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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() In Alaska, she feels both confined and free. She devoured books for entertainment to escape. Her body is present with her parents, but her mind is in the warren of Watership Down or the Shire of the Lord of Rings. She escapes the bleakness of her home and poverty by reading books. School is her escape from her parents' emotional upheavals. When the novel begins, she leaves her home to go to school. All these physical journeys mirror her emotional journey. ![]() She escapes from Kaneq on a ferry, escapes from Homer on a small airplane and comes back to Kaneq. Leni travels from Seattle, Washington to Kaneq, Alaska on a beat-up Volkswagen bus. The beauty and danger of the wilderness we experience through her. It is her mind the reader inhabits it is through her eyes that the reader experiences the narrative. The story is told from her point of view. A Complete Summary of The Great Alone The novel is Leni's hero-journey as well as a coming-of-age tale. ![]()
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