Bystander Stand-Alone Paragraph Final Draft
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Out of the four main characters in Bystander, by James Peller, I relate to Mary the most. One of the main reasons I relate to her is because she “knows” stuff. On page 179, Mary said, “I knew what they were planning to do that day at the cemetery…”. I feel like people don’t really notice me during whatever is happening, then later come and tell me and I continuously have to say “I know, I was there.” An example of this happening is when Leila whore Anthony’s sweatshirt this week. I knew before it happened from hearing people talk about it and eventually seeing it myself. I didn’t want to be the one to break it to Brianna. Brianna was crying and telling