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"the summer people" by Shirley Jackson

How does the use of dialect separate the allisons from the townspeople?

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http://books.google.com/books?id=hv4fRTin844C&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22the+summer+people%22+by+Shirley+Jackson&hl=en&ei=ABrXTJCGEcT6lwfumb2QCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Read through a page or two when the Allisons are speaking to each other. Then read pages or sections when they are talking to townspeople. Read these sections ALOUD, not silently to yourself. You should easily be able to hear the differences.

Let us know what you discover.
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