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Each individual is responsible for their own decisions. We get to choose if we want to make sacrifices or not to be a member of a community. The action of making sacrifices for a community depends on the person and the community. A person should make a sacrifice for a community that they want to be in. For example, if you want to be in a soccer team, you have to make the sacrifice of working hard

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People should make sacrifices in order to be a member of the community because we can be able to renew ourselves and start all over again. For instance, Jason Reynolds writes "...my little self a match my little self a cardboard cutout might could burn this whole so-called kingdom down." This shows that he sacrifices his old ways to start over again. In addition, the author's point is that many people can renew themselves to belong in a community. In conclusion, sacrifices should be made to become a member of the community.

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People shouldn't make sacrifices in order to be a member of the community because everyone is different in their own unique ways and we can't just change who we really are. For instance, Jason Reynolds writes "My face still the face in the hole of a
hoodie just snatched out my own world...". This shows Reynolds himself had made sacrifices to try and join the community. In addition

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People should not make sacrifices in order to be a member of the community because no one is exactly the same everyone's different. Therefore, no one should change the way they are just to fit in with what there community thinks is right or wrong. For instance, Jason Reynolds states," my face still the face in the hole of a
hoodie just snatched out my own world
never mine and dragged and scraped
across the rough textured parts of this
being alive thing" This shows that he didn't even know what community he belonged to himself, but when obstacles were brought to him he felt as if he was taken away from something that wasn't even his home. In other words he would rather not be seen at all then to fit in with a community that will eventually tear him down more than he already was.

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People should not make sacrifices in order to be a member of a community because we shouldn't change who we are for anyone or anything. For instance, Jason Reynolds writes, " on the days I feel frayed and 'fraid ripped and torn from the lot plucked from family and 'nem and even myself sometimes my name is the name of a stranger" This shows no matter how close you get to anyone sooner or later they will make you feel like you don't belong, after all the sacrifices you made. In addition, the author's point is that you don't need to make sacrifices to join a community, a community is where everyone is welcomed for who they truly are not for who they want you to be. In summary,  not sacrificing  to join a community or anything is never a bad idea, you have to think of yourself before anyone else.

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I think that people should not make sacrifices to be a member of a community. It also matters what the sacrifice is. A sacrifice that you should not make is changing who you are. A sacrifice that you could possibly make is quitting one community for another. That is why i feel you should not make sacrifices to join a community.

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People should not make sacrifices in order to be a member to be a member of a community because you don´t need to change your self to fit in with the crowd.For instance, Jason Reynolds says¨on the days the cold is cold as all get out butt here’s no place to get in when even breath is blade and hurts to think of thinking of breathing let alone laughing¨. This shows when its cold it gets cold.In addition,the author´s pointis that sometime you have to be alone for some time.In summary, sacrificing is not needed to join anything.

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People should not make sacrifices in order to be a member of a community because we should not change who we are to fit in with others. For instance, Jason Reynolds writes ”my face still the face in the hold of a hoodie just snatched out my own world ...”. This show that we are all our own person, we don’t have to change that and what matter is our own world in our heads/minds. In addition, the author’s point is that we shouldn’t feel or have this guilt that we need to fit in to different communities. In summary, not sacrifices is not always a bad thing because you can always be yourself.

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How does the author answer the essential question:   Should sacrifices be made in order to be a member of a community?

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my face still the face in the hole of a
hoodie just snatched out my own world
never mine and dragged and scraped
across the rough textured parts of this
being alive thing

i'm reminded of what it feels
like to have my head alight to
have it catch fire and blaze-lick
high above me and all this

Copyright © 2020 by Jason Reynolds. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on July 28, 2020 by the Academy of American Poets.

About Jason Reynolds

"'Match' is all about the complexity of exceptionalism and responsibility in times of unrest, and how-though the spotlight and expectation can be lonely and unfair-the responsibility attached to it is still one worthy of bearing. And regardless of how one is chosen, the power of a single person, the small fire of a single mind-the poet perhaps-could change the face of a kingdom, especially one built of paper like America."
- Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds's latest books include For Every One (Simon & Schuster, 2018) and the latest in the Track series, the novel, Sunny (Simon & Schuster, 2018).

