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Read the excerpt from A Girl Named Zippy.
One woman even said that Mooreland "is a long way to go not to be anywhere when you get there," and yet I persisted.
The author includes this statement to show that
Answer:
The author includes this statement to show that Mooreland is very small and plain.
Step-by-step explanation:
The author reinforces the idea that Moorelnd is a flat, diminutive, boring and disruptive and boring character. The author does this, when he compares Mooreland to a long and discouraging path that takes no one anywhere, on the contrary it delays the arrival at the desired place. In other words, we can say that the author reinforces the idea that Mooreland is one-dimensional, without layers and depths.