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Common Themes In Bradbury's Shift

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Shift by Jennifer Bradbury is about two long time best friends who decided to take a trip after their senior year. Chris and Win rode their bikes from South Virginia to Washington until Chris lost Win after getting a flat tire. After getting back from the trip a FBI agent, Mr. Ward, shows up to Chris’s college, Georgia Tech, hoping for answers Chris doesn’t have. Win’s dad will stop at nothing to get Win back. The story alternates between past and present day giving important insight on what the bike trip was actually like. The flashbacks are vital to understand the story because of the information they hold. The events in the flashback foreshadows important events about Win’s disappearance. There were many clues that Win was not coming back and where Win went, such as at the beginning of the book when Win said he wanted to take one of Chris’s dads corncob pipes. When Chris asked why, Win said, “It …show more content…

Before Chris and Win left they had a dinner with their parents. (46) Win’s dad went on and on about how Win was going to be just like him and that he will be the fourth generation of Coggans men to join the Ivy League. However Win did not want to be like his dad at all. Win’s dad was also always telling him he couldn’t do it. Win was tired of his dad and did not want to become him. Win’s dad told him he would fail on the trip and gave him no support at all. (30) This is not fair for Win but that is why Win wanted to get away. Win’s dad has a lot of power. For example when he was yelling at the senator or when he bought the company that Chris’s dad works for. Win wanted to get away from it all away from him and what everyone thought he would be. So Win got away and that is why his dad plays such a big role in his disappearance. The flashback are very important because without them we would think that Win’s dad really cares about him because he hired the FBI agent and is really looking for

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