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“ Here’s your luminizer. I still don’t understand why you want it so bad. “

- @dreamlessguard

"Took you long enough."

"Even if I'm in prison, I still want to look pretty. Don't you get that, warden? Probably not you look dead tired all the time anyway... Let Muu do your make-up sometime. You'll thank me."

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Why do you hate Es so much? It was your fault Haruka died since you weren’t actually making him eat. Bringing him food doesn’t count you know…

"Haruka wouldn't have done anything like that if the warden just forgave Muu. The warden caused this with their decision. It's the warden's fault."

"And I did everything I could you know... I'm sorry I was conflicted about force feeding a friend. You all expect way too much out of me..."

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"Haru...ka.."

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To T3 Muu: We're so sorry... We just found Haruka's death footage...

We didn't even know all the rooms have cameras in them, let alone we can view them. That was too private to see, I can't get his smile out of my head.

I'm sorry you had to see that.

"You... If you knew it was a private moment, why didn't you stop watching? Our lives aren't entertainment, your little 'I'm sorry' doesn't change that."

"...Muu shouldn't be mad at you. It's all the warden's fault... It's their fault that Haruka... Haruka..."

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You care for Haruka and his death, right?

"Muu... of course Muu cares. Haruka was Muu's friend, We spent a lot of time together.. Why wouldn't I care about his death..?!"

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Race Essay

Long ago, the White people left their homes and explored for new lands. Along their journey, they encountered a group of people they've never seen before, which are Black people. Instead of being nice and trying to make new friends, they took the people back to their home land and used them as slaves. That went on for a long time. Even though Black people are no longer used as slaves, they are still discriminated against and experience many hardships because of their skin color. Black people do not have control over their own lives. Langston Hughes was a man with dark skin who wrote a poem about not letting go of dreams. Parts of the poem hinted that he had to let go of his dreams. A reason why he had to do that was because of his race, so he couldn't do as he pleased. In America, people with dark skin have more complications in their lives than White people. Hughes didn't have control over his life or his dreams. Recently, there was man named Eric Garner who was murdered by a police officer. He was selling cigarettes when a cop put him in a choke hold until he died. Although that was recorded by a witness, the cop was decided not guilty. Garner did break the law, but it was not as bad as the punishment. He died when he didn't need to. He did not have control over his life or even his death. In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya thinks about wanting to kill all the White people because she sees how unfair it is for the Black people. She knows that her life is already planned out for her. After she graduated, she would have to start working immediately instead of going to college and studying more because that is the way that she is "supposed to live." That is the lifestyle of a person with dark skin. Maya does not have control over her future at all. These are situations that happen in real life. Although discrimination improved throughout time, it still happens in some areas. A common situation now is many Black people do not have control over their lives because they end up getting arrested or killed by White police officers. Most of the time, they are not even doing anything too bad. It is unfair that a certain race have all the privilege and rights in the world while another race can't even choose whether they want to live tomorrow or not.

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Final Evidence 2 - Creative Writing

It was a nice day, my parents had just come home from work and my brother and I were watching television. My mom started to cook dinner while my dad joined us on the couch. After the food was ready, we ate dinner and talked about our day. The house was filled with joy and laughter and everyone was had smiles on their faces. Everything was perfect, there was absolutely nothing that could go wrong. At least, that’s what I thought at that time.

Everything started going wrong. It was all happening so fast, I had no idea what was going on. One day, my mom and dad were screaming and arguing with each other. The next day, they were not talking or even sparing a glance to each other. I did not know what caused this, and I did not like it at all. My brother and I were scared. Sometimes, he would come to my room and we would cry together. Both of us knew that our family was breaking apart. Our family was not the only thing breaking, our hearts were, too.

The day that I was dreading had finally come. My parents had signed their divorce papers. I knew that it was going to happen someday, but I had no idea that it would come so soon. What shocked me the most was that instead of fighting for my brother and I, they sent us away to our grandmother. I guess they did not love us as much as I thought they did. My brother and I were sitting in the plane, going to a different country.

Five years later, I was 16 and my brother was 14 years old. We have not heard from our parents in those past years. No visits, no emails, no letter, not anything. It was safe to say that our parents had officially abandoned us and did not want us anymore. Our real “parent” was our grandmother who provided us with a lot love in those five years. She cared for us more than they did and she never abandoned us. Even though a long time has passed since my brother and I got sent to another country, I was not over it. I still thought about my parents and how it would have been like if they did not divorce or send us away. Every time I think about that, I would start to get angry and upset, then cry and cry for a long time.

Five years after that is the present, I am 21 and my brother is 19. That means 10 years since our family had broken up. I am now over it and I stopped crying over my parents. I accepted the face that our family is broken and will never be able to go back to the way it was before. Hopefully, I will get a happy family that is not broken in my next life.

This creative writing related to Maya’s broken family in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, when she is sent off to Momma Henderson with Bailey.

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Introduction & Conclusion

Introduction:           As we live and interact with other people, we start to get influenced and impacted by them. Whether it is in a negative or positive way, a little or a lot, they can affect your life. In To Kill a Mockingbird and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the two main characters (Scout and Maya) were surrounded by people who changed their life. The people in your life can have a big impact on you.

Conclusion:           Many things can have a negative impact in your life such as the way you live or were raised up, and the people around you. They can either put you down or make you smile but it is your choice to let it bring you down or not. Scout and Maya got back up even though they were pushed down by the other mean people in their life. Even though many people impacted them in a negative way, they didn’t let that ruin them.