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    If These Wings Could Fly

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    If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley follows Leighton, a teenage girl living in a troubled home in a small town. Struggling with family secrets and an abusive father, she finds solace in the local bird sanctuary. As she learns to navigate her own path, Leighton discovers the power of friendship, hope, and personal strength.

    In “If These Wings Could Fly,” Chap­ter Twelve begins with a reflec­tion on the struc­ture of writ­ing, par­tic­u­lar­ly the impor­tance of a the­sis state­ment. The nar­ra­tor appre­ci­ates the log­ic and order that a the­sis pro­vides, insist­ing that each sub­se­quent word must bol­ster the claim. In con­trast, the nar­ra­tor strug­gles with poet­ry, feel­ing that it resists the con­fines of rules. The narrator’s moth­er finds beau­ty in poet­ry’s freeform style, often cre­at­ing sen­tence frag­ments that eschew con­ven­tion­al gram­mar. Mom’s own the­sis state­ment, “My life has mean­ing because he is in it,” gov­erns her actions, as she seeks val­i­da­tion through her rela­tion­ship with a sig­nif­i­cant fig­ure in her life.

    In a point­ed dec­la­ra­tion, the nar­ra­tor empha­sizes a com­mit­ment to jour­nal­ism, under­scored by a ded­i­ca­tion to truth, prop­er struc­ture, and fac­tu­al integri­ty. Unlike the abstract vague­ness of emo­tion­al expres­sion, the nar­ra­tor is staunch­ly focused on clar­i­ty and method. How­ev­er, as the nar­ra­tor pre­pares to write a lit­er­a­ture paper for class, a per­son­al real­iza­tion strikes: instead of start­ing with a the­sis for the assign­ment, they set a per­son­al goal instead: “I will leave Auburn and go to col­lege.” This dec­la­ra­tion marks a piv­otal shift in the nar­ra­tor’s per­spec­tive. It crys­tal­lizes their ambi­tion and serves as a foun­da­tion for all their plans and efforts mov­ing for­ward.

    By this point, the nar­ra­tor is no longer only engaged with the aca­d­e­m­ic tasks at hand but is active­ly fram­ing their future aspi­ra­tions. Just as the mother’s life is dri­ven by her emo­tion­al the­sis, the narrator’s deter­mi­na­tion to leave Auburn now shapes their pri­or­i­ties and pur­suits, moti­vat­ing them to excel aca­d­e­m­i­cal­ly, notably by craft­ing a com­pelling essay for the Auburn schol­ar­ship con­test. This moment reveals a crit­i­cal moment of per­son­al growth, empha­siz­ing themes of ambi­tion, iden­ti­ty, and the inter­sec­tion of per­son­al aspi­ra­tions with famil­ial influ­ences.

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    Chapter Index
    Cover of If These Wings Could Fly
    Paranormal Fiction

    If These Wings Could Fly

    by testsuphomeAdmin
    If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley follows Leighton, a teenage girl living in a troubled home in a small town. Struggling with family secrets and an abusive father, she finds solace in the local bird sanctuary. As she learns to navigate her own path, Leighton discovers the power of friendship, hope, and personal strength.

    Par­vana remained at home for a few days, seek­ing solace with her fam­i­ly amidst the tur­moil out­side. She ven­tured out only for water and brief out­ings in the sun­shine with her sis­ters, express­ing to her moth­er her need for a break from the harsh real­i­ties they faced. The grim scenes from the sta­di­um, echoed by oth­er women, made her anx­ious about her father’s fate, though she dared not voice her fears. Dur­ing her home stay, she played a vital role in coach­ing her younger sis­ter Maryam and learn­ing mend­ing from Noo­ria, while enjoy­ing the sto­ries told by Mrs. Weera.

    Even­tu­al­ly, Par­vana felt com­pelled to return to work when they ran out of bread. Meet­ing her friend Shauzia in the mar­ket, Par­vana voiced her long­ing for peace, while Shauzia shared the dis­con­tent that ran ram­pant in her house­hold due to fam­i­ly ten­sions. They con­fid­ed in each oth­er, with Shauzia reveal­ing her dream of escap­ing to France, using cun­ning strate­gies to evade notice. Shauzia expressed her deter­mi­na­tion to avoid revert­ing to her true iden­ti­ty as a girl, which she believed would con­fine her at home. Par­vana, hear­ing this, strug­gled with the idea of leav­ing her fam­i­ly behind but also yearned for the ordi­nary life of a child, filled with school and com­fort.

    As the sum­mer bloomed in Kab­ul, life seemed unusu­al­ly vibrant against the back­drop of con­flict. Par­vana noticed the mar­ket­place’s shift­ing atmosphere—no longer amus­ing, but rather a reflec­tion of hunger, suf­fer­ing, and despair sur­round­ing her. Sum­mer also brought the oppor­tu­ni­ty for Par­vana to bring home fresh treats for her fam­i­ly. She observed many traders and heard var­ied tales of regions far and wide. Through the clan­des­tine wom­en’s group, a secret school opened, with Noo­ria as the teacher, spar­ing some time for learn­ing despite the risk involved.

    Par­vana’s con­nec­tion with the Win­dow Woman con­tin­ued, receiv­ing small tokens that kept hope alive in her heart. How­ev­er, an ensu­ing con­flict above her in the mar­ket­place and a mys­te­ri­ous man’s warn­ing about men’s busi­ness hint­ed at the per­ils sur­round­ing their lives. Just as Par­vana was about to share her wor­ries about the com­mo­tion she wit­nessed, her moth­er dis­closed unex­pect­ed news: Noo­ria was to be mar­ried, adding anoth­er lay­er of com­plex­i­ty to their already tumul­tuous lives.

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