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Fled's Growth In 'The First Seven Years'
In “The First Seven Years” the main character Fled goes in his way to get involve with his daughter’s life. Just like any parent Fled wants his daughter to have everything he couldn't have or even better. His daughter Miriam made independent choices that Fled doesn’t agree with and as a result of this Fled decides to take some action and get involve with her love life. Throughout the story Fled goes through an epiphany, or a moment when a character has as a flash of insight about himself, another character or life in general and because of this he realizes something. Before Fred's epiphany his views on education, love, and wealth strained his relationship with his daughter, they changed and this could possible help improve his strained relationship
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