Noah Count And The Lapsas Ark Analysis

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In the story Noah Count and the Arkansas ark by Gary Blackwood has harsh feeling for his family because of their lack in education, however throughout the story his feelings improve for them. Because they got them out of the water to a high place so they didn’t drown and know he is embarrassed that he made fun of them because know he realizes that they have a different kind of education. In the story Gary Blackwood is upset with his family because they lack in education. It makes him embarrassed because people made fun of them. In paragraph 13 it says “Lucky for me school was out, or I’ve had my hands full, fighting all the boys that would’ve called my Daddy crazy.” So, he is saying that he is crazy because he isn’t smart. The author thinks

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