Rhonda And Mim In The Reprimand By Jane Anderson

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While reading Jane Anderson’s “The Reprimand” the main character’s Rhonda and Mim get into an argument about their presentation performance. Rhonda believes Mim made a reference about her weight in the beginning of their presentation “Oh Rhonda why don’t you take the bigger chair” (1324). Mim claims she had no intentions of making Rhonda feel bad about her weight. Rhonda blows off the comment as if it’s the least of her worries; she states her biggest concern was Jim’s thought that Mim undermined the project with her comment. Mim knows firsthand that Rhonda is lying; Jim had just complimented her on her follow-up, “Look, I am a little confused about Jim’s reaction, because after the meeting he said he liked what I did with the follow-up questions”

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