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Baby Watermelon By Andra Day
Throughout my essay, I continuously made Cinderella references to make the interpretation that we are nothing but alike in similar ways. The main example was the vigorous amounts of cleaning. Seems to Cinderella and me that cleaning is a punishment and/or busywork. But it also shows that life isn’t easy with a stricter home system. In the second paragraph, I wanted to start off with a light-based story about what life was like before change began. I’ve included a few comic reliefs to make the story light-hearted and soft such as the “baby watermelon.” I thought this would be a decent transition into my life couple years prior.
I believed this song by Andra Day was made for me. I was able to make many connections to it that made my essay very

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