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I learned that he was scared to tell the truth about what had happened to him. He was raped at the age of 8 and was repeatedly raped, it excluded him from his childhood and his manhood and everything. At the age of 11 he suffered from depression and uncontrollable rage , the age of 13 he couldn't stare at himself in the mirror , at the age of 14 he was holding his fathers pistol to his head. Diaz had trouble at school , home, he went through bad and memories. He would get nightmares about getting raped by his father , siblings, teachers , and by strangers and also people he wanted t become friends with. He gave up on school by the time senior year he tried killig himself. Diaz basically didn't care about his life he hated it , he wanted to kill himself because he thought he didn't feel the need to live anymore.

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I learned that there is multiple differences and similarities in the novel we are currently reading now and in the article about Diaz.
*Both were in th same high school year
*Both were nerdy Dominicans
*Both were depressed
*Both had rough childhoods
*Both were overweighted
* Both tried to commit suicide

Differences of them both was Diaz was raped a lot , and Oscar knew how to pull girls even they were almost similar.

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I feel bad for him because how can someone so Innocent especially at a young age could through so much like him, it wasn't fair to him and the times he tried to commit suicide because he thought his life wasn't nothing to him Andy wasn't worth the time for him to live. It's crazy how he left all those things happen to himself for such a long period of time and he went for no help, he lost hope and didn't believe in anything and had no manhood, nothing was meant for him.

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Yes, because ever since he got to college he has changed a lot as a person he came for and popular and decided to put everything behind him but couldn't put one of the worst things that happened to him behind him. He meant a girl that I thought made him happy and changed but no. Other than that he has changed a lot.

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His experience reflect on Oscar Wao is somewhat alike because he did go through depression and went through lair in his childhood. So the authors basically was writing about his life in another perspective.

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From this article I learned that the author had gotten raped at an early age continuously and this had put an impact on his teenage life. He had forever remembered this moment for the rest of his life and because of this moment he had trouble sleeping having vivid dreams about his friends raping him, trying to take his life away and having a hard time staying focused in school and making friends. The time he got raped he will forever remember, he’ll remember how hopeless he felt for so many years and the many times he tried to take his life and fall into depression.

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I learned from reading this article that Oscar and the author had much in common but also a lot of more differences. Both, had a father who had left. They were both Dominican but Oscar did not look like the typical Dominican the author did, and tries to be a “man” like the typical Dominican and was scared to share his raped story or even talk about it with others. While at first the author had trouble finding a girlfriend just like Oscar the author towards the ends up in many relationships and at one point going from one girl to another without any feelings involved he couldn’t stay in a relationship because he was too much of a player. Just like Oscar the author likes to write, but the author became a success after his first book published book but then like Oscar he came into a dark place that caused him to stop writing.

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I feel that you never truly know what a person is going through. This author starts to feel lonely and depressed at such a young age, even at 8 years old when he was an innocent little boy he was going through so much and no one would’ve ever thought that he had just been raped. The author had dealt with so much and just kept his feelings hidden away not telling a single soul about his raped story and not getting any help.

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Yes, now that I know this background information about the author whenever I read the things he has published now I understand where he’s coming from. I understand why he would put certain actions within the book because I know his background information about him.

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The authors experience reflect on Oscar because he somewhat involves some of his life experiences on Oscars character but not all of it. He uses Oscar as like the opposite of his life. Yes they both attend college, both had childhood trauma and a lot of family issues they have a lot of differences like how the author goes in and out of relationships. Oscar is the type of person he could’ve became because although they both have a lot of things in common there’s a lot of differences. Like how towards the end how Oscar dies maybe the author used Oscar as how his life could’ve turned out.
(Idk I have to keep reading the book more to answer this question in more detail)

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After reading the article, I learned the reason Junot Diaz would mention about sexual abuse because he went through that himself. And it happened at a young by someone he trusted. He suffered trauma because of what he went through. It took him away from living his normal life. He couldn't speak up about the rape and became depressed. He had trouble at home and school. His family started seeing him as a crazy person. He tried to take his own life.

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Junot and Oscar are both similar and different. They both didn't have an easy childhood. They loved to write and both attended Rutgers. Both of their families didn't see the signs of depression. They both tried to commit suicide but Junot used a pistol and Oscar falling from the bridge. Junot found himself again.

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I believed that no one especially at the age of eight years old should be going through this. They should be living their childhood not be put in tunnel where there is no light.  He was ashamed about his rape. He didn't tell anyone. Keeping it to yourself is never the right choice but in his mind he believed it was.

