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Sounder By William Armstrong Analysis

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Most people do not experience loss at a young age. However, in the book Sounder by William H. Armstrong, a young boy about the age of 12 dealt with more than the average child can imagine. After stealing a ham, 3 police officers come to arrest the boy’s father. Sounder tried to chase his master, and earned himself a bullet to one side of his face and shoulder. Even though Sounder was nowhere to be found, the boy kept searching. His mother advised against it.“But you must learn to lose, child,” the boy’s mother tells him. She understood they might not see the father and dog for a long time, and wanted him to be prepared if they didn’t come back home. Every child, teenager, and adult experiences loss sometime in their life. The boy unfortunately
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