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About This Passage
Miss Franny is telling about her great-grandfather Litmus, who walked all the way home from Virginia to Georgia after the war ended. Notice how the second sentence says the same thing twice — 'a changed man' and then 'a changed man' again. Writers do this to make the words land harder. The repetition tells us that the change was so big it needs to be said two times. Copying these two sentences shows children how saying something twice can give it more weight.
He walked back home when the war was over. He was a changed man, yes ma'am, a changed man.
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Narration Prompt
Tell about Litmus and what happened to him in the war. Why did he change so much?
Discussion Questions
- Litmus was 14 when he went to war, but he told the army he was older. Was this brave or foolish? What in the story makes you think so?
- Miss Franny says war should be a 'cuss word.' What does she mean? Is she just talking about words, or about something bigger?
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