Comparing The Girl With Only Two Arms And Two Legs By Stuart Baum
Have you ever looked at someone and judged them by their looks? In the story “ The Girl With Only 2 Arms and 2 Legs” by Stuart Baum, so many people are judging Quarta by her looks and not giving her a chance to prove herself of what she really is. The place where this girl named Quarta lives, normal people have 4 arms and 4 legs, but she was born what we call ‘normal’. In my life I have always thought and knew that 2 arms and 2 legs were normal, but in the story normal to whoever they are it's 4 arms and 4 legs. And because she has only 2 arms and 2 legs people there treat her differently and don't give her a chance, but at the same time there's people there who do give her a chance and treat her like theres no difference between them. In
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For instance, Kako gave Quarta a chance by allowing her to help him out of the water when he was drowning because he wandered off and fell in. Kako could have just let himself drown because he didn’t want to be saved by the ‘freak’, or could have told her that he wouldn’t accept her hand to help him and wait for someone else to save him, but he gave her a chance by allowing her to help him because he probably believed in her and wanted to help her to show other people that she wasn’t just a ‘freak’. Another example is when Shay trusted Quarta that he could also play the “One Ball” game because Shay also had a disability that he only could use 2 out of the four arms he had. Since Quarta also had disabilities, Shay played the game because he thought he might as well give it a shot. I think that Shay gave Quarta a chance because she was becoming more popular and he also wanted to become ‘popular’. Lastly, Quartas parents also gave her a chance as well as not. Her parents watched Quarta play “ One Ball” and saw how happy she was, and relied not only did they love her because she was their child but for who she is. This evidence shows that at first they only loved her because she was their child but because of who she is and that she was more than just “A Girl with Only 2 Arms and 2
For instance, Kako gave Quarta a chance by allowing her to help him out of the water when he was drowning because he wandered off and fell in. Kako could have just let himself drown because he didn’t want to be saved by the ‘freak’, or could have told her that he wouldn’t accept her hand to help him and wait for someone else to save him, but he gave her a chance by allowing her to help him because he probably believed in her and wanted to help her to show other people that she wasn’t just a ‘freak’. Another example is when Shay trusted Quarta that he could also play the “One Ball” game because Shay also had a disability that he only could use 2 out of the four arms he had. Since Quarta also had disabilities, Shay played the game because he thought he might as well give it a shot. I think that Shay gave Quarta a chance because she was becoming more popular and he also wanted to become ‘popular’. Lastly, Quartas parents also gave her a chance as well as not. Her parents watched Quarta play “ One Ball” and saw how happy she was, and relied not only did they love her because she was their child but for who she is. This evidence shows that at first they only loved her because she was their child but because of who she is and that she was more than just “A Girl with Only 2 Arms and 2