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Yes, I get a more understanding because after his world turned for the worse, he still overcame everything. I get where some parts are coming from now after reading the article.

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Diaz experience reflects in his novel because the book does give details about what he went through like depression and just not being happy with his identity. For example, they both believed they weren't a true dominican. Junot was afraid of being found out. In his words, "Real Dominican men aren't raped."  Oscar just didn't see it because he was overweight and a nerd.

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Junot Diaz had been through hell and back. The trauma he had when he was 8 years old, caused him to feel less of a man, depressed, angry, which led him to try to commit suicide by the age of 14 then tried again when he was a senior in high school then again when he was older. It is wrong for him to feel like he could not tell anyone because he is a man and Dominican. Diaz should have gotten the help he needed, being 8 years old and was raped. Just because a male got raped doesn’t make him less of anything. When he went to Rutgers, he started fresh again, but it did not last long. Diaz put a mask on to cover his past. When Diaz got older, he got the help he needed, he put the mask aside and got better over the years.

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I learned that he was raped as a young child and it has effected a lot of relationships in his life. He had many relationships with women and cheated on them because of the fact that he couldn't face his past. He had a wife and she mad him comfortable enough to vent and tell her what happened to him but in his case it just made him cheat more on her. She divorced him and he became even more depressed than he already was and almost committed suicide . He's now getting therapy and taking it day by day.

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I learned that he was raped as a young child and it has effected a lot of relationships in his life. He had many relationships with women and cheated on them because of the fact that he couldn't face his past. He had a wife and she mad him comfortable enough to vent and tell her what happened to him but in his case it just made him cheat more on her. She divorced him and he became even more depressed than he already was and almost committed suicide . He's now getting therapy and taking it day by day.

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I feel like a way Diaz had to escape the world or the bad thing that happened to him, like how people ignore problems and other things by listening to music or drawing, he would write. So writing was his salvation. Diaz wrote books using his own problems that happened to him to show people that, that is how life works and it can happen to anyone, but people can overcome it. There are similarities between the novel and Junot Diaz like:

Sexual assault was involved (Lola)

Both take place in a Dominican household

Depression that later on led to trying to commit suicide (Oscar)

Got help after certain things happened (Oscar)

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What i learned was that you can't let your past problems no matter how bad control your life because it can really take a tole on you. Diaz didn't deal with his emotions causing his emotions kind of have this snow ball effect. He related his life to a lot of this into his book and you can see parts of him in it through the characters. Such as Lola being raped, Oscar having depression, being overweight, and suicidal.

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I feel like he used his pass to as an excuse to hurt others. Not that what he went trough wasn't serious but you shouldn't hurt other people because you don't know how to deal with your own problems.

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I feel bad for people who have been through tough situations like how Junot Diaz has been through. It is wrong for someone to do that to a poor innocent boy like Diaz. Diaz should not feel shame about what had happened to him. Just because he is a male and Dominican does not make him look less of a man. Just because he is a man it does not mean he won’t get raped. He should feel like he would be safe with his parents and tell his parents everything. Society says that men should not snitch and keep it to themselves, so Diaz did that, which is not okay because he is a young boy and should feel safe.

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My perspective hasn't really changed about the novel i just feel as though i understand it more now because of his past. It makes more sense of why the characters are who they are.

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His experiences are written all over his novel. Through every character and all their experiences

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I learned that Junot Diaz had struggled through may things throughout his life, and he may have unconsciously been  using his books as a way to reach out for help. I learned that in order for Junot to keep his sanity, he had to keep a mask throughout his entire life, keeping his past hidden. It was too painful for him to remember, therefore he had to push his feeling. He believed that having numerous relationships would heal his trauma. I can say that his story opened my eyes to the effects of abuse. Based on how well he was able to hide under his mask, it helped me understand that there really isn't a way to know if anyone is going through anything like this. 

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I learned that Junot Diaz had struggled through may things throughout his life, and he may have unconsciously been  using his books as a way to reach out for help. I learned that in order for Junot to keep his sanity, he had to keep a mask throughout his entire life, keeping his past hidden. It was too painful for him to remember, therefore he had to push his feeling. He believed that having numerous relationships would heal his trauma. I can say that his story opened my eyes to the effects of abuse. Based on how well he was able to hide under his mask, it helped me understand that there really isn't a way to know if anyone is going through anything like this. 

