Dear Spiro Athanas
 My name is Debra and I've read the story "A Bag Of Oranges". I read it two times to get a better understanding of it. At first the story confused me so I reread it word for word. The story "A Bag Of Oranges" was interesting to me and I like how it connected the middle to the end of the story. I really enjoyed the story.
 My own coming of age experience is when I was 15 and my younger brother who was 9 use to get  Easter baskets on Easter and I wouldn't because my father claimed I was to old for one. I use to get very upset because I believed it wasn't fair that I didn't receive one. Sometimes I would get jealous of my little brother. I finally realize that I shouldn't have reacted that way and I was to old. I also notice Easter wasn't about receiving Easter baskets full of candy. So I mature and just got use to it and let it go so my little brother would enjoy getting baskets before he got to the stage wen my father felt he was to old.
 The theme is "Coming Of Age". In the story  Nikos was embarrassed because his father thought someone tried to steal his oranges so he grabbed a man wrist, then Nikos tried to fight a man over his oranges. Nikos protected his oranges just as well as his father did when he seen his father on the ground.
      Sincerely,
                     Debra