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The Watsons Go To Birmingham, By Christopher Paul Curtis
A trip to Remember Living in today's society it is commonly said that “Family is not an important thing, it’s everything”. This is evident in the historical fiction novel, The Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis when The Watsons go on the drive to Birmingham. The author uses symbolism to convey the message that family is one of the most important things in the world. Curtis uses Grandma Sands to symbolize family by showing how much she cares about the kids a lot and loves them to the end of the earth. When the Watson’s arrived in Birmingham, and when she met eyes with the children, she was ecstatic to meet them, ”My fambly, my beautiful, beautiful fambly” is what she said when she gave them all a big hug.(160)Because
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