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    treating me like a baby!” Lucy shouts to her grandma and mom. This is how every kid feels when their parents say that they can’t do something just because they’re a kid‚ but Lucy feels like this all the time by her mom and grandma.The book My Life in Pink and Green is written by Lisa Greenwald. My Life in Pink and Green is about a twelve year old girl named Lucy Desberg‚ who trying to save her family pharmacy. Lucy tries everything to get her moms and grandmas approval‚ but they keep dogging everything

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    with Alzheimer’s‚ my heart broke into a million pieces. It all started after my aunt’s death. My aunt was handicapped and my grandmother was her caregiver. She’s been taking care of her since the day she came into this world. When my aunt died‚ my grandma wasn’t the same after that. There would be days where she didn’t eat at all. I remember going over to her house one day‚ my mom and my aunt were going through her refrigerator and cabinets. Looking over from the

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    What did you say? GRANDMA PATTERSON I’m sorry Astrid. It seems like Hernika has got a lot in her mind right now. Astrid Very well‚ I will have someone escort her to her room. Oh and Hernika‚ welcome to the House of Ambrogio. I smiled back at her. I wasn’t sure if I could

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    thought that the story would have such an ending. The mood of the story went from normal to sad fairly quickly. There was an example of foreshadowing at the beginning of the story when the grandma dressed up nicely so if there was an accident anyone seeing her in death will know that she was a lady. The grandma seems to believe that her morals for life are correct and her thoughts and beliefs are superior to that of anyone else’s. She could see everyone’s flaws except her own. I don’t think the grandmother

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    The Grandma and The Misfit are by far the most symbolic characters in the story as they are mentioned with high enthusiasm from the author. For instance since the very beginning the Grandma can be seen as a selfish‚ manipulative woman that tries to always play the pity card to get what she wants. As seen here when she says‚ ”Here this fellow that

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    Upon completing this interview I had a better perspective of grandma Judy. This interview allowed me to understand that for her generation marriage was encouraged at a young age in order to fulfill life and as she said not become an “old maid”. Society at that time didn’t care to hear of unmarried woman because you were of less value as you aged. Society now even encourages building family at a young age often questioning if there is something wrong‚ unhealthy or hidden about a person when they are

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    a woman of great influence because of her stability‚ her work ethic‚ and her independent spirit. Grandma is the matriarch of our family. Because she has a close relationship with us and a great deal of wisdom‚ her seven children and 16 grandchildren often seek her out for advice. We look to her for advice on everything from how to potty-train a toddler to how to break up with a boyfriend. Grandma relishes the fact that we ask her for advice‚ but she never offers it without being sought out. She

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    This week went very smoothly with my interviewee‚ my grandma‚ because she was finally able to recall small bits of her middle childhood. It still involved a little bit of time to think of things but she was relieved that she could remember things. While on the phone we first went over the industry-versus-inferiority stage in detail that way she could recall how she felt during the middle age. With the industry-versus-inferiority children will face challenges with how they present themselves in

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    there is nothing you can do. I remember those days when I would be at my Grandma and Grandpa Klaus’s house‚ I’d go for walks with them‚ go to parks‚ make tuna sandwiches for lunch at a sleepover. But not anymore. My Grandma has been getting weaker‚ losing her hair‚ becoming more pail by the day. We visit her house a lot‚ and check up on

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    not having any intentions to do something out of order. The author from “A Good Man is Hard to find” makes readers realize various things at the same time. Not listening is a major topic in “A Good Man is Hard to find”; a good example is when the grandma tells Bailey‚ her only boy‚ not to go to Florida again but go to Tennessee‚ that way she could “visit some of her connections”‚ and the children “could be somewhere else for a change so they would see different parts of the world and be broad.” Bailey

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