Ain T No Good Girl

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The title of the story is So I Ain’t No Good Girl. The girl (the main character) is at a bus stop while saying mean things about other girls because they are too plain and pitiful. Her boyfriend, Raheem, comes and wants him back after a redhead girl tries to steal him. He keeps fighting the main character and looking at other girls. So they get on the bus except for Raheem and the girl he’s been hitting on. On the bus, the girl decides to leave that alone and just go to school.

In my opinion, the girl’s first weakness is she can be physically hurt. The evidence in the story shows that Raheem slaps her. Her second weakness is her temper. Evidence shows that when she sees Raheem with another girl she gets mad. The third weakness is

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