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Gretchen is the main character from the story “A Treacherous Journey” along this treacherous journey to get her mother and medicine so that her mother does not die, she comes across bears and a strange man. The strange man has some medicine, that says he has the right medicine. The text said “Gretchen told him about the medicine she had to buy and asked if he knew where the apothecary lived. The young man, name was Leon, reached in his pocket and pulled out a bottle of dark blue liquid. Leon smiled at Gretchen and offered her the bottle.” Her traits are determined, she may have come across some obstacles but, she probably loved and she did that because she knows her mother needs this type of medicine. The author wrote “ Gretchen was tired

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