Journal Prompt: Imagine this you are poor found something as valuable as a diamond ring. What would you do with it and why?
Summary: As Brian picked up a rotting piece of wood Jeanette and Brian found a diamond ring. They thought this could help there current position in life. After showing it to their mother, Rosemary kept the ring. She exclaimed that it would boost her self esteem. After having the ring she wore it with pride and was in a good mood. Then Jeanette figured out that her father was the one dragging down the family with his crazy actions, and suggested that her mother should leave her father. So when she told her mother about this she immediately denied it and kept believing in Jeanette’s father. All through summer Jeanette’s father never found out about her proposition and was happy with her all summer. Also in the summer one day, Jeanette befriended a girl around her age named Dinita. They wanted to go swimming however, because of segregation they had to go when the African Americans were allowed to swim because Dinita was black. Later on, Jeanette was home alone and child welfare came to the door. He claimed that a neighbor of Jeanette’s had said that her parents had been neglecting Jeanette and her siblings. He promised to come back later to see her parents but he never showed. Jeanette was very upset at this man and gave her parents his card and they both were silent. Then her mother answered and just said that she was going to get a job.
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