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'The Expectations Of Asher From The Other Side'
The expectations of Asher from his community and family, symbolized by the mythic ancestor, Have caused Asher to consider his talent to be from ‘the other side’, seeing his ability as not for him to draw the truth and darkness of world, but as a force to corrupt him from his Jewish faith and potentially hurt people, which is explored near the end of the novel.

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