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Eudora Welty's Delta Wedding
In Eudora Welty’s novel Delta Wedding, the novel shows the differences between the Southern family and the outside world. Eudora Welty expands the novel by showing the family members connection with the events from the past, and their lives now. The story takes place in Shellmound, Mississippi on the plantation of the Fairchilds. Although the Fairchild’s have a very large family they don’t like to share each other, or accept any new people into the Fairchild family. Dabney Fairchild is marrying Troy Flavin, even when the family has a hard time accepting Troy. Troy tries to become part of the family but no matter how hard he tries he will never truly be accepted into the deep Southern Fairchild family and their inner circle. The differences

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