A Rupee Earned Poem Analysis

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When I read the story A Rupee Earned by I.F Bulatkin I could really relate to when my family told me to work hard in school so you could get a good paying job and how they were always teaching me new skills I could use in my future.

The quote “Now I believe that you earned this rupee yourself, someone else’s money you do not care about that is cheap” got me thinking about what my family said to me when I asked for money during the summer break, they told me I should get a job but at that time I didn’t really think about it i'm a teenager I just wanted to do whatever I wanted. When they told me I should save money I did, but I found myself using that money and that brings me back to the quote when the father said to the lazy boy “someone

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