Ribbons

By: Laurence Yep

Stacy is just a simple young girl who likes ballet. When Paw Paw (Stacy’s grandmother) comes to town every thing changes from there. When Stacy’s little brother Ean saw Paw Paw come up the walkway he went nuts. When she came in the first thing Stacy noticed was Paw Paw’s feet. They were wrapped up in cloth and looked all bent. In this comedy Paw Paw is a mean grouchy woman who totally despises ballet shoes because of her terrible past.
“Ribbons” is a comedy. The story starts normal with Stacy, her parents, and her brother Ean. The conflict arises when Paw Paw comes to town to move in. Stacy realizes that Paw Paw is being extremely unfair. One day Stacy wanted help tying her ribbons to her ballet shoes. She knew Paw Paw used to do this a lot so she went to Paw Paw for help. Paw Paw saw the ribbons and fiercely attacked Stacy for the ribbons. Stacy Realizes conflict. Paw Paw was acting crazy just to get the shoes away. Stacy’s mom comes in and agrees with her mom to take them. The resolution is when Stacy talks to her grandmother and Paw Paw tells her about a different way she used to use them. Her feet are twisted and turned now because of that. It finally returns to normalcy when Stacy gets her shoes back.
“Ribbons” relates to my life in many ways. Just a couple days ago my social studies class had a substitute. She was mean just like Paw Paw in “Ribbons”. And like Stacy we were minding our business and doing our work and she still found something wrong in what we were doing. The part of that class period that most relates to “Ribbons” Is when a Class mate asked a question about our work and the sub snapped back and almost yelled telling him to get back to work. But unlike “Ribbons” she was gone the next day and it was back to our normal teacher.
I think that Stacy is an innocent little girl. Stacy wasn’t the one doing bad in this story to make Paw Paw go crazy. She had no control over the decision of Paw Paw living with her.I think that Stacy’s parent should help Paw Paw get started in a new apartment. They should do that so Stacy can get her room back and her favorite hobby back.
Paw Paw’s past left her feet to practically rot and she does not want that to happen to Stacy. Paw Paw is good by not trying to warn Stacy but I don’t think that she had to attack Stacy to tell her. Stacy now understands Paw Paw and Paw Paw understand Stacy. In the end Stacy and Paw Paw hug and make up.