Archetypes In Amelia

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I love the use of dialogue throughout the story. It added a lot of meaning and helped with the development of characters. I also enjoyed how you developed both characters you wrote about. You emphasized throughout the story the innocence of Amelia by using examples like "the innocence of childhood" and "she did not want to ruin the purity she was blessed with". You also developed the character Caroline through dialogue and her actions. I also loved how you used various archetypes throughout the narrative. An example of the use of archetypes is when you wrote "the most innocent shade of yellow she had ever seen" which represented the life in Amelia. All of these elements made a very well written story overall. But one question I had was, is

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