Tish's Preferences: Personal Narrative

FEET
Tish is has to deal with home. It's not that easy for her. She has to take care of her brother Matt, who is only a first grader. She liked it when her grandmother was still alive.“I wish so bad that Grandma were still alive.She would know what to do about mom”. (29). She also likes Matt.Though she buys the gifts that might not be worth it,she still cares about him.. What about her parents? Her relationship with her parents is not good. Her mom only cares about dad.”They are horrible.I Hate them-hate them,hate them hate them! (41).Tish doesnt even care if they move somewhere else.Or whats even surprising, that she wishes that they were dead.Well,
that all changed when Tish,Matt,and her mother go to an inn where dad is living.It has been 2 years. Then again, things start to get worse when her mom and dad start to fight again.Tish keeps Matt safe and they do other stuff while they are fighting.Matt asks “What are they fighting about?” (40).Tish didn't know how to answer it. This shows that how Tish deals with Matt when their parents are fighting. Towards the middle of the book, she leaves Tish and Matt to find her husband. It didn’t matter to Tish when her father left. However her mother starts to feel worse everyday.

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FEET
Other than Home, Tish also has to deal with school. She normally got fine grades in school. Tish says “I am C student. Sometimes I get B’s when I get lucky.” (7). She never studies.However she is smart in some ways when her school had to take this aptitude test.Apparently, she got a high score. She did better than the smart people like Susan and Mike. Tish does have friends.Lots of them. Her best friends are Sandy,Rochelle,and Chastity. Tish spends a lot of time with them. “On the weekends and after school when none of us are working.We go up to the mall and find the tightest jeans and the shortest skirts” (12). However, she sometimes has problems with her friends .

LEFT HAND

Tish has part time job in Burger Boys. She does earn some money for working there. Sometimes she does her algebra homework. So does Matt, he does his 1st grade homework. She uses he money to support her family. Especially towards the end of the book. When Tish got fired and her parents were gone. Tish only had her brother Matt. She used the money what she has earned from burger boys and used at towards her advantage.

RIGHT HAND
Tish keeps a school journal in Mrs.Dunphrey’s English class.
Most of her journal entries are “Don’t Read Entries”. This means that Mrs Dunphrey will not read the entries that are labeled “Don’t Read this”. For Tish, it was great opportunity because she has many problems in her life. She desperately needed someone to talk to. It didn't matter to her if it is a notebook.However, she won't let anyone read this. Almost all of her entries were “Do not read entries”. Mrs.Dunphrey always asks weather if Tish is write an entry that that she will be allowed to read. However Tish started to fall down like a mountain, she started to become more desperate. She needed someone, a person, to talk to. Tish’s only hope was now Mrs.Dunphrey.

MOUTH
In this paragraph this is all about Tish.Tish is one scattered person. smart,mean,loving, hates dating,desperate, all scattered!. “I am C student. Sometimes I get B’s when I get lucky.” (7). She never studies. She does not like dating boys. Though all her friends like to date, she still has no interest. The only 2 people she she really likes in her house is her grandma who is already dead, and her little brother Matt. “I wish so bad that Grandma were still alive.She would know what to do about mom”.
(29).

HEART
What’s inside Tish’s heart?
She is very desperate. Some of her secrets hurt to much to share. She had to let these feelings out some way. So when Mrs. Dunphrey assigned a reading assignment to everyone and promised that she will not read the entries that are marked “Do not read this ”. So Tish wrote all of her secrets down and marked them “Do not read this”. However, the tables turned when things started to get worse for Tish. There was only one to solve this problem and it was her reading teacher, Mrs.Dunphrey. “I’ve thought and thought and thought about all my problems-You’ll know what I mean soon-and I decided the best thing I could do would be to gibe this journal to you,Mrs Dunphrey, and just have you read the whole thing.I mean it-everything from start to finish all the entries I’d marked “Don’t read”. (114). Tish knew that this was the best way to solve all her problems. Tish knew that Mrs.Dunphrey will understand what she has been going
through.

HEAD
Meet Tish.She is a 15 year old High school girl.Most of her life is pretty normal. Her personality traits are scattered. She is a C grade student and never studies. She has friends that have boyfriends.Then, when Mrs.Dunphrey said that everybody will have to keep a journal,Tish thought that this was going to be boring. Then, when she mentioned that she is not going to read the entries that are marked “Do not read”. Tish thought this idea wasn’t bad at all. Although, Tish desperately needed someone to talk to.Even if it is a notebook she will not anyone read her entries. Suddenly, the tables completely turn as her life begins to spin out of control, more dangerous, most of her entries are starting to become private. However, will Tish keep hiding her secrets forever and jot everything down on the notebook and marking them “Do not read’’? Or is she going to reveal the truth to someone who she can trust?