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Klutz Affecting My Life

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If anyone has affected your life in any way then they are a catalyst. In my life a catalyst for me is my mother because she tells me what to do. However, in pias life dr. klutz is a catalyst. On page 40 in the last paragraph it says “I once studied a white tigress at the san francisco zoo” because she forgot that pia wasn 't supposed to know about any of the outside world. This causes pia to want to learn more about san francisco which also gets dr. klutz in trouble and makes uncle paolo angry with her. This displays that dr. klutz is a catalyst causing bad events. Another example of dr. klutz being a catalyst for pia is she gives her the map of the world on page 80 “‘Why is it a secret?’ She bites her lip before answering “‘yes . . . of sorts.

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