'Temporary Replacement In Pete Carver's Novel The Outside Circle'

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St.George’s School’s beloved Dr.Webster head of grade 10, abruptly left St.George’s on a year-long sabbatical. Pete Carver from the novel “The Outside Circle” be a good temporary replacement for Dr. Webster because he portrays respect and responsibility. When Dr. Webster roams the halls of St. George’s he shows those same traits and that is why I think Pete carver will be a good temporary replacement. In “The Outside Circle”, Pete was telling the story of himself when he was a young man. Pete came from a very difficult and broken childhood. His father left, and his mother was a drug addict and had to survive by herself with all of her children. After living a poor life for so long, now in Pete’s life he appreciates and respects the life

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