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the learning

Date Submitted: 11/04/2003 03:37:19
Category: / Literature / English
Length: 2 pages (510 words)
In the novel The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks the two main characters Marcus and Newt have very different lifestyles. Newt is shown as a child in a very large loving family who receives love and participates in family events. On the other hand Marcus has no family to interact with due to his mothers death and his father's alcoholism. In the story Newt is surrounded by a good family and a nice warm house …
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…you go or stay, think of Cherokee Flats like this till the day you die - Let it be your learning tree." (p. 36) That advise could have been given to both of the boys but depending on both family and lifestyle it might go in one ear and out the other. Due to Marcus' family life he was not given a chance to develop as a normal loving individual where as Newt flourished. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**
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