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Breakin Seekers: A Short Story
Tony was 19 years old, who slowly became an alcoholic copying off of his father bad habits. His mother always was the bread winner because his father was unable to keep a job. Tony barely made it thru school due to his unstable home. Desperate for liquor, Tony and a group of friends decided to rob the liquor store with weapons. Tony was charged with armed robbery.

Will is 18 years old, who is homeless and lived with his best friend since they were in grade school. He has a mother but she wasn’t there to teach him anything, so he had to learn on his own. To make money,
Will began making stealing a hobby. After being kicked out by his mother, he began to breaking into people homes along with his friends.
Will was charged with
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Though some Seekers was shaky about the outcome, they all found out at the end how much similarities they had. While all was faced with serious charges the only right way out was to deal with the consequence of those decisions. Though Fred had ran away from the camp, he still pled guilty and he received 8 years. Owen plead no contest and received two years of probation and twenty months of batters and anger management classes. Tony plead guilty and received two years in prison.
Will plead guilty and received five years in prison. Luckily Russy ended up recovering from the gunshot wounds. Jeff plead guilty and received
1 year in prison with the possibility to be released after six months. I believe behind each person lies a great story, and you can never judge a person based off the first encounter with them. As I read this book, it made me think about my actions, or should I say reaction. Also, about how worst off things could have been. As a child, I grew up very privileged. I was raised by both parents, who both attended and graduated from

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