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It helps define the theme by providing the contrast of a river as opposed to a town. A river is forever flowing,free, and untamed, it represents freedom. While a town has structure, and rules, and ways in which is must 'act'. This represents slavery.
Explanation:
A. brazil
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For the answer to the question above, the answer is Harriet Hanson Robinson - "the wife of a newspaper editor wrote an autobiography that provided an account of her earlier life as a female factory worker.
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