There is a warming and compassionate tone observed in this quote therefore, Beverly Cleary is warm-hearted about this memory. Furthermore, this shows some of Beverly’s non-immediate family resides close to where she lives, which displays that Beverly Cleary’s family has not dispersed, but stayed in one place. This reveals that she is close with her relatives. The passage additionally explains the feeling and compassion that she has towards her Father. Moreover, her relationship with her father is easily distinguishable in this quote. This displays her strong feelings toward her father and loves him wholeheartedly to a great extent that she will be sad if he leaves for only one day.
This quote is after when Beverly Cleary’s Mother confronts her about that fairy tales only exist in fiction, but this did not stop her from thinking that this word is related to fiction. This excerpt displays that Beverly is an intelligent child at her young age to realize that money was an important object to her …show more content…
The past school, was strict, orderly, and militaristic, because they marched first grade children; this contrasts the present day school’s, laid back and lenient attitude towards its students. Moreover, this school differs from the present because of the class sizes, in Beverly Cleary’s class there was a student to teacher ratio of 40 to 1, and in today's school the ratio is 15:1. By having a larger student ratio the teacher cannot provide an excellent education for all of their students, which had a negative effect on Cleary since she had trouble learning and the teacher was too occupied by the rest of the students to help her. Furthermore, this quote is also important because it creatively reveals that Beverly Cleary does not truly understand how to behave in school because she was just mimicking the action of the other children and did not decide her actions
This quote is after when Beverly Cleary’s Mother confronts her about that fairy tales only exist in fiction, but this did not stop her from thinking that this word is related to fiction. This excerpt displays that Beverly is an intelligent child at her young age to realize that money was an important object to her …show more content…
The past school, was strict, orderly, and militaristic, because they marched first grade children; this contrasts the present day school’s, laid back and lenient attitude towards its students. Moreover, this school differs from the present because of the class sizes, in Beverly Cleary’s class there was a student to teacher ratio of 40 to 1, and in today's school the ratio is 15:1. By having a larger student ratio the teacher cannot provide an excellent education for all of their students, which had a negative effect on Cleary since she had trouble learning and the teacher was too occupied by the rest of the students to help her. Furthermore, this quote is also important because it creatively reveals that Beverly Cleary does not truly understand how to behave in school because she was just mimicking the action of the other children and did not decide her actions