In the first story the father had an obsession with vans, but I really don’t think it has anything to do with the vans. I think it is how the daughter associates herself with her father. When the father comes home with a new van she was very happy, because she would get to see him.

When the mother and father divorced she felt her mother was stuck with her, yet she had a stable life with her mother and stepfather. I felt she was very happy with her new family, but I know she still missed her father very much.

There was a part in the story I found funny. The father had this dog by the name Perito. He had this dog for a very long time. The father walked in and out of his daughter’s life, but he never got rid of the dog.

The father would take his daughter and her friend driving ar

When her father went into the carpentry business and bought a truck, Astrea was not happy. The reason I thought she was not happy was because she lost her connection with her father.

Astrea found it fascinating how the times were so different from when her aunt was young and up until the present. Astrea’s aunt talked about their Christmas trees, and how they used candles instead of electric lights.

In the second story Astrea had a great aunt by the name of Ethel. They were very close. Astrea looked up to her aunt. She enjoyed listening to all the stories her aunt told her about her life.

ound the neighborhood to see the cool kids. She enjoyed cruising in the car with her father, but I really don’t think a father should be cruising around the streets. The father tries to be more of a friend to his daughter then a father. Maybe he was afraid she would not love him if he didn’t do these things with her.

Astria’s aunt would tell her stories about how she met her husband Tom. Everyone

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