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Why does Sachar include the line “He didn’t know he was Stanley’s great-great-grandfather” in this flashback?

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It makes it clear that Stanley has never met or heard of his great-great-grandfather. It explains to the reader that Elya was indeed Stanley's great-great-grandfather.

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