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My Favorite Chapere Analysis
In the story’s My favorite chaperone and a place to call home are both based on how immigrants come to America from another country to start a new life. In the story
My favorite chaperone starts off with a girl named Maya and her family that move from Kazakhstan to America from from a dating magazine. Before they moved to America Maya and her family were living in Kazakhstan.” Maya's aunt Marina zhamejakove was in the soviet Union fighting in the war when she was dismissed things were very hard for Her”. She endEd up in America marrying a man that sowe her in a dating magazine. Maya and her family moved it America when they found out that her aunt moved to America so they followed her. When Maya's family got there it was different

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