Question

Jane's father receives a severe punishment at the end of the text. Was this punishment fair? Did he deserve this punishment? Why or why not? Should Mr. Brishner have helped him? Use the text to support your argument.

Answer 1

My dad was smart. All his punishments were things he would have to do eventually.

One time I went to a party at my friends house without telling my parents. I was woken up at 6 am to a breakfast I couldn't eat because I was hungover. Then I was sent outside to pick up sticks. My parents backyard is surrounded with trees, there is a never ending supply of sticks you can pick up.

Not just big ones, any tiny twig in the grass was to be picked up.

Walking around bending over to grab sticks for hours while hungover was a good enough punishment to keep me from sneaking to parties.