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Commentary Commentary Commentary

The speaker gives us to understand Here the speaker tells us that he Here the speaker tells us that his
that his classmates and his teacher thought that the teacher did not teacher told him that all the money
were very kind when raising money take it into account when he wanted that his classmates were collecting
to help him. This was a great gesture to give his donation. He also tells us was for him. Also all his classmates
since the student did not know that his teacher got very angry and the girl that he liked knew that
anything about this help that he was thinking that he was making jokes he did not have a father. Here
going to receive. Also the unknowing in the class. everyone shows his human and
also wanted to help to raise the funds charitable side because here you
of the class. Here we can see that see the heart and the feelings of the
not all people have a bad heart. people and this gives a great
There are many teachers who do learning because it is in these
care about the welfare of their moments where people come
students. together and also shows that not all
teachers abuse their power with
students. There are also teachers
who do care about the students and
why they feel good.

Questions for Study and Discussion

1. What does Gregory mean by “shame”?

I think he felt uncomfortable about everything that had to happen in his class and why Helen knew he did not have
a father

2. How do the first three paragraphs of the essay help to establish a context for the narrative that follows?

These paragraphs help in a good way because it gives us many details that we should know to write our essay

3. Why do you think Gregory narrates this episode in the first-person point of view? What would be gained or lost if
he instead wrote it in the third-person point of view?

Because he was living this story. I think I would lose the experience of telling this story and meeting great
people

4. Specific details can enhance the reader’s understanding and appreciation of a narrative. Gregory’s description of
Helene Tucker’s manners or the plaid of his mackinaw, for example, makes his account vivid and interesting. Cite
several other specific details he gives and consider how the narrative would be different without them.

I think the details were very good to understand the context because Helen's manners helped a lot and were very
appreciated by Gregory. All these details made this story very interesting. For example, when the whole class
raised funds to help Gregory. Helen felt very sad when she learned that he did not have a father

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