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Comparing The Follower And Stanley Williams
In the article “The Follower and Stanley Williams” the authors prove that a person cannot become someone else. Jack the narrator for the “Follower” kept going to Frankies and Scary Gary’s for trouble, once you get in trouble you want more trouble. “Mom said if I catch you over at those boy’s house you will be grounded.” For example, Jack kept going to Frankies and his mom caught him and his mom got mad and told him if I catch you over at those boys you will be grounded, but jack kept sneaking over there for more trouble. Once he gets caught sneaking out he won't do it again. Stanley Williams moves to a different city and finds this girl, he changes his name but still has his permanent record “he was in gangs and lived in the hood and

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