Letter To Spiro Athanas

Dear Spiro Athanas,



   Hello, my name is Zhabrina Gary. After reading your story I realize it's very long. It was a confusing story to me because it is some Spanish parts. The theme of the story is really good. It just takes time to really see the theme.
    When I was little I used to be the baby of the family and didn't take responsibility. But after I got a little brother and sister I had to take care of them. It's like in the in the story the boy owned up and took his daddy's role after his father died. It's just like with me, I realized on my own that I had to be a grown up and take responsibility   for someone else and myself. That is really coming of age. That's when you start too really grow up.
    The theme of the story didn't realize what he had until it was gone. He found out that he loved his father more than he thought. Parents can be very embarrassing.




                                                                                                                                             Sincerely,
                                                                                                                                      Zhabrina Gary

A Letter Too Gary Soto

Dear Gary Soto, 


  I am Zhabrina Gary. I like this story even if it's kinda hard to understand. But the lesson is a good one. I think it's because I really like coming of age stories.
  When I was little I had real ugly pants. The pants were UGGHHH like nasty. I was mostly worried about what other people would say. Once I didn't care what others say or think' I loved the pants. That was a mature moment. 
  He finally got used to the jacket. "That green ugly brother who breathed over my shoulder that day and ever since." That one quote was the one that made it seem like he got used to what the jacket made him look like. He finally come to his age. 

                                                                   


                                                                                                                                              Thank You,


                                                                                                                                         Zhabrina Gary
                                                                                                                                              

Reaction To Marigolds The Story

So after I read the story " Marigolds " I find that the theme of the story is very interesting. The theme of the story is very special its all about coming of age and how a young adult realize that as a child she was very immature. As the author explain it has been years since she has seen Miss Lottie and that she has passed away. She also expressed that the most unexciting moments she would think of the beautiful marigolds. She also express how as a child she destroyed the marigolds and that the old lady has never planted them again. As the author stated "This was the beginning of compassion, and one cannot have both compassion and innocence."  That is my favorite quote is the whole short story. She seem to have her coming too age moment at a very older age. I wonder when did you have your coming to age moment? Was it anything like the story? As I remember my coming to age moment was when I learned to care about our people feelings and not just my own.