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Reading has gained the company of her father. Her father love books and when he noticed Caroline started to read; he would take her to the library where she would check out as many books as she can. “My father told me things through the books he gave me, choices that showed me a word I might like and the word that he loved”(140). Additionally, he introduced her to authors such as Raymond Chandler and Edgar Cayce. It was very great for her, because she got close to her father by books. Caroline is informing us how she builds a close relationship to her
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