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A Village Childhood

In Callwood’s depiction of life in “A Village Childhood”, a very serene and affectionate village setting symbolizes the author’s early childhood years. For me personally, a relatively similar community encompasses a similar amount of individual value for me. This community is the uncomplicated neighborhood where I spent the first eight years of my childhood. The somewhat brief period that I spent there was the essential foundation of my life; it was literally the primary stage of the development of my character. Callwood’s village, in its own sense, carried an immeasurable sum of value to her. Through her eyes, the place was one of acceptance to her. There she would be nurtured, sheltered and delivered all necessities. My own childhood neighborhood carried just as much, if not greater significance for me. It was simply a place where I belonged; it was an unforgettable memory to which I would be infinitely attached. Of course, there are the evident differences that separate my...

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