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Analysis Of Rachel's Tears By Rachel Joy Scott
In Rachel’s Tears, Rachel Joy Scott dies in a school shooting at Columbine High School. The reason she is remembered after her death is because of the kind of person she was, and how she treated others before she died. The day April 20, 1999, to Rachel seemed like a normal day, but at the same time knew there was something off about it. Rachel loved to write about her struggles and experiences in her journals, and that day she Rachel did not write something but drew a rose and eyes with tears falling from them. A couple weeks after the school shooting Rachels parents were given back her bookbag and things she had with her the day she died. When they found her journal and found the picture they couldn’t believe what they had discovered. Rachel
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