Elie Wiesel's The Grapes Of Wrath

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One of the many major scens of the book is when Eli’s father flashes back and tells the story of how the compound was built and kept secret he first stated how the workers had to walk miles and miles to a buss station where they would be blindfolded and bussed to the compound. He said it would be hard to find due to everything looking the same.

In another conversation Eli dosen’t want to listen to his dad when he thinks they should start cloning humans. He said his sister lexie was on board and waiting for, him but he knew his mom and other sister Terese wouldent think it would be right. Even though they were the ones that liked the little ones the best they were the most kind and didn’t wan’t to ruin a child life because they were a

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