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Cynthia Lord Rules Summary
I am going to talk about this person in Rules called Catherine. Catherine is the main character, or protagonist, in Rules, by Cynthia Lord. Catherine had two character traits: Responsible and Cautious. There are many more, but I just gave two important ones. So now I am going to tell you about the character traits Catherine has. Catherine is the protagonist of the story. First, she wanted a normal life, but she gets interrupted by David. This story was actually a true story. The author, Cynthia Lord was the mother of the family and she had a brother with autism and a sister too. And the sister taught the brother some rules. That leads to why Catherine is very responsible, because she gives David some rules. The text says,” You’re going

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