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Lindsey Parks Expository Essay The question, in a culture where we are bombarded with other people trying to define us, how do we make decisions for ourselves, means that people are coming and criticizing the decisions that we make that are best for ourselves. When it says bombarded with other people trying to define us it is saying that people are trying to tell us the decisions that are right for us. Then, when it says how do we make decisions for ourselves it is explaining that we shouldn’t worry about what other people think and do what is best for us. The story //__Out Of the Dust__// relates well with this question. Most people preferred to move west to get away from the dust. Billie Jo thought it was the right thing by staying right where she was. People probably thought she was crazy but that didn’t matter because it wasn’t affecting them and it wasn’t their choice. A quote said from Billie Jo “you can’t run away from something that is inside you.” Which means you can’t run away from something that is in your life and a part of you. If Billie Jo did leave she would leave her dad who has skin cancer alone by himself. In our school the rules try to define us. There are certain things at our school that allows and prevents us to wear. We should be able to define ourselves and not worry about getting in trouble. Some of these rules are taking away our individuality and our style. Even though our school is trying to define us with these rules we still can make decisions for ourselves and what we want.

Comprehension Questions

(winter 1934- spring 1934)

1. Why does Billie Jo have to place plates and glasses upside down when she sets the dinner table?

So none of the dust gets into the plates and glasses.

2. What did Arley Wanderdale ask Billie Jo to do?

He asked Billie Jo to play a piano solo at the Palace Theater.

3. When was the best time to ask mom something so she would say yes?

When Billie Jo catches her mom off guard.

4. Why couldn’t Billie Jo go to the rehearsal for Sunny of Sunnyside?

Her mom told her she wasn’t allowed to miss school to play the piano.

5. What did Billie Jo wonder when she found out her Ma was having a baby?

She wondered if her dad was going to get his boy this time.

6. What kind of bet did Mr. Noble and Mr. Romney have?

They bet on who could kill the most rabbits.

7. How did Billie Jo feel about Livie Killian moving?

Billie Jo was upset since they have been best friends sine 1st grade and she wished it was her going instead.

8. What war did Billie Jo’s father fight in?

He fought in the Great War in France.

9. What was wrong with the rain in June of 1934?

It came down to hard and washed away all the soil and wheat.

10. What did Billie Jo’s Ma have Billie do when she discovered Mr. Hardley gave them four extra cents of change?

11. What helped convince Ma to let Billie Jo play with Arley’s band during the summer?

Billie Jo would earn money when she played.

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