Analysis Of The Strangers That Came To Town

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Kalan Lamothe Mrs. Sims ENG 3UI October 10th/2013 Freedom Moving to new country for freedom is tough. In his short story, “The Strangers that Came to Town”, Ambrose Flack is showing that true freedom is about being accepted. This is shown by how the kids in the town treated the Duvich kids at school, as well as how the people who the Duviches traded with, and came in contact with treated their family, and how Andy and Toms family treated the Duviches. Firstly, the school kids mocked and harassed the Duvich kids. Even though they tried to keep to themselves the Duvich kids were harassed in school. “Before she could put a stop to it, some of their classmates scoffed at the leaf, lard and black bread sandwiches they ate for lunch, huddled…show more content…
Tom and Andy’s mother show that they accept the Duviches when “She returned swathed in her hooded raincoat, carrying a basket containing a vacuum jug of chicken soup, a baked tuna fish dish, steaming hot; a loaf of fresh bread and a chocolate cake. These she took to the house across the street and gave basket and all to the boy who answered her knock.” (2). “People, often persuaded to accept what we accepted, to believe what we believed, began to think the Duvitches must really count, after all.” (15). This shows that once people started accepting who the Duviches were, they decided to really give them a chance as people to prove who they really are on the inside. The Duviches were only judged and not accepted based on their accents and how they portrayed their appearance to others in the town. ““Why should I value them any the less? Who would have dreamed that the Duvitches would have so much more to offer us than we have to offer them?”” (17) This proves that the Duviches are different in their own kind of way, and a good way. The Duviches have just as much to offer the people in their new country just as much as the people in this town how to offer them. It just takes giving them a chance, and accepting the people who they are. Many of the people in the town including the kids, the tradesmen and even people who ran the stores never accepted the Duviches. Although, Ambrose Flack’s shows that it is possible seeing as though a teacher from the school, as well as Tom and Andy’s family accepted the Duviches for who they were. “The Strangers that Came to Town”, by Ambrose Flack is showing that true freedom is about being accepted. If you’re not accepted for who you are where you live, then are you truly experiencing

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