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The Strangers That Came To Town By Ambrose Flack
Paragraph: In the short story "The Strangers That Came to Town," by Ambrose Flack, the main conflict surrounds the Duvitch family's fight to feel welcome and accepted within the community after moving from a foreign country. As the protagonists (the Duvitch family) move into their new home they face skepticism, prejudice, and unwelcoming behavior, based on bad assumptions. This trope goes on for a long period of time, but it only takes one family to place their judgements aside to see that their assumptions are wrong. At the end of the short story, the townspeople realize that the Duvitch family is as kind and funny as you can find and they are now always a pick on the invite list. The conflict is between the Duvitch family and the rest of
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