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A Literary Analysis Of 'My Favorite Chaperone'
The story "My Favorite Chaperone" was really good and it described everything so well. The theme of this story is to always believe in yourself. Personally, I thought that theme fit the story very well because it played a role in all of the characters throughout the whole story. In the beginning Maya, the protagonist, and her family moves from Kazakhstan to America because they were running out of money. The transition of countries and schools were hard for her and her brother, Nurzhan. Her and her family begin to get comfortable into American customs, but then Nurzhan gets into a scuffle and her parents get angry at them both. While Nurzhan has his conflict Maya has one of her own; she wants to go to her school dance, but she doubts her
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