Compare And Contrast Conie And Arpi
In White Lies, the author narrates a social story of being different through two fifth graders—Arpi and Conie. Arpi is a Lebanese girl who has pronunciation problems and always get corrected by her teacher. She believes that her pronunciation problems make her different from other, and she is upset by the differences. However, the arrival of new girl named Connie cheers her up because Connie is albino. The arrival of Connie make Arpi less different from others. Unlike Arpi, Connie always get verbally bullied. Even though she pretends to be indifferent, she actually cares about it. However, things change when Connie announces that her dad work in a candy factory. After she said he dad can get the candy for free, all of the bullied actions instantly
vanished. Every morning she will take the orders and come with a box full of candy the next day. Ari keeps comparing herself and Connie because she thinks that even though Connie is “the differentest” She does not understand how Connie became the center of attention. Before the story ends, Arpi said she is not sure whether she saw Connie with her mom at 7-Eleven buying those candy requested or was she dreaming. Therefore, Connie might lie to others about her dad working in a candy factory in order to stop the bullied she experiences daily.
vanished. Every morning she will take the orders and come with a box full of candy the next day. Ari keeps comparing herself and Connie because she thinks that even though Connie is “the differentest” She does not understand how Connie became the center of attention. Before the story ends, Arpi said she is not sure whether she saw Connie with her mom at 7-Eleven buying those candy requested or was she dreaming. Therefore, Connie might lie to others about her dad working in a candy factory in order to stop the bullied she experiences daily.