Juli Bakers: A Literary Analysis

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This picture can let me think about Juli Bakers’ yard. It clearly shows that this is not a beautiful front yard. From Bryce’s opinion, “They've got bushes growing over windows, weeds sticking out all over the place, and a barnyard's worth of animals running wild.” (Draanen 21) Bryce’s parents also say the same thing that the world would have more beauty in it if Mr. Bakers could fix up the yard. They even thinks that Mrs. Bakers married a dreamer, and because of that, one of the two of them will always be unhappy. It could be a kind of prejudice, Bryce and his parents even do not know the background of The Bakers, how can they judge their neighbor like that! Although this yard is not that clean and beautiful, but it is their own business. Mr.

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