Reggie Will Never Go Out Essay

The main character of this story is Reggie. Reggie is a college student in the year 2020. Through a series of events ends up going to a campus protest with his friends. This protest is against the recently elected president and his future plans and ideas to run America. Reggie the night before agreed to attend because all he thought was “oh cool I get to hangout with my best friends” but thinks they are protesting something small. He ends up having to choose between standing up for his beliefs and possibly losing his friends or go this protest and listen to his beliefs mocked and made fun of
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“Hey Jason.” Reggie said trying to get the attention of his roommate
“Yeah,” Jason had replied to him. Jason was a friend of Reggie’s but Jason
Reggie thought of the angel and devil that always appear on your shoulders in the cartoons. This was no cartoon. Reggie could tell the clear difference between the good and bad choice here. If he went to the protest he would be struggling with his morals and beliefs and going against his own decisions. On the other hand if he took a stand and went against his friends he would possibly lose his friends and even be held as a social outcast. This was going through Reggie’s mind the entire time him and his friends walked toward the furious crowd. ***
Before Reggie makes it to the protest he stops his group of friends. Reggie tells them that this isn’t a good idea. After a brief argument with Jason and Sherman, Reggie finally admits that he is not against the president and leaves his friends to go to the protest. He feels good that he finally stood up to Jason. Reggie later hears that the protest was broken up and dispersed by campus officials before anyone got hurt. While Reggie stood for his own beliefs and was truthful about his values nothing is ever the same between him and his friends