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My favorite part of the book was chapter twenty-nine because I can feel the family love in a father and a son. Olinthus is an old slave and his son Lydon is a gladiator. His son work hard in wrestle in order to make enough money for his freedom. “My father will still be a slave. No! Death or his freedom” (86). How strongly family love I can feel! I’m very moved for Lydon. I always think that West’s family love is light than the East before I read this book. But now, I know wherever they come from, the family love is always the first position in everyone’s

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