Ashes By Susan Pfeffer Essay

Love in “Ashes” Susan Pfeffer’s short story “Ashes” is about an unfortunate girl, Ashes, whose parents are divorced, but she still loves very much. She lives with her caring, strict mother and visits her dad every Tuesday and Thursday. Her dad, on the other hand, does not really care about her that much, but acts like he does with some encouraging words, only using her to get help paying for his mistakes. One lesson this story suggests is that love can influence your decisions. From the start, the description of the sun shining and her thoughts show the love she has for her father and how much her father cares but he acts very shellfish. She loves her father because every time she saw him the sun cast off a little more warmth. She also noticed that he called her Ashes even when her mom's not around, so it is not to just annoy her mom, that is her special nickname. “That winter, it felt like every time I saw my father, the sun cast off just a little more warmth than it had the day before. And I realized he still called …show more content…
Ashes is in a very bad position because she has to choose between two people she loves, she could either do the right or wrong thing. She know if she takes the money her mom will be very mad, but she loves her dad and his influence leaned her to take it. “In the cold stillness of the night, I could hear my father’s car keening in the distance. ‘Your one in a million,’ it cried.” This quote showing how him calling her one in amillion stock with her, and love can really influence someone's decision. But also in stead of selling his car for money he makes his daughter steal it from her mom, he says he will return it on friday but what if he never comes back and that is why he needs the car. Ashes still questioning if her dad really loves her and how much her mom cares too, to decide what she should