Ash Has A Hard Time

When Lori and Jeanette are growing older, they decide they want to move to New York City to start a new life, away from their parents. Lori and Jeanette get jobs and begin to earn money. They hide their earnings from their parents in a piggy bank they named Oz. One day Jeanette tries to find Oz to put her paycheck in. Instead she says to Lori “Someone has slashed him apart with a knife and stole all the money” (Walls 228). The kids knew right away who had stolen it. It was Dad. When Lori confronted Dad with the news about Oz, he started playing dumb, acting like he had not idea what was going on. But in fact he did steal the money. This action shows that Dad is very selfish and only cares about himself.

Virgil had gone to the bank to ask what kind of cash was used and to his surprise, it was all coins. Quarters, halves, and even nickels and dimes. There were some bills as well, but the largest was $5. He could’ve deposited it and gained interest from it, getting about $18 a year. Also, it would’ve also been safer for him and his money. Sam had been hoarding it slowly, but surely, to save up for his mortgage and after this concern had been resolved, Sam was released and was a free man

      Her children is the only thing that has consumed her mind in several years until the unexpected sum of cash shows up. Even before Mrs. Mallard starts upon her shopping spree, she prioritizes what to buy in her mind for her children, a dollar...(321). She knows exactly what to buy and how much to spend on each since she knows the value of a bargain.

When a young, poor man finds himself with a rather large chunk of change, it’s a mystery how this man has all this money. The reader doesn’t know how Gatsby made his money until Tom Buchanan reveals it during a tiff with Gatsby at an apartment. Tom, upset he was losing his wife to Gatsby, blurted out “He and this

“You wouldn’t understand yet, son, but your daddy’s gonna make a transaction… a business transaction that’s going to change our lives… That’s how come one day when you ‘bout seventeen years old I’ll come home . . . I’ll pull the car up on the driveway… just a plain black Chrysler, I think, with white walls—no—black tires… the gardener will be clipping away at the hedges and he’ll say, “Good evening, Mr. Younger.” And I’ll say, “Hello, Jefferson, how are you this evening?” And I’ll go inside and Ruth will come downstairs and meet me at the door and we’ll kiss each other and she’ll take my arm and we’ll go up to your room to

“But you didn’t give me as much as you gave him. isn’t my money as good as his? Don’t you know they always give men more?”(Page 168)

Ashleigh’s decision was to obey her dad and steal the money because he does nice things for her.Her dad takes her out to eat, a quote that supports this can be found on page 2,”There’s a new diner, that opened right around the block.Let’s treat ourselves, Ashes,and go out on the town.”Another example of her dad doing nice things for her is that he gives her gifts.A quote that helps support this is on page 1,”But then,dad gave me roses or sang a song he had written for me.”One last example of him doing nice things for Ashleigh is that he lets her get whatever she wants.An example of this is found on page 3,”Take your pick,Ashes.Hamburger,triple-decker,chicken salad platter.Whatever you want.”

Several third grade special education students lack the basic skills to determine how much money is needed to make a purchase. In particular they are unable to identify and value coins. However, it is assumed that students entering third grade have already

Once inside the store, Sylvia can no longer ignore the blinding imparity between the rich and the poor. Her discovery of an overly priced toy clown prompts her to consider what could be bought for its price: "Thirty-five dollars could buy new bunk beds for Junior and Gretchen’s boy. Thirty-five dollars and the whole household could go visit Granddaddy Nelson in the country. Thirty-five dollars would pay for the rent and the piano bill too" (605). Sylvia is forced to finally address the socioeconomic inequality that works against her while simultaneously conferring certain luxuries on the rich: "Who are these people that spend that much for performing clowns and $1000 for toy sailboats? What kinda work they do and how they live and how come we ain’t in on it?" (605).

Understanding just how important security is to his own future, Candy hopes he can tempt George with his life’s savings and seal the deal when he mentions he had no living relatives to either help him or benefit from his death. Scared and embarrassed, Candy never comes straight out and admits how ageism has affected him, but he does express his feelings of fear and his desire to feel like he belongs when he comments to George, “They’ll can me purty soon. Just as soon as I can’t swamp out no bunkhouses…” (60). Without any family or friends, without a job or any money, Candy latches on to the idea of owning land together: “An’ it’d be our own, an’ nobody could can us” (58). Unfortunately, since Candy is much older than the other ranch workers, he often feels left out and lonely amongst a group of young, healthy men. Despite his insecurities, Candy still wants to contribute something to society to help provide him with a sense of purpose and to help make him feel like someone still needs him.

“What an odd little woman you are! Just like your father-always eager to get hold of money. But the moment you have it, it seems to slip through your fingers somehow; you never know how you got rid of it. Well, one must take you as you are. It’s in the blood. Yes, my dear Nora, you may say what you please, but things of that sort are inheritable.”

Should she give Ash’s diaries to Ash’s parents? Should she destroy them? Would reading the diaries intensify Rae and Alex’s grief, their

“Here, take ten dollars, sir,” someone asserted from behind. His hands extended with a crisp blue ten dollar note. Papa saw Reverend Noah and smiled reluctantly, almost turning down the offer until he saw Sophia’s eyes flicker. Mr Hackler trudged to the back of his store.

At amazement her eyes grew to the size of gumballs stuck in a candy machine. This was her first time ever in life to see such a great quantity of money in her hands. There were one’s, fives, ten’s, twenties, and even a few one hundreds.

“A trust fund is a way of investing money.” Hesitating to think for a moment, she says “In your case, quite a lot of money. You will inherit it on your sixteenth birthday which I believe is tomorrow.” Recoiling with shock, I am astonished, nevertheless I am overjoyed. Someone has left me money. I look from Mum to Dad; their faces mirror each other immaculately – they are frowning.