Into The Wild Analysis

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1. The story is narrated from a first person narrator. The narrator is the son to the mother that he is telling the story about. He uses third person pronouns to describe her. He talks about himself and the other around them. The story starts by saying,"My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a a collie, but I am a Presbyterian.
2. There is a first person narrator and he is a minor character in the story. He is telling the story about how his mother uses big words to impress the other dogs. He says that she really doesn't know what they mean she just uses them to impress everyone. For example when the narrator says that she brought home the word Unintellectual, one time, and worked it pretty hard all the week at different gatherings, making

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