Nancy Lord Nature Lessons Analysis

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In the story “Nature Lessons” by Nancy Lord, Mary is Marco’s daughter and she lives in Los Angeles and her father lives in Alaska. Her father Marco tries so hard to build a closer relationship with his daughter but it’s really hard for him because of the different values they have. For instance, he starts by showing Mary how he really loves her “Passing the garden, he slowed his step he’d scared her once today, tiptoeing through the cabin”. This indicates how he cares and loves her so much he does not want to make any noise to scare her. Along with that Mary is excited to go to Sea World in August with her mother. Her father said “Don’t bother with the Sea World stay with me and I’ll show you some real orcas, not ones that balance balls on

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