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How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction and Began My Life Over Again Study Guide

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by Joyce Carol Oates
About 61 pages (18,340 words)
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Although the narrator seems genuinely frightened by the beating she received and seems happy to be home, do you think she is sorry for her other offenses? Has she taken responsibility for her stealing and vandalism? What do you predict for the remainder of her teenage years?

What do you think is attractive about Simon? Why does she say she would go back to.....

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