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Karleen Bradford, author of, "Coffee, Snacks and Worms," introduces Kate a quite discouraged, yet confident and forgiving person. First, Kate is discouraged and thinks pessimistically regarding her future and life now. She is bored of her small town and family business. Fatigued, she evaluates, "Her whole life had been coffee, snacks, worms. Her whole life was going to be coffee, snacks, worms,” (Bradford 627). Kate has no goals or hopes for the future. She envisions herself working in the "dingy" coffee, snacks, and worms family store her entire life. This explains the unrealistic stories and thoughts she concocts in her head to distract herself from her dull surroundings. Unlike most she lacks belief of change or plans for the future. On
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