Chapter 3- Smiley and Sharp

Questions for Active Reading
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1. Smiley was given the opportunity to care for her own horse. Along with caring for her own horse their was plenty of chores she had to do. This experience taught her chores don't always have to be dreadful and if she was not taking care of her horse than who else would. She described the horse experience in the middle of her writing. I think the spot in the writing that she chose to talk about the horse made sense because her writing went in sequence. She began somewhat in the beginning talking about her younger child years, then into her teen years with her horse, and finally into her present years with her husband and son.
2. To support Smiley's argument that chores and such should not be forced on children from an early age was supported when she mentioned her husband. Although Smiley admitted her husband is a much harder worker than her she also supported her argument with the fact that he was only doing the chore to get it don't and over with and that he hated it. I think that her intended audience probably was to other mothers or parents so that she can explain how she was raised and how it affected her for the good and the bad and how she will be raising her own son.
3. I think her use of rhetorical questions is slightly manipulative in her writing. The questions she asks are always looking for a specific answer that supports her argument.