Analysis Of Like Pickle Juice On A Cookie By Julie Sternberg

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“Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie” by Julie Sternberg is the story about a girl named Elanor whose babysitter moved away and she must cope with her new babysitter and growing up. The author's attitude, imagery, devices of poetry and symbolism help convey this message.
The author's attitude begins disbelieving and hurt. She does this to show how sad Elanor is that her babysitter of a long time has moved away. On page 14, the author says “This just feels awful”, towards the fact that her babysitter had moved away. As the story continues on, it ends with the tones of content and happy to show that Elanor has finally come to the fact that her babysitter is not coming back, but she still cares about Elanor. She says, “Bibi will always be my first

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