This quote explains the fantasy vs. reality of her childhood because there are several instances of fire as the ignition for the next upheaval in her life. At one point she is burned so severely during an accident while cooking herself hotdogs (at three-years-old) that she is hospitalized for the burns. The beauty of the quote for me is that it encompasses so much more than that, and it is open-ended enough that many people can find a way to relate it to their own human experience. The picture also combines with the theme because everyone has their fantasies in life to succeed but don't always think about the reality those fantasies can come with. No matter how much we all try to push the reality of our ideas and the ups and downs it comes with.

This quote explains the topic forgiveness because, even though Jeannette and her dad Rex had some difficult times throughout her childhood through adulthood. She still loves and forgave her father because her love for him never went away no matter how much she tried to push it away. She was always the one to pick up Rex from the bars to bring him home, and always found ways to help him out, and trust him till she was a teenanger. The photo relates with the theme because in the quote they use God's name to speak the truth about how Rex felt towards Jeannette. Even though he was a horrible man he always had love for his children even though he showed it differently.

This picture of the family packing up everything in the middle of the night is reflective of the time when Jeannette was talking about how her and her family would always leave from where ever they were staying. She explains how she would overhear her parents discussing how there were people after them and how they needed to pack up everything and move away. The picture perfectly fits in with the quote because it gives an idea of how the family would skedaddle away in the middle of the night, and how they would often fled from places without paying rent and avoid responsibilities. This emphasizes their transparent and unstable life due to financial hardship. This is a perfect example of poverty because it shows how the Wall's family refuses getting any governmental help. Doesn't matter if they were suffering and starving they never thought of getting help. It shows how careless both Rex and Rose Mary were, they knew they had children to take care of yet they never wanted to get any help to make their lives easier.

This picture of the two people hugging is reflective of the time when Rex asked Jeanette the same question he's

asked her many times throughout her life. Every time Rex did something it ended up breaking his family even more.

Jeannette realized what Rex did and although it affected her so much and broke her heart over and over she knew she could never truly hate him. In the picture the person shinning bright is Rex, him thinking that all these years he's never let down Jeanette. And the person shaded in black is Jeannette having to live with the fact that she can't tell Rex that he's let her down all these years. Any time he asks her

that question all the times of how he's let her down come flowing in her mind. She just has to act like everything's good and that he's never done anything wrong. This is a perfect example of Heartbreak because no matter how badly Rex hurt and broke Jeanette she knew she could

never truly tell him that all these years he did let her down.

Jeannette's first day of fifth grade goes from bad to worse when a group of girls, led by a young African American girl, Dinitia Hewitt, beat up Jeannette at recess. The bullying becomes part of Jeannette's daily life. She knows Dad, in his regularly drunken state, can't help and that Mom won't. Jeannette sees Dinitia's good side and wonders how she can befriend her. Then, one day when walking through the park, Jeannette sees a little African-American boy being chased by a dog. She scares the dog off and gives the child a piggy back ride back to his home. Dinitia witnesses this rare act of interracial kindness and decides to befriend Jeannette. This photo explains the topic acceptance because Jeannette accepted the bullying that was happening to her because her mother told her you never know what goes behind those other kids lives when they go home. She also said that they were all equal when Dinitia asked her if she's better than them.

This quote perfectly shows an example of disappointment because no matter what happens in jeannette's life, Rex is always there to ruin it all. Knowing that Rex is a just a low life. She never expected him to hit this low and steal the money of his children knowing that is was bound to happen. The photo also explains how jeannette and Lori must've felt when talking to Rex and confronting him about stealing the money they were saving up. Knowing that he stole their money they started panicking on how they would never get out of their parents ways of life.