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As Daisy grows weaker, she asks Caroline to read from the diary of Benjamin Button, a character whose extraordinary life echoes the clockmaker’s own tale. Benjamin’s story begins in 1918, right after the end of World War I. Tragically, his father, Thomas, comes to grips with a devastating loss—the death of his wife during childbirth. Horrified by the appearance of his baby, who appears aged beyond his years, Thomas panics and abandons the child on the steps of a nearby house. This fateful decision leads Benjamin to be raised by Queenie, a caretaker at a retirement home.