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Summary Of Leigh Allison's 'Bullhead'
In the story of “Bullhead” by Leigh Allison, the author uses a unique way in narrating the story whereby the story is about a mom telling a story about the love of her life to her young daughter .She narrates to her daughter that she fell in love with the boy next door and that the same year the government decided to build dams all over the state. She continues to narrate that she made love with the boy next door before they moved out and after that he moved to Texas and they never saw each other ever again. The mother narrates that every year she rents a boat to go and recall the greatest love of hers where she drops a penny every time she goes there. The theme of the story is that the mother had fallen in love when she was young with the
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