Read this excerpt from “life without go-go boots” by barbara kingsolver and answer the question. we lived in the country, in the middle of an alfalfa field; we had no immediate access to bobbie brooks sweaters. i went to school in the hand-me-downs of a cousin three years older. she had excellent fashion sense, but during the three-year lag her every sleek outfit turned to a pumpkin. … my black lace-up oxfords, which my parents perceived to have orthopedic value, carried their own weight in the spectacle. i suspected people noticed, and i knew it for sure on the day billy stamps announced to the lunch line, “make way for the bride of frankenstein.” judging from the diction in the above excerpt, what is one of the writer’s themes? fashion turns people into monsters. people mistakenly and cruelly judge you based on fashion. fashion is good for your posture and social status. fashion accurately shows the world your worth.

2) People mistakenly and cruelly judge you based on fashion.

Some people tend to be very superficial, usually leaning to judge or have an opinion on someone merely based on the way they look, the way they dress and whether they use fashion clothes or not, rather than the way they actually are. In the text, the narrator focuses on the fashion of her cousin and then, the clothes that she herself wears, and tells a particular event in which she was mistakenly and cruelly judge as the "Bride of Frankenstein" only because of her orthopedic black lace-up oxfords.

free time is when all my homework and chores have been done for the day and i am "free" to do things that i enjoy doing.

usually i spend time watching television. as my favorite tv shows come on at specific times, i make sure that i finish my homework and chores well before the shows. otherwise i will have to miss them. mostly i manage to watch the shows but sometimes extra homework or chores may cause me to miss a show or two, but it is rare. anyhow if i know that i am definitely not able to catch a show in time, i will just set the video recorder to tape the show sothe evening when the weather is fine, i sometimes go for a stroll around the neighborhood with my friends. this is the time when most the neighbors have come home from work or school. we say hello to those whom we know. they are mostly friendly people and they acknowledge our greetings. once in a while we come upon unfriendly neighbors but we just ignore them and carry on. that i can watch it later.