Alfrey's collection of hand-me-outs for students in need which are of Jeremy's size are bright blue with velcro instead of laces and that Jeremy's classmates except for Antonio Parker all laugh at him, it is in my opinion both understandable and even acceptable that Jeremy cannot really all that much and immediately appreciate Mr. I mean, considering that the only shoes in Mr. Alfrey finding replacement shoes for Jeremy when his shoes come apart during a school kickball game.
And for two, the author has also and again quite realistically depicted Jeremy as not all that immediately grateful to guidance councellor Mr. For one, young Jeremy does not immediately and smilingly accept his grandmother's claims that he needs new winter boots more than "those shoes" that everyone at school is oohing and ahhing about (which I for one consider a much more realistic scenario than if Jeremy had immediately accepted that the latter are beyond his grandmother's financial means).
Although the concepts of needs versus wants and the importance of being a good friend are perhaps a bit on the surface and obvious, thankfully and appreciatively, the presented narrative of Maribeth Boelts' Those Shoes is generally realistic and neither too preachy nor sugar-coated.
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