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Recovery Road And Sheila Mant Analysis

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During west ottawa’s homecoming dance there was a girl who was dancing by herself so my friend and I had an idea to go dance with her. This shows caring because we wanted the girl to have fun with us instead of being alone half of the night. In the book Recovery Road and “The Bass, The River and Sheila Mant” Madeline and the narrator are both kind because Madeline helps others in need even if it puts her in danger and she puts other people before herself, the narrator in “The Bass, The River and Sheila Mant” In the book Recovery Road, Madeline is caring. “ I don't think you can do that. But if i leave now, I can get there and back by morning. I can make it by a couple hours.” “but honey, you can't drive down to redland in the middle of the

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