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Miranda's Defiance In Pale Horse, Pae Rider

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Through the Gabriel’s funeral Miranda has estranged from the older. They restricted people to pursue the truth and embellished with beautify of the Old South life. Miranda recognizes that she intends to get romance life through marriage is unrealistic. She decided to start her own real life. Miranda escaped from the oppressive south life. She became a independent woman in the Pale Horse, Pale Rider. In this article, Miranda’s character of against defiance showed quite stronger. She is not just against the old order of the South, and revolt against the whole social. She realizes the extinct of human nature and the dilemma of the whole society. Miranda rely on her own to overcome her illness and finds her real self-awareness. Miranda experiences

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