t would take them to save for these objects. The first person Narrator, a young wisecracking girl, does not understand to point of this exercise. All she wants to do Is going spend he money on chips and ice cream and go look for boys with her friend sugar (109). they look at a toy sailboat which cost one thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars, they could not believe Somebody would spend that much on something that will brake quickly. It makes the narrator angry that Some people are able to afford a toy like that, when her family can barely take care of her. We see this When she notices a toy clown that does somersaults and pull-ups which cost thirty-five dollars. She tells us that thirty five dollars would pay the rent, and the piano bill, by her cousins bunk beds and

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Approximate Word count = 523
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)