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I read “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. When Benjamin Button was born, he was not like a baby, but as 70- year-old man. The more the story continues, the younger he gets. This story is about his “curious” life, with surrounding people, as friends, or family.
In my opinion, this story doesn’t belong in the genre of mystery, but as the human drama. This character lives the opposite life of age, differ from us. It seems to think for readers how the human relationship are built in each life, and how it transforms, with getting older. In this story, Benjamin Button was married, needless to say, marriage means the promise to continue the relationship as a couple, but he can’t continue it, because he gets younger. As

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