Critical Thinking

At a literal level in the story calling home it tells about a girl to decides to shoplift a snoopy button. She thinks that no one is looking when she takes it but she does not realize that a man caught her steeling it and he calls the police. As the thirteen year old girl is escorted out of the mall she realizes that she is not mad about just steeling but she is more upset that she will have to call her parents and tell them that she is sitting in jail. She called and she could hear the disappointment in their voices but when they came to pick her up they had forgotten about the wrong she had done and the incident was not mentioned again.
In the story and American Childhood it tells an exciting tale of how children would spend their time in the winter months. It told of a group of kids that find it exciting to throw snow balls at cars. They had never been caught until one incident. A black Buick was coming up the street, the perfect target. They hit the car with a smash and to their surprise the man jumped out of the car and chased the kids all over town through neighborhoods he finally caught them and the kids learned how exciting childhood can be.
I think in that situation it would be very easy for the girl to be afraid but I think she had so much adrenaline that she was more excited then scared. I think its okay that she wasn’t scared I believe she knew that he wouldn’t so anything he was simply an angry man.
A well told story consists of many things. A well told story need structure, it needs details and vivid imagery, and great imagination and creativity. The story explains how she is filled with excitement whenever she plays these games. It uses strong vocabulary words that better help you understand the emotions of the story. It never really explains what happens to the children so it keeps you wondering which I think is a good thing. It uses amazingly descriptive words and overall it was a very good story. This story is a good example of how a well story is told.