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Raspberry's Begging For Change
In the novel “Begging for change” by Sharon Flake, Raspberry has been through untoward events in her life that forced her to mature. As a young teenager in Chicago, atrocious incidents have created many struggles for her to handle, her Father went on dope, they moved in with friends until she was kicked out. Subsequently she was homeless for a while and when she got a house; to wrap the ribbon around the edge, she was robbed. Raspberry did not allow her hardships to define her identity. She gained success through her life struggles and achieved greatness. Raspberry’s mother is her right hand, so when their disturbed neighbor hit Raspberry’s mother with a pipe, Raspberry’s mind was wrapping around the incident like a tornado. During all the trials and threats, Momma was writing very nice letters to Shiketa (The neighbor) which confused raspberry until she believed that …show more content…
Raspberry’s focused Facial expression represents how emotional she got while she was facing all the miscellaneous issues. Raspberry is an intelligent young woman who constantly forgives herself when she was idiotic and naïve (Like when she stole from her best friend).She forgives herself for being soft when she should’ve fought hard. During the novel, her mindset was that she was going to survive. Moreover, those things are going to start to be good again once she accepts change. That one day she will look back and this will not be so bad after all. I chose the quote “Keep your coins, I want change” to put on the t-shirt, this is supported by how Raspberry stole money from her friend whom is very devoted to supporting her. She also went from door to door, doing chores and deeds while receiving money after wards. Many thought she wanted money because she just wanted it but her intention was to make a change in her mom’s life (Helping pay for groceries or bills and making her
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