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| | Teaching, Learning, and Archetypes. . . |
 | | Cynthia Voigt's Dicey's Song is widely taught by real-life teachers andwidely read by young adults, some of whom may actually go on to become teachersand all of whom are continually forming and revising their notions of"teacher." Dicey's Song also portrays three very different andwell-defined kinds of schoolteachers. |
 | | Unlike Sammy, Dicey's youngestbrother, whose mask of good behavior is uncomfortably confining and whosegrowth through the story is dramatic, Miss Eversleigh is comfortably masked,maintaining as a part of her working condition a denial of her true identity. |
 | | Dicey was washing the outside of the front windows, taking it slowly becausethe sun on her shoulders felt so good, when she felt somebody come stand besideher. |
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