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Summary Of Wednesday Wars By Gary D. Schmidt
Living in Tribeca Manhattan, in a 4 membered family, I sure love to live life. Learning new things, exploring new hobbies, meeting new people, having different obsessions, discovering new places are my passion. I like going outside when the weather is nice, and feeling the raindrops on face. After reading the Wednesday Wars, by Gary D Schmidt, I learned that we have to make choices in life. The protagonist’s father urges him and his daughter to follow the lines he laid out for them in order to have a successful future. The protagonist felt like he had no choice, and he is scared that he can’t make a choice, while his sister wanted to break out of the lines. She wanted to go to College and get a job, while her father had other plans for her.
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