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Nature Lessons Short Story

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In the short story “Nature Lessons” by Nancy Lord one can see that Marco Mary’s father wants a closer relationship with his daughter Mary, he is successful in this goal during her visit to Alaska from Los Angeles. Their bond became stronger when Mary helps her father unselfishly; she spends quality time with him cooking and when she was very excited to her tells her friends about her trip. There is something between Marco and Mary which is shown throughout the story time and time again Marco was very happy that Mary was getting used to the idea of being outside and seeing the fun in nature, he was excited that, she [did not] protest the rain, content enough to curl up inside with her tape or the radio or some puzzle book she brought along.

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