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Cassie's 'The Naturals': Man Vs. Society
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The author uses man vs. society to introduce us to the character, Cassie.
The way he shows us is by using the way she lived with other naturals. She had to verse society with the other naturals. Another example of man vs. society is when Cassie worked at age 16 in the dinner people of all ages came she had to work and communicate with people that she didn’t know. We also know her being 16 means that she is probably the youngest in there. One last example of this conflict is cassie wears different clothes than the other naturals which make her more different than the society of the naturals. The author uses man vs. man to show us more conflict about cassie.
Cassie shows her man vs. man conflict when she meets the
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