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Junot Diaz was able to use his novels as a call for help. He wrote about things that happened in his life into the characters in his novel. Some things that connected to the novel from his life were:

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Junot Diaz was able to use his novels as a call for help. He wrote about things that happened in his life into the characters in his novel. Some things that connected to the novel from his life were:

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- How he decided to commit suicide after he got rejected by a girl he really like connects with Oscar's suicide attempt.
- How Junot had to keep his rape to himself and not talk about it connects to how Lola had gotten raped and had to stay silent.
- Both Junot and Oscar's fathers were not in the picture.

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I feel like I've gotten my eyes opened to the effects of sexual abuse and the effects it has on people that suffer from it. They are forced to keep it to themselves because it is so difficult to talk about. That makes me reconsider judging anybody because there is no way of knowing what they may be going through at home.

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Yes, my perspective has changed because it now has a more personal tone to it. I understand why the author has decided to make the book so vulgar and graphic. He had physically lived through many of the things that he describes in the book and know I understand why it sounds so personal.

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Junot Diaz's experiences are what make the plot of the novel. From his rape mirroring Lola's rape to his suicide attempt mirroring Oscar's suicide attempt, his experiences mirror very important points in the novel's plot.

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After reading the article we learned about how he been through sexual abuse growing up. In order for him to keep himself from going crazy he would hide his feelings from the world.

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To be completely honest I didn’t really relate to the article or novel only because it doesn’t really pertain to ,y background.

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To be completely honest I didn’t really relate to the article or novel only because it doesn’t really pertain to ,y background.

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I feel that no One should be going through this at a young age. I also feel that sexual abuse is more important than anything else because thus novel shows how it can affect a persons life and how it can shape a person into who they are today.

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I feel that no One should be going through this at a young age. I also feel that sexual abuse is more important than anything else because thus novel shows how it can affect a persons life and how it can shape a person into who they are today.

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Yes, because now I understand why he made the novel the way it is. It’s basically his message to us about violence and sexual abuse throughout anyone’s life and it a,so makes me change about viewing people differently.

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Yes, because now I understand why he made the novel the way it is. It’s basically his message to us about violence and sexual abuse throughout anyone’s life and it a,so makes me change about viewing people differently.

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No, it has not changed because now I know what the author and the novel have in common. Before reading the article, I thought nothing about what happened to Lola or any character because it is common to read a book that involves these actions that happen throughout the novel. Now that I know the background information, I understand why he wrote the novel.

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After reading the article i learned the reason junot diaz would mention about becasue it happened to him as well. It was done to him by someone he knew and trusted that casue him to suffer some degree of trauma it trapped him in this life of fear and steered him away from a normal life. Which made him depressed and resulted in he trying to take his life

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Diaz’s experience reflects on Oscar de Leon and Lola de Leon. The trauma Diaz had is the exact thing that happened to the character, Lola de Leon. Diaz’s feelings are reflected through the character, Oscar de Leon when Diaz had depression and tried to commit suicide. There are differences because Lola was raped one time, Diaz had to go back because he was forced to, and Diaz tried to commit suicide four times and Oscar did it once. Oscar got help right after that incident, but Diaz got help after many years have passed.

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Junot and Oscar they are so alike but then again different at the same time . They both love to write and also both went rutgurs both were neglected by thier families they both tried taking their life jonut with a gun and oscar with jumpin off a bridges

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Yes i beileve that this will get myself a better understanding of the book cause I have a new knowledge of what he went through

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The way he was and the things he was a very scared kid who almost took his life because of what he been through and the way he grew up. The book he wrote to ay how he feeled and too bring out how his life was and how some other other people life. They both were overweight and they both had it rough when they where young.

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The things that happen in the story Eliezer

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The things that happen in the story Eliezer

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They did a lot of things in the book that was a touchy topic and the things he talked about happen in his life also like the way of feeling left out or the topic pf taking his own life. Both Oscar and him did some things that was the same

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Raymi my perspective hasnt really changed i already liked this book but now i have more of an understanding it more it gives the character more depth now

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He almost took his life when he was a kid because of the way he was brought up and the way he grew up. He wrote this book to express how he felt and tell us about his life.

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Diaz experience is protrayed throughout the  whole story within all the characters and plot is mirrored from his past and shows important points

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The way everything is said in the story yes its sad but you know it didnt really happen but knowign that some things are base on real stuff that happen in his life it makes you see the book in a different way and care more for how the people talk about the charaters and the book

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Junot and Oscar love to write and they were both ignored/neglected by family

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We learn that he was raped at age of eight, we learned that he also suffered from depression at only the age of 11, and he’s insecure about his past

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Yes you know a lot of more things but the way i see the book never changed because i like the book and this wont change the way i feel about it

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I think that no one should be living this kind of lifestyle. He was raped at 8 years old and kept that a secret and told no one. No one should go through that or experience a rape ever in their life.

