Sam+Adamo

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media type="custom" key="8542192" Sam Adamo 12/2/10 1. Peg was chosen to be Mary in the Christmas Pagent because she was tall for her age and was young. 7. The common enemy that all the girls had were that they had polio. 10. Kenny had to carry Peg down the aisle because Peg could not walk all by her self yet. 14. Mary and Joseph's cue to start to walk down the aisle was "taxed". 16. Peg had to prove that she was going to be promoted the eighth grade by taking the final exams.

In Chapter 9, "Sunday Visitors," Peg gets a visit from her parents. At first, she is annoyed by her roommates involvement in their conversation, and Alice's reaction to her parents. Reread page 83-84. Now consider the following quote from page 84: "A window of understanding opened in my mind, and the breeze of compassion blew in. From that moment on, I was glad to share my visiting family with my roommates." Respond in a paragraph: What does this quote mean? Does she literally mean that a window was opened? If not, then why did she say there was a window? Also, what does it reveal about Peg's character? What Peg means with this statement is that she was annoyed with the girls listening to her parents conversation and she thinks they are in her business. They really are, but her parents are also in a room with 13 to 14 year old girls so gossiping is kind of like their life. She does not realisze, at that time, that her parents are actullay parneting the other girls by bringing them the gifts that they requested for. She is actually sharing her parents with the other girls, since their parnets are far away to come or that they don't want their kids, like Alice.

In Chapter 3 of Small Steps, Peg has a problem with a nurse who refuses to turn her, even though she is in pain.
 * **What reasons does Peg have for being angry with the nurse?**
 * **Do you think Peg does the right thing by telling her parents about this incident?**

In the story "Small Steps" by Peg Kehret, some reasons Peg was angry at the nurse because the nurse refused to turn her when Peg was complaning that her leg was hurting. I thought the nurse was being fair because she sticks to the rules of the hospital, but Peg thinks she should be turned and rightfully so she should but not in this case. The nurse is doing her job and it would'nt be fair to the other patients because if they saw Peg being turned when the 30 minutes weren't up then they would want to be turned as well.

In the story "Small Steps" by Peg Kehret I would feel like I was trapped insided a cage. Being inside a cage is like your trapped and can't get out and you can barly move. If I was in a cause of being diagonised of three types of polio I would feel helpless right about now. When I found out that Peg had three types of polio I felt the shock like she did. Even though this is a book I felt sorry for her. Her parents are probaly feeling awful because they can't do anything to help their little girl. Some of the thoughts that would proably go though my mind are, why me, why do I have to have polio, what did I do to deserve this, even though it's a contagious virus, why me? Where did I get it, who did I get it from? I would be so confused. It would'nt be fair to me if I was the only one in Minnesota to have polio.