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    A wise person once said, “Being strong doesn’t mean you’ll never get hurt. It means even when you get hurt, you’ll never let it defeat you.” This quote relates to the short story “Fly Away Home,” by Eve Bunting. In this story, a young boy named Andrew lives in an airport with his father, while living there Andrew shows us that it is important to stay strong through tough times. In the beginning of the story, being strong through tough times comes up a lot. In one instance in the story, Andrew couldn’t

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    Be strong because things will get better. It may be stormy now, but it never rains forever. Evan Camerchial once said this meaning to be strong during tough times and never give up. I think this quote relates to “Fly Away Home” by Eve Bunting. Andrew, a little boy who lives in the airport with his dad shows us that he is strong through tough times and he never gives up. In the beginning, Andrew shows that he never gives up and stays strong through tough times. For example, he and his dad change

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    Bunting, Eve, and Stephen Gammell. Terrible Things: an Allegory of the Holocaust. Jewish Publication Society, 1989. Terrible Things by Eve Bunting is a fantasy story with compelling symbolism connected to the Holocaust written for all ages. Eve Bunting tells the readers “Standing up for what you know is right is not always easy. Especially if the one you face is bigger and stronger than you. It is easier to look the other way. But, if you do, terrible things can happen.” Eve Bunting tells readers

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    Most people seem that they try to be cool in the given situation, and sometimes you forget what is really important, like friends and family. In the story Your Move by Eve Bunting the protagonist James especially shows this trait to his little brother Isaac. James learns that being cool is not worth putting your family in danger. James wants to be protective of his little brother even know he is putting him in danger. James sneaks away with Isaac because “He can't just leave him home.” even know

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    airport and seen people that had lots of money and cars and houses just think what if that was you would you give up or would .In the short story Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting the protagonist's dad is super lonely based on what I read they don't have a home and no wife. Last of all the places they call home is an airport.That is how Eve bunting showed how the dad is lonely. they are lonely because they live in the airport and the dad and Andrew don’t talk anymore .And they are lonely because they

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    Your Move By Eve Bunting

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    In Eve Bunting’s short story, “Your Move,” the leader of the K-Bones Kris seems to be secretly insecure. Throughout the story he acts chill while leading James to join his “cool club”. This is most likely to cover up his true feelings. Kris is insecure, since he recruits “friends” to do his dirty work, he flees once danger arrives, and most of all because he is very familiar with the feeling he dislikes most- being left. The first reason why Kris is insecure, is because he recruits “friends” to

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    “Your Move” is a short story written by Eve Bunting. In“Your Move” a boy named James lives in a shay part of Los Angeles with his brother Isaac, and he also lives with his mother who works the night shift at a cafe. With no one watching the two boys at night, James has to watch over is brother and himself. He is very protective when he is watching over both his reputation, and his brother. First of all, James is very protective of himself. In other words, he protects himself physically because

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    In the story, “Your Move” by Eve Bunting, the main character and narrator James in the story, “Your Move” is irresponsible because he is self-conscious, frustrated, and above all because he is rebellious. The reason he is irresponsible is that he takes his brother, Isaac, to meet a gang called K-Bones and vandalize a sign with another gang’s writing ‘Snakes’ on it. K-Bones is a gang who refers themselves as a gang. The first reason why James is irresponsible is because he is self-conscious. James

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    In the story Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting the main characters live in an airport and face very hard challenges, but fortunately for them they are always super prepared. Super prepared is the theme because the characters are super confident not to get caught, they are prepared for anything, and they work hard to solve problems they face. In the story Fly Away Home, The characters face a very difficult challenge. They have to live in an airport and try to not get noticed by the security or else they

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    A wise person one said, “Being strong doesn’t mean you’ll never get hurt. It means even when you get hurt, you’ll never let it defeat you.” This quote relates to the short story “Fly Away Home” by Eve Bunting. In this story, a young boy named Andrew lives in an airport with his father, while living there Andrew shows us that it is important to stay strong through tough times. In the beginning of the story, being strong through tough times comes up a lot. In one instance in the story, Andrew couldn’t

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