Sealy In The Ugly Cry

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The character sealy does not interact with other people that well for she is always getting teased by others not including her family members. Sealy is always getting teased on the bus, at school, and on the streets for no reason. Sealy will always start crying and her sister Armani would have to be the one to stand up for her. In the book the author states, “Sealy’s crying had turned to blubbering. He took your book. That’s why your fussin’?” Sealy was crying because somebody took her book so you can understand that Sealy gets teased and does not interact that good with others.

When Sealy interacted with others she always ends up crying and getting frightened of the other person which will leave her no ability to stand up for herself. Sealy is a very shy person and she does not like meeting or talking to other people other than her family members. Sealy
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Sealy then leaves it up to her sister to smooth things out and stop getting bothered. The text states, “Sure enough, Sealy was doing the ugly cry.

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