The Outsider In Timothy's Homecoming

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Have you ever been excluded from something your family has done? Well, Timothy here in the story Homecoming was the excluded boy. All of his family had super natural power except him. They all seemed to ignore him and treat him badly. But timothy’s mortality sets him apart from his family. He dislikes blood, his teeth aren’t sharp enough to be a vampire like his brothers, and his wings will never sprout and that all excludes him from his own family.

This is another one of the stories, which centers on the outsider, the one who is different from the family. Here Timothy is an outsider in his family. He has none of the abilities of his brothers and sisters, and he lacks their acceptance and is not treated equally. Bradbury here is

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