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Family and Grandmother Katie
12/17/12
English 10 Analysis Essay

In this story “Keysha’s Drama” you will find out about a girl named Keyshia who mother named Justine doesn’t care for her. Keyshia has been taking care of herself since she was 12, ever since her mother had a drug addiction. When she turns 16 everything’s starts to turn down hill for her. She is sent to a foster home because her mother got locked up. She was sent to go live with her father she never knew. She felt angry because her father was living this fancy life, while she and her mother struggled everyday just to make it. Keyshia will never forget where she came from and she won’t let anyone else either. Keyshia was a brown skinned girl. Her face was filled with pimples and her hair was over processed from doing one too many home perms. Keyshia felt her nose was too big; her butt was too big, her breast to small, and her legs to skinny. She was dating a boy named Ronnie. She thought she was pregnant by him but she found out she wasn’t. One day she saw him at the movies with a girl. She played it cool seated directly behind him so she can keep a close eye on him. When the lights went down Ronnie put his jacket around the girl and he began kissing her. Keyshia lost it attacking both of them. She slapped Ronnie on the head and pulled the girls hair. The movie theater ushers rushed in and asked keyshia to leave. That was the last time keyshia heard or seen Ronnie. Keyshia cried because she had missed Ronnie. When they finally met he wanted her to disappear. She asked him “Okay, I’ll change. Will that help?” Ronnie didn’t want anything to do with Keyshia and she couldn’t understand why. Before Keyshia knew it she was running behind Ronnie trying to rib his hair from his skull. She heard a door open and seen Ronnie’s mom and she told her “Let go of his hair Keyshia!” Keyshia ran so fast that she felt like she could run away from him and kind of herself. She knew it was impossible

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