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I like how Phil Gifford includes every little bit of detail in the story, he fills the reader in with everything about Valeries life, including the emotional state of them. An example of this is when she was left off the start list for the 2012 olympics, she explained very clearly what she felt like when this was going on and how every person helped to resolve this problem. She went on a TV report and explained to the reader some of the things that she didn’t say and how she was feeling during this time. I really like how Phil includes this.
I also like how I stated earlier that the story alternates between herself and her family’s life and her shot put competitions so the reader can get a lot of facts about her life as well as how she copes
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