Amy Dumas

One day Mirna,Christy,and Amy were getting ready for the first day of school they were so nervous but at the same time they were excited to see how their first year at middle school would be.First,Mirna and Amy were done getting ready and they walk to the park to wait for the bus to come since that's where the bus usually come for the kids that leave a little far away from schools.Next,the bus came and Mirna,Amy and Christy were going inside the bus there was to many kids that they didn't know were sit.But the bus driver asked some kids to leave some space for this girls.So then they got to sit down and the bus driver was going. Then the bus got to school and when Amy and Mirna were going down the bus the bus driver said ´´have a great day to Mirna,and Amy.”Mirna and Amy said ,”thank you.” . As they got down the bus they saw Christy coming walking to school and they waited for her. They saw her and said,” hi !” to christy and she said ,”back hi !” After that they went inside the school and the teacher Mrs.Hunter said ,”hi girls to Amy,Mirna,and Christy they said hi Mrs hunter.Last the bell rang and they were getting ready to go to their first period class which they had the first period together which was P.E.…

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little village of the Catalans, sometimes standing motionless in the blazing heat of the southern sun, sometimes sitting on the beach listening to the eternal moaning of the sea asking herself whether it would not be better to let herself sink into the depths rather than undergo the cruel suffering of a wait without hope" (Dumas 40). The narrator is describing Mercedes life without Edmond. This quote is dreadfully depressing and shows that love has two sides. Their love is extremely polarized.…

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