Ashes, By Susan Beth Pfeffer

“Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer is about a girl who is caught in a situation in which her father attempts to bribe her to do something immoral. One message suggested in this story is how misdirection and trickery can negatively affect relationships between a parent and their child. Throughout the course of the story, the father of the main character is shown feeding his daughter, Ashes, an endless string of compliments such as “You’re one in a million”. He gives her many words of positive reinforcement

“Whatever it was, it was dying by the time I was born,and before I turned six”(Pfeffer, 2). The short story Ashes was written by Susan Beth Pfeffer. The story is about Ashes and her relationship with her dad and her mom. Ashes is in a problem when her dad asks her to “borrow” money from her mom. Ashes is left with two options, either help her dad or her mom. Ashleigh did take the money because she loves her dad, trusts her dad, and she is like her dad. Ashleigh took the money since she loves her

In the story (Ashes page 1), (Susan Beth Pfeffer) it says “Mom yelled…” Her mom was always mad and didn’t want to make her mad at anything else. Also, in the story (Ashes page 4), (Susan Beth

“Ashes”, a short story by Susan Beth Pfeffer, shows that when a child may feel stuck in the middle, they may be more vulnerable to confusion and manipulation. The story is centered around a girl named Ashleigh, whose parents recently separated. She lives with her mom, who is a rather sensible woman, and her father who is, as her mom dictates, “an irresponsible bum”, Although it may not always be his fault, Ashleigh’s father seems to struggle with holding his responsibilities and promises, which later

The short story, “Ashes,” by Susan Beth Pfeffer is about a girl, Ashes, who has divorced parents. She is torn between her parents when she is given the opportunity to help her dad, but the twist is she has to steal from her mom to do this. A lesson that is learned from “Ashes” is that someone who normally teaches you to do good may also teach you to do something bad. Even in the beginning of the story, it is shown that whenever Dad tries to be a good example it is always overshadowed by the bad

District Common Assessment Essay 50% of children experience the divorce of their parents according to www.marriage-success-secrets.com. In Ashes, by Susan Beth Pfeffer, Ashleigh’s parents have been divorced for the last two years. She loves both of them but has a special soft spot for her dad. Ashleigh’s mom is a practical person and her dad is described as a dreamer. After a dinner with her father, Ashleigh receives a request. He wants her to to take her mom’s emergency money to pay off a deal

In the short story “Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer, Asleigh the protagonist, is a normal teenager who go to school, her life is not perfect, her parent’s is divoreced, she stays at her dad every Tuesday and somtimes during the weekend . She doesn’t have any problem about her mom besides her dad. Her dad is irresponsible he always make promises but never happened. Her dad call her Ashes which her mom hates because she thought Ashes means death. One day she and her dad went to eat and her dad

In the short story called, “Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer, the protagonist is dealing with the complicated relationship between her divorced parents. Ashleigh, the main character, is questioned by her dad if she can borrow her mom's money for his own problems. Ashes, short for Ashleigh, like the compliments that she keeps receiving from her dad. Ashes complex relationship with her parents makes her choose between her mom or her dad. One lesson this story suggests is that no matter how much you love

“One in a million” Ashleigh knows stealing is wrong and that she shouldn’t do it but the rules might change when it comes to her dad. The short story “Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer is a story about a set of divorced parents and their child Ashleigh. Ashleighs parents seem to come from two entirely different worlds, her father a dreamer her mother very practical. However being a dreamer may seem like a good thing it just might have swept her dad off his feet. When her father runs out of money from

Even the people you love can manipulate you: theme in “Ashes” Susan Beth Pfeffer's realistic fiction story “Ashes” is about a girl named Ashleigh, or Ashes for short. Her parents are divorced and she loves her father even though he is irresponsible. One evening he sweet talks her and takes her out to eat, just to ask her to steal money from her mother. Ashes has to choose to help her father or stick to her morals. One lesson the story suggests is that sometimes the individuals that people trust