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 Find a significant passage between pp 245-271 and explain its significance using the ICEing technique.

Early in the book, Mrs. Walls says that “It’s the Joshua tree’s struggle that gives it its beauty.”  The same can be said of people.  Often it is our struggles that make us beautiful in our own unique ways.  The Walls’ children are like Joshua trees: beautiful, tough, survivors.  (I) For example, early in the book, Jeanette Walls tells about one of the hardships the Walls children frequently faced: hunger.  (C) On page 22, Jeanette Walls tells us “We ate irregularly, and when we did, we’d gorge ourselves.”  (E) Like the Joshua tree which only gets rain occasionally, the Walls children learn to eat as much as possible when food is available, knowing that it may be awhile before they get food again.  They have learned to survive in a harsh, unpredictable environment.