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Toni Morrison Abandoned Store Waterfront Setting
The setting of an old, abandoned storefront is described when the author writes, "Visitors who drive to this tiny town wonder why it has not been torn down, and residents just look away" (Morrison 33).

Toni Morrison describes the setting of an old, abandoned storefront when she writes, "Visitors who drive to this tiny town wonder why it has not been torn down, and residents just look away" (33).
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