Within the first paragraph of Shooting Dad Sarah Vowell establishes her diametric relationship with her father. Vowell says she “never subscribed to Guns & Ammo,” “did not plaster the family vehicle with National Rifle Association stickers,” and always disliked “hunter’s orange,” which implies her father delights in these activities. She reveals her anti-gun stance, and shows the pro-gun stance of her father simultaneously. The historical term “a house divided” and the phrase “Civil War battleground” suggests the hostile relationship Vowell and her father had. She accomplishes this without “saying who was the Democrat or who was the Republican,” although their preferences are overt nonetheless.
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The definitive transitioning sentence is “The