The Coldness of Ashes Susan Pfeffer’s story “Ashes” teaches a lesson about how trust is decided on past‚ not relationships. Ashleigh‚ “Ashes”‚ with divorced parents‚ talks about how when she is with her dad‚ the sun shines just a little bit brighter‚ but according to her mother‚ he is just an “irresponsible bum”. Ashes was a nickname her father gave her‚ which her mother hates. Ashes‚ says that her father hardly ever keeps a promise‚ such as when she was a kid‚ he told her that the stars were
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emotions of kids. In “Ashes” a story by Susan Beth Pfeffer‚ the main character Ashes or Ashleigh faces her parents divorced‚ and given her parents’ actions take a toll on her feelings. After evaluating Susan’s character Ashes‚ her emotion‚ personality and conflicts it reveals the theme parents affect their children. It is my position that parents create more problems and make the current situation worst. These then affect the train of thought of children‚ as seen in the story “Ashes”. These decisions
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The story Ashes by Susan Beth Pfeffer Is a book about a girl named ashes that is going thru some changes while her mom and dad are having a divorce and one of those changes would be would ashes take the $200 dollars and make her dad happy or leave it in the pot and make her mother happy.Ashes took the money because her dad is in debt‚her dad makes her feel special‚and she does not want to loose her relationship with her dad.Ashes dad is in debt”you owe them $200 dollars?”(Pfeffer 3) i asked
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Have you ever had to make a decision on whether or not to steal from your own mother? I sure hope not‚ but in the story “Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer‚ the main character‚ Ashleigh‚ has to make that decision. Ashleigh’s parents are divorced and she lives with her mother but‚ she visits her dad often. Ashleigh’s father gave her the nickname “Ashes” but her mom hates it‚ she doesn’t even like the name Ashleigh. Her dad is in debt and wants Ashleigh to steal her mother’s emergency money. At the end
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living with her mother. Her dad gave her the nickname of “Ashes” but her mother hated the nickname so they had a fight. Ashleigh did not take her mother’s money because she thinks her dad is irresponsible‚ she knows her mom would be mad if she stole the money‚ and she was questioning her dad’s motives for taking the money. Ashleigh did not take the money because she thinks her dad is irresponsible. In the short story “Ashes” Susan Pfeffer states‚”He’s an irresponsible bum”was her way of wording it
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Life As We Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer is a fictional book about the moon getting hit by a huge astroid. In this novel the people have to live through this event. It may not sound like a big deal but the moon controls a lot actully like tsunamis‚ earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. This book focuses on one family and there troubles. I love the authors writing style in this book. First of all its written as a teenage girls journal so as i reader i get to know everything thats going on for her
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Fritz Pfeffer‚ born April 30‚ 1889 in Gressen germany‚ was a smart guy that was a dentist in the secret annex along with the other individuals that were part of it. Fritz Pfeffer often endangered the people in the annex by breaking their security rules. He horded the food‚ which he often refused to share. He would often be in fights with the other people in the annex as well. Fritz Pfeffer served in the first world war and in fact he fought for germany. He was a dentist which made him a great addition
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What representations are in Ashes to Ashes? What different groups are represented and what possible effects it could these representations have? In the following essay‚ the several representations shown in the episode by different production approaches are to be examined. The objective is to check how these several groups of parties and phenomenas are being representated and how these representations may effect on audiences. Throughout the essay‚ specific examples from the screenplay will be
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Life As We Knew It ALTERNATE ENDING I told my mother that I was going to the post office hoping to have a letter from my father. My mom said “Miranda‚ I heard that things should get better soon and this will be all over with‚ please be quick and be safe‚ it will all be over soon.” That gave me some hope. I left my skis in the house‚ knowing what I was going up against. I stepped outside into the blizzard‚ expecting the worst and not returning home. When I finally got to the post office‚ I realized
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Tuesday‚ November 11‚ 2014 Ashes Response In life‚ it’s better to be prepared for the worse than to hope for the best. In the short story Ashes written by Susan Beth Pfeffer‚ this statement is clearly portrayed. Pfeffer talks about a little girl named Ashleigh‚ who goes by the name Ashes. Ashes loves her parents do death‚ especially her father who always makes her feel so special. Ashes is stuck between 2 choices: letting her father down or letting her mother
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