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Differences With Her Family In Louisa Please Come Home By Shirley Jackson
In the story “Louisa Please Come Home” by Shirley Jackson, Louisa should have stayed home and shared her differences with her family.

My first opinion is, she should not have run away from her house, she should have stayed and talked it out with her parents. She should not have run away because when she came back to her house her mom did not believe that Louisa was her daughter. Paul had brought a lot of girls that looked like Louisa to Louisa parents so that Paul can get the reward (14-15). Second, she should not have run away from Paul. She should have talked to Paul about her differences. She had to get away from Paul and fast. Paul would have talked Louisa out of it and would make Louisa come back to her house (3).

She made a bad decision

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