strength to push through your struggles. Becoming ill also gave Kao a new view of her " divided heart." It lost merit. Kao even decided that a divided heat could be a good thing. Kao grew satisfied with herself and her sickness went away, and now she's sharing her story with us.

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I feel like the greatest effect she went through is a lot , especially when she got sick , it made her better and change, to be stronger and better.

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I believe that once Kao got sick she completely changed for the better. This event seemed to have affected her the most. it taught her to have patience and always have hope, Even in the hardest of times. She wore her grandmas bracelet she got  and kept on going. I think the effect was similar to the placebo effect and it made her believe in herself.

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I believe that once Kao got sick she completely changed for the better. This event seemed to have affected her the most. In the beginning of her getting ill, she thought everything was wrong with her and took a lot for granted. But a little later, she received a bracelet from her grandmother. She noticed all the elephant charms on it and how they were all connected to one another. Her grandmother told her this bracelet would give her strength and protection from what she was going through. As time went by, she healed little by little. Towards the end of the story, she remembered that the way of the Hmong was to know that everything will be ok. So she grew content with herself and finally healed.

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I think the author getting ill and her grandmother giving her a bracelet had a great effect on her. The bracelet her grandma gave her provided her strength and protection, protection her grandma couldn't give her. She continued to wear the bracelet everyday. She felt better and stronger as the days went on. In the last paragraph she tells herself everything will be okay. That was the "whole point in the Hmong life, and even the American one." she said. She grew happy with herself. In the end she was getting better.
-Emma

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The greatest effect was when she became sick, it taught her to have patience and always have hope, Even in the hardest of times. She wore her grandmas bracelet and kept on going. She even found out she had a chance of dying and she was really sick. But she kept on persevering and bit by bit she was getting better.

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I think the event that had the greatest affect on the author was when her family couldn't receive citizenship.  This made her very worried that her family would have to go back to Hmong. She did not want her family to go back because they would be in danger and her heart was broken in two. Half of her in Hmong and half of her in America.

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I think it was when her grandma gave her the bracelet which gave her hope which then helped her recover.

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In my opinion the event that had the greatest effect on the author was when her grandmother gave her the bracelet. The bracelet gave the author hope and something to believe in again. The bracelet made the author realize that even though she couldn't change her life, she could live with it, and that didn't always have to be bad.

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I think that the event that had the greatest effect on the author was when her teacher told her that she had great handwriting, because encouragement from someone that you look up to can have a really big effect on a person and I think it had a big effect on the author.

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I believe when she got sick and recovering from it had the biggest effect on her. During her sickness, she questions what about her life that divided her and realizes that she was split between her Hmong background and her American life. I also think when her grandmother gave her the bracelet it did a lot for her. I think the effect was similar to the placebo effect and it made her believe in herself.

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In my opinion the biggest challenge in this book was when she got ill and her grandma tried being there for her and helping her out, giving her symbols that everything is great and nothings going to happen, and then what do we know? she gets better.

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I believe that the experience that effected her the most was her struggle to change. At the end of the story, we see that she is struggling so hard to go to america with all of her family. This later on causes her to have what she thinks is a heart attack, in which she couldn't breath, speak, and felt as if her bones broke. This painful and scary feeling was discovered to be from her stress with their situation, and how she was loosing herself from what they were dealing with. When she was reminded that there was happiness in life, via the elephant bracelet, she slowly but surely started to gain herself back. By not only feeling better and moving around, but by feeling joy and being with her loved ones.

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I think the greatest challenge was when she got ill and her grandma gave her a symbol saying to hang in there things will get better so she over came her sickness. I think this has greatest effect on her because she was faced with an obstacle she had to over come by her self but her grandma was there for her.

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I think that the author's most important experience that had the greatest effect on her was when her teacher complemented her on her great literacy. Mrs. Gallentin went on and on about how she will excel in writing throughout high school and college. She also said how most of college is about reading and writing. This boosts the author's confidence greatly as she remembers what her father said long ago. She recalls him talking about how they will be educated and have a great life in America. She sees now that her father was right and it makes her think that she will succeed in life after all.

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I think that the author's greatest effect was one they had a heart attack's guess that just gave them realization. A.G.

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The event that had the greatest effect on the author is when she got really sick. This had the greatest effect on her because she didn't know what was wrong and she was freaking out and thought she was having a heart attack. The doctors told her what was wrong, and she got better each day after wearing the elephant bracelet her grandmother gave her. She finally realized that her body could die, or that it could be healthy or not. The outcome was that she was satisfied with herself and the sickness slowly went away.

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One of the author's experiences that had the greatest effect on her was when she got sick. It was a great effect on her because it made her realize the life she and her family had and to make the best out of it, but also when her grandma gave her the bracelet made out of small and big elephants.

