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Analysis Of Joe Kit All To Tall
Kanichole Harris 09/16/2010
Rough Draft: Written By: Joe Kita “All To Tall”
Mrs. Sanker-12:30 – 1:45 Mainly the story is about an author named Joe Kita and his hook “All to be tall”. The main purpose of the story is to show how far people will go to “fix” what’s wrong with them. As you may know Jim Conran was self-conscious about his height and went through a painful surgery on his legs to make him taller. The article states a quote “Every six hours” he must turn these pins ever so slightly in order to tighten wires that pull the bones apart and align them correctly. The article states that he has been doing this now for sixty-eight days. All the time, the pain has been intensity. “The main problem with this is

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