When She Went Away Analysis

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Throughout the excerpt read from the text Meg tone throughout the story is anger. For example, one part of the text says “No. At first, we got lots of letters, Mother and Father always wrote to each other every day. I think Mother still writes to him every night. Every once in a while the postmistress makes some kind of crack about all her letters.” The first time you read this the first word you read is No. That most likely means she is angry. When you read on it seems like she is talking about her father. When you put the details together we can assume that Meg is angry that Calvin keeps trying to find out all the details. Since the author Madeleine L'Engle wanted Meg to be angry, she most likely made Meg’s tone mad. Another example

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