Ashleigh's Mistake

I agree she understands she’s poor but she doesn’t understand the government is causing it. For instance, she hears from her parents that “don’t have enough money” (53) so she knows they are not well off. The memoir never places blame on the government for their financial situation which shows how naive to the world she is.

Although Jeannette begins by saying, “we had no money at all,” the matter of fact tone and lack of regret suggest the minimal significance of her family’s financial struggles as it is easily overshadowed by the significance of this moment (Walls 39)

Brittany Pilkington has admitted to murdering her three young sons. She says that the reason she murdered her sons was because her husband was paying too much attention to them. She murdered her son Niall in July 2014 when he was three months. She murdered her oldest son Gavin in April 2015 when he was four years old. Brittany murdered her youngest son Noah in August 2015 when he was three months old.

      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.

Sarah made it clear in the story that Sylvie and her grandmother needed the ten dollars. Sylvie the main character wanted to make the young man happy also. Sylvie dreamed about what her grandmother and she would do with the ten dollars. Sylvie awakens one morning with the idea she would find the White Heron. Once she found the White Heron she realized the bird’s life is more important than the ten dollars. I believe the author Sarah Jewett, wanted everyone to realize sometimes the wants and needs of someone else’s outweighs your own.

Flannery O’Connor’s short story The Life You Save May Be Your Own, takes place in a rural area with a few powerful main characters, and though the literal meaning is not challenging to comprehend, the symbolic and metaphorical meanings are much more complex, requiring further analysis. One of the most touching and relatable themes in the story is that redemption is often overlooked because of personal greed.

Sara's father wanted to control everybody else's lives, in his family, but he did not want anyone telling him how to do things. He felt that he should be able to control the family spendings even though he did not earn a penny. He went against his wife's request and used every penny of their savings to buy the store. His wife asked him, "Promise me that you won't pay out the money till I come to see what you buy." (113). He went ahead and bought the store without letting his wife come down to see it first like he had promised her. He made a huge mistake then, just as he had with his daughters. He did not pick a good husband for any of his daughters. He was fooled not only by the store owner but also by the daughters' husbands. The reason he made all these mistakes is because he would not listen to anyone's advice. If he had listened to his wife, he would not have bought the store because she would have been with him, and she would have noticed something was wrong because she was already suspicious. She says, "Does he really ask only four hundred dollars for all this?...Ask him to give you a pencil to count up all the goods there is in stock." (114). She has more sense about business then he does, but he gets to be in control of all their money. Today, women have more of a say in what goes on with the financial part of the family as well as with who they are going to

In the story they talk about the difference between the money that she has in her purse and the money that she is hiding. The money that she hides is so important for her because that money is the only way she can reach out to her family in the Dominican Republic, and that is the only way she feel close and connected to her family. From my experience I can verify the feeling of closeness through the help we provide our family, it is not to take advantage of us but by sending them money they feel more connected to us since they feel remembered and protected by us. Lastly the money in her purse is different from the one she sends to her family because it is the necessary amount to cover living necessities.

When Mr. And Mrs. Panessa gave the idea to Mr. Schlegel about credit, they were trying to be kind to him since they knew he didn't have the money to pay back for it. " Willy looked like a dog that had just had a licking but Mr. Panessa, after clearing his throat, chirped up it didn't matter, he could pay the rest whenever he wanted. He explained that everything was run on credit, business and everything else , because after all what was credit but the fact that people were human beings, and if you were really a human being you gave credit to somebody else. " But even so, Mr. Schlegel began to abusing the idea of credit, and spent more than he could pay . He starts to avoid going anywhere near the store, since he couldn't pay back for the bill, and built up guilt while doing so. Soon later, Mr. Panessa begins to get sick, so Mrs. Panessa sent a mail to Mr. Schlegel asking for money. Mr. Schlegel got scared about the bill, and didn't help the . In the end, both side understood regretted the idea of kindness. Mr. Panessa dies, and with the loss of money, Mrs. Panessa was forced to live with her selfish daughters. Mr. Schlegel and his wife had to live with the regret of their debt and the death of Mr.

