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Analysis Of Ben Michelson's Story Tree Girl

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I think the author Ben Michelson felt compelled to write the story tree girl from a personal experience that he had when visiting Guatemala himself. While there he met a young woman that survived the attempted annihilation in total genocide of the indigenous peoples of Guatemala. I think the author did a great job of using a fictitious character in Gabriella of shining a very graphic spotlight on to actual events that took place, allowing for an untainted look through the looking glass into another culture that many Americans don’t get to

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