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Leah In John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath

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Leah shows Daniel how to let new people into his life and compassion. Like Samson, Daniel views her as a burden that he should throw over his back and drag around. Many believe Leah possesses demons and will not go near her. As time goes on, Daniel watches as she opens up and allows people in. The first person she willing allows to go near her besides Daniel, remains Thacia. During Thacia’s visits, Leah comes completely out of her shell, laughing and talking with her. The second befriender becomes one Daniel hates and despises. This new friend, a roman guard who becomes friends with Leah, a friendship Daniel instantly terminates. Only later, after Leah has pulled away from her deathbed and he has released his hatred does he reinstate the
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