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Family
In M.C. Higgins, the Great, it's all about family first. But that becomes a sticky motto to live by when family can be defined in more than one way. Should a family be nuclear? Should it include extended relatives? Should it include a larger community? And what about strangers and outsiders? How do they fit in? These questions hover around the novel because the main guy, M.C., only knows one type of family—the super-tight-knit, nuclear kind—since his family lives alone on a mountain. Part of the book, then, is about re-defining family as outsiders show M.C. more of the world.
When it comes down to it, family is all M.C. has.
When it comes down to it, M.C. needs to be true to himself first, and then see if his family fits.
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