An American Childhood

The girl in this story was such a tomboy, that was great. I wonder if the driver who stopped and chased them down who she later viewed as a hero, had actually been their victim before and was fed up and stopped...that would be pretty funny. Having been in a similar situation before, I thought it was great that he stopped! Wonder if that was the end of that game.

Reflections thus far...

Calling Home was interesting in the sense that the girl in the story went through a range of emotions during the story, she was relieved when she thought she had gotten away with stealing the Snoopy pin. Overwhelmingly humiliated when she was caught and was taken through the mall in front of everyone. Once she pictured herself in a movie and no longer in the reality of what was going on, she said she was having fun...go figure. I am not clear on what would be remotely entertaining about telling my mother I was in jail for stealing especially when I had money in my pocket!
I am not sure where the grandmother went after she was arrested...that was odd to me. The grandmother was the adult, where the heck was she? Also, if the dad was in such firm disagreement with the fact that a 13 year old child was arrested for stealing a .75 cent pin, then why didn't he say anything to the police? He didn't even ask for an explanation or justification.
Why didn't the dad tell the mother what happened? Was that part of the girls punishment? I supposed so.
It struck me odd that the incident was never spoken of again, seems like there would have been one clarifying conversation and the parents would have asked some questions...after that I guess I could understand it being a done deal.