Analysis Of Alexander Gordon Smith Death Sentence: Alex Sawyer

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Have you ever had someone try to turn you into something you’re not? Or makes you forget who you truly are? In this book written by Alexander Gordon Smith Death Sentence the main charter Alex Sawyer faces these problems. You may say its you’re decision to become the person you are. However in some case the person was made that way. For example, most kids that are treated horrible like being beaten, emotional abused or grew up in a bad environment. Then they end up being a mess when there are older. Or they can turn out to be something amazing in the end. In Alex’s’ case he was a trouble maker who was willing to change his life around but, that work out as well as he planned.

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