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Yes a little bit because now it has a little more of a personal meaning to it. He lived through so many tough situation and lived through them like he described in the book.

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His experiences are similar to other people experiences in the book. These are what make the novel what it is. It ranges from his rape and Lola’s rape to his suicide attempt and Oscar’s suicide attempt.

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Because we look through our narrators point of view so it’s written all over separate altercations and experiences

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It’s helping me to start figuring out how Oscar life isn’t in fact wondrous but eventful, miserable but interesting, we learn a lot about his life so we become more intrigued into the novel

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I feel terrible for the outcome of his life but you also don’t know who a person really is yet so i don’t have all that bed emotions to it but it still generally isn’t the right thing to happen

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That Yunior and Oscar are almost exactly the same person but also very different in their own ways

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what I learned from this article is tells us about a man named Junot Diaz and many of the hardships that he had gone through in his life. he was raped as a young boy, and I also learned that he would use his books as a copping mechanism and also a way to reach out for hope silently 

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what I learned from this article is tells us about a man named Junot Diaz and many of the hardships that he had gone through in his life. he was raped as a young boy, and I also learned that he would use his books as a copping mechanism and also a way to reach out for hope silently 

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both Junot and the characters both had very rough childhoods

both Junot and the other characters were very depressed

they both enjoyed literature as well

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I feel that its is a terrible thing that works of art are created from utter chaos. I say this because in a way novels are a form of art and the only way this novel would have been created was if Junot Diaz went through all these different situations. I just feel sad he had to go through all that to tell this story

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no it has not changed because from the beginning from when we started the novel I felt bad for the characters that their lives were like this and that they felt bad about themselves as well. You could say I feel worse for the characters no then before

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The author brings his past experiences into the novel, into the character. So The author really understands and has a better understanding on how to explain that to his audience through his character Oscar.

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I learned from this article that he suffered from some thing that hunted him for the rest of his adult life something that controlled everything he did and something that didn’t let him be his true self.

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I learned from this article that he suffered from some thing that hunted him for the rest of his adult life something that controlled everything he did and something that didn’t let him be his true self.

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I learned from this article that he suffered from some thing that hunted him for the rest of his adult life something that controlled everything he did and something that didn’t let him be his true self.

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I learned from this article that he suffered from some thing that hunted him for the rest of his adult life something that controlled everything he did and something that didn’t let him be his true self.

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It’s similar to what we read because one of the characters goes through the same experience he did when he was a child.

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I feel like it makes more sense why he would add a detail like that about Lola‘s character

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my perspective is the same about the story but he gives it more depth about what happened to both the author and the character and exclamation why he would write about that in the story

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Reflected in his novel because he uses novel as an escape goat basically so right about what he went through.

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Most things that happen in the book happen in the story like him tryign to kill himselft or the background of both charaters

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so basically when he was younger he was sexually abused at 8 years old and because of this he almost took his life . This also caused him to grow up with a lot depression going on because of his past, so by him writing this book he was telling us his feelings and his pain from childhood memories.

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i learned that no matter what goes on in a persons life you don’t really know how bad that they have it. Also when you are going through something DONT let it control you and your life because in life that’s what Diaz did. His past issues Caused him to be suicidal and depressed.

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I feel as though you never what a person had gone through in life. Diaz grew up ahead of his time from being taped and this caused him to isolate himself and think the wrong thoughts. At 8 years old no one can really understand what may be going through their heads in situations like this , which i why people should always tend to care for other and be there for them.

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Yes, because i get where he is coming from now and the story seems to make way more sense with the fact of how it’s written and how it is conceived to the audience.

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It’s somewhat alike to oscar because he has kinda been through the same thing growing up so it’s basically him trying to put his story into some one else’s life

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I learned that whatever goes on in someone's life you don't know how bad the situation could be towards them. The past caused him to feel down about himself and made him suicidal.

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I learned that whatever goes on in someone's life you don't know how bad the situation could be towards them. The past caused him to feel down about himself and made him suicidal.

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I feel like he had a hard life. He was raped at 8 years old and didn't tell anybody about it. Plus his family lived in the poor part of New Jersey.

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I feel like he had a hard life. He was raped at 8 years old and didn't tell anybody about it. Plus his family lived in the poor part of New Jersey.