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The composition

by Antonio Skármeta

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When a government official comes into a third grade classroom and tells the students to write a composition entitled "What My Family Does at Night," Pedro must decide how he feels about the military dictatorship that is running his country.

Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesseMilitary governmentDictatorshipSchoolsJuvenile fictionDictatureFictionChildren's fictionLatin america, fictionPolitical corruption, fictionSchools, fiction