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In the passage “A Series of Atypical Events”, Lisa and her friends expected Jeanne’s ski trip in Colorado to be better than their dull, winter break. Thus, they were envious of Jeanne for several reasons. One of the many reasons Lisa and her friends were jealous was because in where they live, the snow had not began yet.(SyRaMo) In the text it states that Lisa’s region didn’t see snowfall until late January into March. As you can see this means their break didn’t fall during the snowy months of the year while Jeanne got to go to Colorado where it snowed. In addition, even if it did snow where Lisa and her friends were, they would still have to stay close to home. For example, the text states, “If we wanted to go skiing during our vacation, it had to be at one of the nearby slopes.” From this quote you can infer that Lisa’s parents are reluctant to traveling during the cold season (joanne). Therefore, there would be many reasons why Lisa and her friends would be envious of Jeanne when she went to Colorado. In the beginning Lisa and her friends where jealous of Jeanne and her ski trip, but that quickly changed when Jeanne made an unexpected phone call. Because of this Lisa and her friends were probably glad in the end that they hadn’t gone on the ski trip for many reasons. The main reason was because unfortunately Jeanne was maimed in a skiing accident. In the text Jeanne explained that although no bones were broken, she suffered various scrapes and bruises on her neck and shoulder, and received a black eye. Although Jeanne tried to cover up the seriousness of the accident, Lisa and her friends were not fooled. Therefore, they were relieved (SyRaMo) that they hadn’t been on the slope with Jeanne. Also, if Lisa had gone on the trip to Colorado, she might have been unable to make it back home for the New Year’s Party. Other than the delay of the plane back to Lisa’s home, Jeanne’s injury also kept her from coming to the party, as explained in the passage. If Lisa was in Jeanne’s condition she would have missed the exciting party as well. In conclusion, Lisa and her friends’ opinion on how fun the ski trip was had(SyRaMo) suddenly changed to relief when Jeanne’s news was heard over the phone.