About Jason Reynolds

(for Stephon Clark's grandmother) shave your face. a haircut even. kiss your kids. your partner. your parents. tell them you listened. you kissed their asses like you were taught. kissed their asses and still. walk. or run. don't matter. glue your identification to your forehead. wrap yourself in the flag. hand over heart. hit the high note. hide your slang under your tongue. delete your profile. scrub the net. clean your blood. prepare your body for peepholes no one will ever peer into.

The wind then, through seams of bluestem,
or switchgrass swayed by a coyote's passing.

Where the fabric gapes, Barthes said,
lies the sensual. A prairie cut

by winding seeps, or winds or shearing wings.
Mare's tails, mackerels, cirrus,

for Sally Sellers

Like a fading piece of cloth
I am a failure

No longer do I cover tables filled with food and laughter
My seams are frayed my hems falling my strength no longer able
To hold the hot and cold

The storm left a wound seeping,
a boulevard yawning, some
memories fractured, a
kiss exploded, she left
no stone resting, a bone
army floating, rats sated,
she left the horizon sliced
and ornery, she left in a hurry,
in a huff, in all her glory,

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Match - on the days the dark is vanta vicious

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people shouldn't  make sacrifices in order to be a member of a community because people should feel like they belong without having to sacrifice anything. For instance, Jason Reynolds says"on the days I feel frayed and ‘fraid ripped
and torn from the lot plucked from family
and ‘nem and even myself sometimes my
name is the name of a stranger". This shows how he made sacrifices and now he doesn't recognize  himself. In addition the author point out that sometimes you got to go alone.in summary sacrifices  are not need to be a part of a community  because then you wont feel like yourself.

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People should/should not make sacrifices in order to be a member of a community because _______________________________.  For instance, Jason Reynolds says/explains/writes "______________________________________".  This shows ______________________________.  In addition, the author's point is that ________________________________.  In summary,  sacrificing/not sacrificing _______________________________________.

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People shouldn't make sacrifices in order to be a member of a community because none is there forever and none will be there to help you. For instance, Jason Reynolds says " on the days the cold is cold as all get out but there’s no place to get in when even breath is blade and hurts to think of thinking of breathing let alone laughing". This shows no more where you they can't or will not accept you.  In addition, the author's point is that somtimes you got to go alone.  In summary,  sacrificing is not needed to join community becuase they'll never be there for you.

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People should make sacrifices in order to be a member of a community because with sacrifices made you will gain respect and acknowledgement. For instance, Jason Reynolds writes "On the days the dark is vanta vicious enough to swallow whole every holy thing like my mother and the stigmata she bleeds from a totem of raising black". This shows that perhaps he had to sacrifice his mom and many things in order to be apart of a certain community. In addition, the authors points is, that even tho you sacrifice for a certain community it doesn't always mean that your sacrifices are going to be easy or the community is going to be good. In summary, sacrificing can be easy or even make you make the hardest decisions in life and the community may not always be for good but may even be for bad with out you realizing it into you gotten to deep into it. The sacrifices Jason Reynolds had to make where the hardest of his life and you can clearly see how deeply it impacted him.

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People should not make sacrifices in order to be a member of a community because no is really the person, everyone different and no one should change for who they really are .  For instance, Jason Reynolds says "I’m reminded to return to the truth that oh
yeah me my little self a match my little self a cardboard cutout might could burn this whole so-called kingdom down".  This shows that you shouldn't compare to other along with  imagine your self as one of them but instead to be your self and not doubting for who you really are.  In addition, the author's point is that being your self is alright and its thing to be ashamed of in fact .  In summary, not sacrificing can give a lot of freedom for who you are ,to express your self, so you don't have be lock up and away from who you are.