The Southpaw Judith Viorst Analysis

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Who Cares More? Do you have a best friend? Have you ever gotten in a fight over nothing at all? In the story “The Southpaw” by Judith Viorst, has two friends named Janet and Richard. They are fighting because Richard wouldn’t let Janet on his baseball team. In the end I think that Richard cares more about saving the friendship between them. After the two friends fight a little, Richard asks if she wants to play catcher, in the outfield, or at first base, but her only answer is “I pitch.” Richard was trying to see if she would want to play on his team and show that he was sorry for not letting her play. It also shows that he would like to be friends again; because he is not signing “your former friend” instead he is just signing

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