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- [Narrator] We must 
start at the beginning.

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- July's story is 
 told retrospectively 
 through old July,

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and she shares with 
 us her mischief,

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her pain, and her victory.

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I think she's in her teenage 
 years when we meet her,

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and she's on the cusp 
of discovering, I guess,

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sexuality as well with Nimrod.

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- Morning Mr. Nimrod.

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- And then there's 
also talk of rebellion,

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so, she's got all these new 
ideas about freedom in her mind,

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she's sort of at the 
 cusp of growing up.

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- July, as a character, 
is a natural rebel

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but also has an incredible 
  sense of the order

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because her survival 
 is dependent

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on her living within this house,

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because outside of that 
house is, you know,

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a horrible life in the field.

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- She's got quite a 
high opinion of herself,

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to the point that 
 that supersedes her 
 opinion of Caroline.

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I think she thinks that 
Caroline's an idiot

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and realizes that 
 she's smarter than her

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and if she were born into 
  the same social status

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she would far exceed anything 
 that Caroline's achieved.

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She's got dignity, 
  she's got grace.

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I think all the things 
 that she goes through

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they harden her in a way 
that make her realize

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that when Robert comes,

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she's got to do whatever 
  she needs to, to be free,

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as much as freedom can 
 come in that realm.

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July is a product of 
 quite a lot of trauma

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because of loss, 
like abandonment

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or being bereft of a parent.

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- Yes, yes, I'll take her.

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- You know, she's one of 
  these people who, kind of,

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can't see maybe the extent 
  of what she's experienced,

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'cause she's so forward moving.

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She's just got it 
  in her to survive.

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I love that July just 
never seems to give up.

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She's a survivor.

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How can you get knocked that 
 many times and keep going?

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It just makes me think 
 there's no excuse,

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no matter how difficult 
things can be,

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people have made it 
 through harder times.

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