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Spaghetti By Cynthia Rylant Analysis
The short story Spaghetti is written by Cynthia Rylant and is about a boy named Gabriel and a cat named Spaghetti.
My claim is if you are an imaginative person, it can help get you through hard times.
My evidence is he named his cat Spaghetti because he thought it smelled like pasta.
My reason is he has a very strong imagination because pasta doesn’t have a very distinct smell or taste.
Another example of how Gabriel's imagination gets him through hard times is how he thinks about living outdoors.
In the story it said “Gabriel saw himself sleeping among Coyotes and sleeping beneath the glittering lights of a movie theater, near the bus stop. In conclusion Gabriel has a very strong imagination to keep him in a good mood, I don’t need a strong

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