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The central story of Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez's journey with his mother to sell the home in which he had grown up. This journey sparks an outpouring of memories and initiates a theme of change—temporal, personal, and cultural—that pervades the book.
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People like T.J. will want to drag you down in life (according to Uncle Hammer)
Be thankful for what you have instead of being embarrassed of it
Racism will always be there, but if you don't indulge in it, things will be okay.
Explanation:
The word that means "an excess" in this excerpt is <u>surplus.</u>