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The Parental Conflict in Turtle Moon
For the average person, occasional inter-personal conflicts are a fact of life. Nowhere do these conflicts manifest themselves with greater tension than in the parent-adolescent relationship. Through their works, writers of fiction illuminate the sources of strain common to parent-child interaction ....
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.... down the days until he can go back to New York and this ignites many arguments between them. Keith’s rebellious actions advance the novel’s theme of searching for identity and indepen In addition to living in Verity, another source of the conflict between Keith and Lucy is her lack of parental involvement. Lucy and Keith grow more and more distant from each other because Lucy stays out of Keith’s life. In the same way Keith avoids his mother at every
available opportunity. “He waits in bed until he’s sure she’s left, so he won’t have to see her and pretend to be normal ....
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