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In the book, Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury uses the character, Douglas, as a model of himself and to portray the feelings he once felt. While all of this seems great, he manages to entangle a haunting past that every one person in Green Town, Illinois must learn t ....

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.... He shows Douglas realizing how life can really be and it’s no longer sugarcoated for him. He makes Doug realize that all eternity is a cycle. Something great happens and then it may leave you or fail you but then something new and exciting comes along. This too may bore you or even fail you. All throughout that summer, Douglas sees each cycle for what it really is- real life, not magic. Doug has to go through many things to be officially initiated into maturity. He goes through the gradual process but finally reaches an all new understanding of life. Doug feels that everything can be controlled through his own magic. It’s because he’s sti ....