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Jeanette's Underprivileged Life

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75. It’s weird that Jeanette is suggesting to leave their dad when she is the one who believes in him the most.
76. The mom finally decided to take initiative and try to get her family some money. But just as their lives seem to be getting better, the kids start to realize that money is going missing. It causes a rift between them and their mom because the kids suspect the mom is using the money for her own needs.
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77. It shows us one bad thing in life can greatly affect the life of someone. It also shows how time changes people.
78. The Jeanette became extremely self-conscious and that Jeanette was very resourceful.
79. It gave her something to do and I can infer that that was the beginning of her writing career. Plus she really …show more content…

Jeanette buys her parents clothes to keep them warm during the winter. Lori sometimes lets her parents live in her apartment.
100. Professor Fuchs calls on Jeanette to talk about whether or not poverty was the result of drug abuse and misguided entitlement program or because of cuts in social-service program and the failure to create economic opportunities for the poor. They get into an argument over what the answer is and eventually Professor Fuchs says “What do you know about the lives of the underprivileged?” This statement angers her because she used to live an underprivileged life. It shows that she is still keeping the secret that she her family was poor.
101. Rex was angry at himself because he wasn’t able to afford presents for his kids but they could afford presents for him. He thought that he was supposed to be taking care of his children instead of his children taking care of him.
102. Jeanette’s dad goes out and gambles in order to get Jeanette the tuition money she needs to finish college. It shows that despite the fact that Jeanette has lost hope in her father, he still cares about her.
103. Jeanette’s mom thinks that Jeanette has lost the values that she had taught her. I think their mother should stop worrying about Jeanette. Jeanette is simply living a normal middle class

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