Orange Crush By Yi Li Summary

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Reading Response In Orange Crush By Yiyun Li she uses great description within the text, that help you understand what the story is about. My first reaction to the story was shocking I kept asking myself, why would someone wanna write a story about orange juice?Although, as I read it I understood how some foods and drinks may take you back to a memory from your child hood. In my response to this story I will focus on what made her reading the most descriptive in my opinion. The author used writing in scene and using descriptive emotional words to bring her story to life. One quote that stuck out to me was in paragraph 2 “I did not know then that I would do the same for my own children, preferring nature’s provision over those

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