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South Of Broad By Pat Conroy Character Analysis
In the novel South of Broad, by pat Conroy there one specific life lesson that I will walk away with. The life lesson that I have learned is that you can impact somebodies life greatly just with a simple act of kindness. In chapter three Leo invites over two orphans that do not have a family and nothing in their life has ever gone right. Leo introduces the orphans to a couple of people that Leo is friends with. It just so happens that the orphans and everybody at the party became friends for life that night. The orphans life would be dramatically changed, they would enjoy life just because Leo did a simple act of kindness. Another example is in 18, Leo delivers newspapers to an eye doctor everyday and has came very close to this man. Leo ask

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