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Buckthorne

“Buckthorne” can also be called “The Young Man of Great Expectations.” The reason for that is in the story, Buckthorne is a man who has high expectations for himself and has trouble living up to those expectations. He is intended to inherit a lot of money, but soon takes that for granted by ignoring his family and friends. By doing that he is disinherited and is forced to change his ways.
He starts out in the hope that he will succeed and almost does until he sets his expectations too high and fails bringing him back home and no thought of ever living on his own. Buckthorne is a dreamer and has a big problem thinking about reality.
Buckthorne was really spoiled by his mother and cared for her ve...

Posted by: Rebecca Wyant

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