Danielle's mistake, if not caught, could have led to the patient overdosing or dying. Even though 10 mg may not seem like a lot, it is enough of a dosage for certain medications. If Danielle mistook 10 mcg for 10 mg, that would have increased the dosage by 1,000, which would be way more than needed and could lead to potential harming the patient. A prescription is written for a specific patient and the dosage needed to treat them, and the smaller dosage prescribed to treat them is also healthier for their body. It is never okay to make a mistake like the one made by Danielle, because you are risking the patient's health and life.

“The teapot was right where it belonged, I lifted its lid, and stared at her emergency money.Her earthquake money.What should I do?” (Pfeffer 4). Ashleigh is a 13 year old girl living with her mom in London, England and her dad picks her up on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons because her parents divorced each other when she was 6. Ashleigh’s dad seems to owe $200 and he thinks Ashleigh stealing her moms emergency money is the only way to get it fast and he promised to give it back before she notices.In the story “Ashes” Ashleigh didn’t take the money from her mom because she was hesitant about the decision, her dad can’t keep promises, so she thinks he won’t give it back, and she just wants to go against everything her mom does.

Divorce is hard, very hard. Infact, some people turn out crazy because of how lost they are in this world. Although, this girl didn’t turn out crazy, this girl just made a mistake that upset one of her parents. The mistake that was made, was Ashe’s taking the money from her mom for her dad. Ashe’s parents are divorced, she’s in the middle of a huge mess the family has, and she really just wants to be with the parent who isn’t sad all the time and just wants to have fun, but maybe there’s a little pressure in her to chose which parent.

In the story, we see how the protagonist feels this immense sense of wealth as a the result of the fact that she found fifteen dollars. For many at the time fifteen dollars was a large amount of money. However, those fifteen dollars had a deeper meaning behind them. They not only represented wealth but they offered the opportunity to return

If there will be little downtime in between when the money is used and when it is gained back. On page 2 it disclosed, “All I need to do is put together a little financing, and I will be set for life.” The money that Ashleigh’s dad needs is going to be made back supposedly very soon. If so, that means that there is a good chance that Ashleigh’s mother wouldn’t even notice that the money was gone. If more evidence is needed, Ashleigh’s dad went out and said it. Page 4 read, “I’d have the money in your hands no later than Friday.” That would make it very likely, assuming that all goes to plan, that the statement sould be true. Additionally, Ashleigh herself asked if she could help, not her father. This would explain that it was only a favor that she brought onto herself. The compensation was really just a kind of thank-you gesture towards Ashleigh if she takes up the offer. On page 3 it disclosed, “‘Can I help?’ I asked.” The burden of asking was not Ashleigh’s father, but on

In the story, the mother is described as poor, and in search of wealth. “Is luck money, mother?" he asked, rather fearfully. “No, Paul. Not quite. It's what causes you to have money." (2) Paul does not understand that money is not luck, so he asks his mother what it is. His mother then explains to him that luck causes you to have money. This is ironic because in reality luck does not cause you to have money all the time, it only occurs some of the time, and in this case luck causes Paul’s death. Another example of wealth leading to greed, "There must be more money! There must be more money!" (1) This quote shows the current situation of the mother’s family. Money is the reason Paul rocks his Rocking Horse for as long as he does. Money is the main reason Paul dies and the mother continues to force the fact that they need money. Paul’s mother believes the main reason her family is not amazing is due to the lack of money, so she stresses the fact that they need more of it. This idea is wrong and D.H Lawrence makes it clear throughout the short story. The final example of wealth leading to problems with greed is when the narrator says, “The house had been “whispering” worse than ever lately, and even in spite of his luck, Paul could not bear up against it. He was very worried about the effect of the birthday letter, telling his mother about the thousand pounds.” (8-9) Even with Pal’s newly