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Most people that share their stories do it give their audience a background story of where they came from and how they overcame obstacles along the way. One of the main reasons that authors share stories is to give themselves and their readers a bit of closure for the readers who are going through something similar, It shows them how they overcame it and how they had to make tough decisions for themselves in order to better themselves, for the author they get closure by  finally sharing their story hoping that the reader can relate and take their message as a lesson so they do not make the same mistakes that the author did. The reason that authors share their stories is because they want to connect with readers.

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What do the characters’ emotions and behaviors reveal about their psychological states? The behavior that Jeanette has been displaying so far shows how she is tired of it all and just fed up with her father because she knows he is never going to change and provide as a father is supposed too. The character does not seem to blame anyone else but her parents for being the way that they are most of anger or the person she blames the most is her father because hes an alcoholic that doesn't seem to care for her safety or her well being.

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1. How might readers in different time periods or of different ages interpret the text? Readers who are older will see that the characters story is sad and miserable with more just piling on to it. Children will see the book not for what truly is because they cannot yet comprehend what is actually happening in the reading.

2. Does the text hold the same opinion or perspective of the world as you have? What is there you consider wrong and why? (Use examples, quotes to raise an argument or to discuss your opinion). I believe that most of the audience will agree with me that Jeannette's life so far isn't really all that great from being Launched from a moving to being sexually assaulted "“I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.” (Jeanette walls Pg34) This shows how uncomfortable even at home the main character was going through.

3. How do your values alter your perceptions of the text? The way my values alter the perceptions of the text is seeing the way Jeanette gets treated and the way she is abused does not sit right with me how all these bad things she has to go through and she sees no justice to any of it her parents either arent aware or do not think it is important enough to make a fuss about it.

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The Walls family has just found out that grandmother had passed and had left her house and other assets to the family They are currently deciding what to do with their new property and assets. "She'd also inherited some money, so she could give up teaching and buy
all the art supplies she wanted.
She'd been thinking we should move to Phoenix ever since Grandma
died a few months back, but Dad had refused to leave Battle Mountain
because he was so close to a breakthrough in his cyanide-leaching process." (Jeanette Page 93) This quote stood out to me because it shows how the family has an opportunity to better themselves but choose not to because of other foolish gimmicks that her father thinks are going to work.

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Social Class seems to be one of the biggest social Issues In this reading with The character barely being able to afford 2-3 pairs of clothes and sometimes going to be hungry. Jeannette was made fun of for her social class by her peers. Jeannette was always taught to be grateful even in those dark moments when her family struggles to make ends meat. The social issue that our characters also suffer with is education I say this because Jeannette parents care very little about her education instead they believe that survival skills are needed more than school. Education plays a huge role in this story because it affects her because she never stays in the same school always changing in and out of schools and her parents not thinking her education is important.

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The family had just moved into their new home on Hobart street and Mom and Dad are telling their children to be grateful and how other kids have it worse then they do ""We don't accept handouts from
anyone."
If things got tight, Mom kept reminding us that some of the other
kids on Little Hobart Street had it tougher than we did. The twelve Grady
kids had no dad" (Mom and Dad Pg 159) I chose this quote because the parents were telling their children that even though they are struggling they aren't taking handouts and how other children on that same street were in worse situations than they were.

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What experiences do you share with the characters?

I can relate with this because my parents are always remembering me to be grateful and how there are others in my position or worse. I learned that the home that the family just moved into has no running water and plumbing which I have personally not experienced living in a home with only one source of water and no plumbing and broken roof.

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The thing that I have not experienced is I have never moved I have lived in the same house since I was born and the characters have experienced quite a bit of moving from all around the country. My family is similar but different at the same time we are united but also at the same time we are different because my parents care about what we have to say and in the story her parents care very little about how their children feel and how their actions affect their kids.

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The social class that was presented in the work was the lower class the characters are struggling with poverty. The characters are bouncing around from home to home From going from Grandma Erma's house to purchasing a broken home with a broken roof and a house with no plumbing and the only source of water supply is right next to a toilet. The characters are aware they are struggling financially and that their parents aren't well off for example moving around from home to home and never really had a steady home.

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In the novel (Walls 2005) The Main character's grandmother is scolding her and rambling off about her thought on African American people she uses multiple racial slurs when the main character (Jeannette walls) Tells her to not say racial slurs and that is when the Grandmother (Erma) say "you ungrateful Little shut I'll be damned if you're eating my food tonight. Get your worthless ass to the basement" is what the Grandmother told Jeannette. This quote stood out to me because it shows how cruel the characters are towards children for trying to do the right thing.

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Social Class was the social issue for this part of the novel Because of her social class she was picked on and bullied by her peers. The way that social class affected the character by moving from home to home and never really having a steady home. Social class plays a huge role in the character's life because it revolves around money and trying to get wealthy. Education seems to be a social issue because the characters don't seem to have much of an education which is most likely the reason they do not make the most logical decisions. In the reading the Jeanette is made fun of for being poor and her jacket not having any buttons from a jacket that was second hand but that is out of Jeannette control her social class.

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I have not personally been able to relate to the character mostly the character REX having an alcoholic father that chooses to drink instead of spending time with his kids. The similarity that I can relate is Rex is always trying to be good father even with his problems I can relate to because my father has always tried his best with me and siblings even with hard situations.

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Choose 3 Formalist Lens Questions to respond to. Your responses should thoroughly respond to the prompt in at least three sentences.

1. The reoccurring problems were that the family would always be moving from place to place and always going to a new school

2. The Tone that the author is using is hope to but also in some moments sadness but the character does not seem to see it because of her Perspective

3. A significant event that keeps reoccurring in reading the parents in the reading do not seem to care about the education or the environment that they are raising their kids in by moving from town to town fleeing

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Find a quote in this chunk that stood out to you. Please also include a picture or GIF to further describe this quote.

Give context for your quote. What was happening in the story that made this quote significant? Who was speaking?

Why did this quote stand out to you?

1. Jeanette is sitting in a taxi and she seemed to have spotted her mother 15 feet away and is not trying to be seen "spot us together
and Mom would introduce herself and my secret would be out" (Jeanette Pg 3)I chose this quote because it shows how she was embarrassed of her mother digging through the dumpster and was not trying to be seen with her because she is worried it would affect the way people look at her in her new life.

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Choose at least one of the following social issues that were present in this reading chunk. Discuss how this social force was present in a characters life. (Your response should be at least 5-6 sentences).

Social Class

Race/Ethnicity

Religion

Education

Culture

Health

Political Landscape

1. Health seems to be a factor in the main character's life because as a toddler she had a severe burn while trying to cook hot dogs by herself. This shows how very little the parents are and how little you care about Jeanette's health. The character's parents when she was in the hospital believed she was fine and thought that it was no big deal. The social issue of the political landscape also affects them in part of the story because of the environment that the characters are being raised in. The Political landscape that Jeannette is being raised in is not perfect because her father not being able to hold onto a job and her mother who seems immature a time does not seem like the best home to be raised in.

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In what ways was this chunk a window or a mirror? Use the following questions to guide your response, but really we want to hear your personal thoughts and reactions to this chunk!

What experiences do you share with the characters?

In what ways is your family similar or different from those in the book?

What did you learn about a character or group of people that you have not personally experienced?

1. What the characters are experiencing I have not my family has not moved around from town to town and my parents have stable jobs something that is different from the characters in the reading. The characters are basically close to homelessness and my family has never been in that situation. I learned that Rex was in the Air force and My father or none of my uncles ever served.