Maria Jose Valenzuela September 25/2002 Period 3 An Armadillo that Created the Perfect Father Dan Needham is a very important character for the development of John Irving’s novel especially for one of the book’s theme. Tabitha John’s mother met Dan for the first time in the good old Boston and Maine (Irving 40). Harriet Wheelwright, Tabitha’s mother informs the reader about the origin of the Needham family referring to it as a traditional name that could be traced back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Irving 43). Dan Needham studied in Harvard and he worked as a drama teacher and a theater director in the Gravesend Academy (Irving 43). From the first time Tabitha’s family especially John heard about
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