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Stacy Jones's Short Story 'Always Strange'
I do consider Stacy Jones choice of writing style an appropriate, and valid way of writing. Her writing is appropriate because I still get an understanding of the story she is trying to tell me, and the emotion of the characters during my reading. When reading the short story I don’t get lost of what time period, and what character is speaking, I still have an understanding of what the author is trying to explain to the readers. Mrs. Jones use of words is easy to comprehend, and making it easier to stay focused on the story and not the meaning behind the words. That is why I believe this is a valid way of writing. An example of an emotional moment in her short story “Always Strange” is when the daughter and the father are having a conversation

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