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Prejudice In The Osage Firebird
The Osage Firebird tells about the struggles of that professional ballerina Maria Tallchief had to endure. The author writes the story in sections to better express what Maria had to face to become a dancer. The different sections help you better comprehend the prejudice she endured and how she never gave up.

In the first section the author tells how she became a dancer. In the first paragraph her grandmother tells her stories about their ancestry, and that’s why she has so much pride in herself. Maria was shy but ballet broke her out of her shell. The section shows you as she gets older she starts gain confidence in herself when she starts performing.

In section two Maria is becoming a local star,

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