Character Analysis: Maya Wants To Go To The Dance
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To me the theme is to never give up and appreciate what you have. Maya wants to go to the dance at her school. Maya’s parents are very poor and live in a broken down house. Maya’s Mama was a housekeeper and her Papa was a taxi cab driver and her little brother Nurzhan goes to her school. They came to America because Maya’s Aunt Madina was put into a dating magazine and got married to Bob Campbell. Nurzhan got into a fight at school, then Papa saw Maya with an American boy, Daniel, and then the three of them went to the principal’s office and Maya lied when translating because she didn’t want to get in trouble. Mama said that she wouldn’t let Maya go to the dance. Nurzhan said that he would be her chaperone. Mama changed her mind. Maya got to