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I think its when she got sick and her grandma gave her a bracelet that had big and small elephant bracelet that gave her strength.

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The author's illness had the greatest effect on her as it taught her to accept things the way they were and to live with what she has. It taught her that death is a part of life. And that as easily as her body carried life, it could lose it as well. And that she had no control over where or when she died. When her illness faded, she was very proud and satisfied with herself.

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when she got sick and her grandma gave her the elephant bracelet that helped strengthen her.

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The event that had the greatest effect on her was when mrs.Gallentin told her that she has incredible literary skills.

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I think when she thought she was dying. I think it because she wanted to change her life but when it was, it was happening all at once way too fast so he had something like a heart attack but not a heart attack.

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I think it is when she was sick because it is the worst thing that happened to her in the book. While she was sick her grandmother got her a bracelet made out or big and small elephants.

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I believe that the greatest effect from the author's experience was after her grandmother gave her the elephant bracelet. It helped her learn about herself and how the concept and ideas of life were incredibly valuable and sacred, and that it could be lost at any moment. The greatest effect isn't always the most positive, as she says in lines 473-474, "Getting up in the morning became harder than it had been. But each day, I did get up. That was the point." Whilst learning this and seeing the change within herself, her sickness slowly went away, almost healing her body and mind.

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i think what had the greatest on the author was when she got sick and thought everything was horrible

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I think when the author got their house it had the greatest effect on her because the house looked more expensive then it was.

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I believe that the greatest effect from the author's experience was after her grandmother gave her the elephant bracelet. It helped her learn about herself and how the concept and ideas of life were incredibly valuable and sacred, and that it could be lost at any moment. The greatest effect isn't always the most positive, as she says in lines 473-474, "Getting up in the morning became harder than it had been. But each day, I did get up. That was the point." Whilst learning this and seeing the change within herself, her sickness slowly went away, almost healing her body and mind.

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I think the greatest effect on her was her teacher telling he she had amazing handwriting. I think that because it changed the way she though about herself as a writer.

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The authors experience that affected her the most, in an honest opinion, was when her grandma gifted her the bracelet of the elephants holding trunks saying that It means elephants protect their babies like that, and how she was the baby she they were protecting. She kept wearing that bracelet, and day after day she kept getting better and better. This is her experience had the greatest effect on her because it kept her connected with Hmong culture and love.

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I think the experience that had most effect on her was when she was told by her teacher that she had amazing writing potential. This opened a lot of doors in her mind for her to go through and explore to find the right one.

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I think that when she was told that she had a gift for writing was what had the greatest effect on her because she thought that she could actully do something.

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The experience that seemed to have the greatest effect on the author was when her grandmother gifted her the elephant bracelet. It helped her come to terms with her divided heart and her illness. She came to accept the hardships in her life and changed her persepctive to a positive and strong viewpoint.

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I think the greatest experience for her was when she had to come here to America to escape repatriation.
he effect of this was that it made her sick thinking about all the stuff so she had to go to the hospital.

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I think that the greatest experience for her was when she was told that she has an incredible gift for writing. that knew knowledge would change her life forever.

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I think the experience that had the greatest effect on her was when her grandma gave her gift that eventually cured her depression after surviving a heart attack.

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I think that the teacher saying that her essay was good had the greatest effect on her because it changed the way that she thought about herself as a writer.
Jenson McCoy

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I think the greatest effect was when her teacher encouraged her to keep up her writing because she is amazing at it.

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I think the greatest effect was when her teacher showed appreciation for her literacy abilities because of how happy the author was afterwards.

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I believe the experience that had the greatest effect on the author was when she believed she was dying of a sickness.

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I feel that it was when her teacher told her she had talent which meat she could believe in her self.

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I think the heart attack is a turning point in the story which leads to Yang's retrospection and realization of the events that lead to that point.

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I see that when the high school teacher gave her confidence and complement her it showed a good effect on her.
Jonathan Moore

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I see that at first she saw the problems she had and that was pulling her back and her family. So when she realized there was more she could do it inspired her to continue. At the end she did get get what she want but also got but recovered soon. So we cant let all the things we see pull us back.
Jonathan Lopez

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I think what had the greatest on the author was when she got sick and thought that everything was so terrible.

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I think what had the greatest on the author was when she got sick and thought that everything was so terrible.

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Which of the authors experiences seemed to have the greatest effect on her?Why

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Which of the authors experiences seemed to have the greatest effect on her?Why

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I think the affect was the techer that told her she had a talent and made her feel  really good

Jordan Steele

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greatest effect is when the family is buying a home an important way  to show what they accomplished

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greatest effect is when the family is buying a home an important way  to show what they accomplished

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I think that the event that had the greatest effect on her was when her teacher told her how great her essay was because it made her feel like she could go to a good college and become a lawyer or a doctor.