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The Hero's Archetype In 'The Giver'
The Hero’s Archetype. Every book is different but most of them follow the same rules. Why is that? One of the unique ones that follows the rule is The Giver Made by Lois Lowry, still follows the rule but i comes a little bit later in the book. It still has the call to adventure,refusal to call and, beginning of the adventure and i will talk in detail about each one and how i goes in the book.

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