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What is the meaning when Florens speaks of the feathers inside her?
Chanel I think it is an animal, one that represents her ability to stick up for herself. Or it could be the eagle in the story Lina told her, the eagle who h…moreI think it is an animal, one that represents her ability to stick up for herself. Or it could be the eagle in the story Lina told her, the eagle who had to flee her nest when the European claimed the land with the word "mine."(less)
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A Mercy
by Toni Morrison
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