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As a Literature assignment we wrote on Twitter using the hashtag:


for saving, giving our opinion, suggesting, our thoughts about this short story of Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Here are some of my publications and from my classmates, that has some reactions or comments on twitter or facebook...there are more tweets...






























At the end of all these tweets, thoughts, opinions, pictures, gifs, etc. I don´t know if we had saved her or if she saved us in our way of thinking or in our points of view about work, responsibility, effort, sense of duty, and a lot of values...  Thanks, Washwoman!!!











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