Who is telling the story in buddha boy book

The lines "original! we're all as like each other as those dolls cut out of the same folded paper. we're like patterns stencilled on a wall. can't you and i strike out for ourselves, may? " reflect which of the recurring themes of 20th and 21st century american literature?

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Which of the plot elements below usually comes first in a story? climax exposition rising action resolution