The fight between Jeanette and Ernie pages 164-174

The fight between Jeanette and Ernie Pages 164-174 

Journal: How would you feel if you had to provide food with a very limited amount of money? How would you help your family, if you could?

In the beginning of the chapter, in Welch, the Walls family had lots of enemies and tried their best to avoid as many fights as possible.

Jeanette’s biggest fight she got into was the battle of little Hobart Street. It was a fight between Jeanette, Brian versus Ernie, and his friends.

At the time Jeanette was 10 and Brian was 9.  It seemed like Ernie’s goal was to throw the walls family out of Welch.

Jeanette’s mom really liked to read and so did Jeanette’s sister Lori.

Jeanette’s father was drunk one night, so he got in a fight

with a mountain and he said the mountain won.

This fight gave him a big gash in his forearm and a cut on

his head that was so deep that Jeanette could see the white of his skull.

Jeanette got a toothpick and tweezers and picked up some rock

out of his gash then she poured some rubbing alcohol on the wound.

He put a tourniquet around his arm and then he gave

Jeanette the needle and thread to stitch up the wound.

This is because of the fact that Jeanette's mother and

siblings were asleep so she was the only one that could help him.

He then helped her stitch up his arm.

When Jeanette got home after she left the house her father was gone.

He never explained to her why he kept leaving.

Usually, when her dad came home he brought with him some food.

When they got low on food and had nothing to eat they would go hunting for food.

One day when Jeanette was hunting with Brian

they stumbled into an abandoned house with canned foods.

When they tried to open the cans they all exploded so they couldn't eat the food.

Whenever kids throw out food in school,

she would take the food and eat in for herself because she could not afford food.

Jeanette’s mother was a sugar addict and

she compared herself to her father who was an alcoholic.