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Star Food Short Story

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In the Short story “Star Food” by Ethan Canin, a boy named Dade discovers his purpose in the world when faced with an important choice. When Dade begins letting a woman steal from the store he has to choose to side with his dad and catch the woman or side with his mom and let her go. Even though Dade’s parents only want what's best for him, he decides what they want isn't important and to make his own decisions about his role in life and lets the woman go. When the story begins Dade is confused about a lot of things. His parents are always disagreeing about what is best for Dade and the contrasting ideas being forced onto him have left him confused about what he should do in life. For example his dad is always trying to get him to come down
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