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You never get a second chance at a first impression. Whether it is good or bad, that first impression sticks with someone forever. That is also true for fictional characters. In Maggie Mitchell’s short story, “It Would Be Different If,” Nikki’s immature nature serves to underscore the theme that living in a fantasy life can be safer than living in reality. In the story we enter the world of a love story gone wrong in the eyes of the character Nikki. She lives in a broken past and a false reality. Nikki is immature about clinging on to a high school romance and not wanting to move forward with her own life.
Nikki is immature about clinging on to a high school romance. In the short story the reader is introduced to a hair stylist named Nikki.
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