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The motivation affects the novel because it shows that prenna is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in and what is right for her and the others and she. Bound for harvard, president of the honor society, straight a student, all while she works at her familys dry cleaners and helps care for her hearingimpaired little sister. She was sixtyfive and she did not approve of lounging. The old man and the sea download free kindle epub ebooks.

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