Excerpt From Brain Jack Analysis

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Excerpt from Brain Jack by Brian Falkner: “‘Why suddenly self-destruct when you’ve already won?’” (165).

I chose this excerpt because of its simplistic but yet meaningful message. It conveys a message to people who are having or hardships or issues within their life. It basically means that a person should not become stressed out or depressed about issues because in the eventually, that person is going to succeed. I believe that this excerpt can also be connected to The Pit and Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe because the narrator in the short story had always had many ways to end his life, but he never did end his life because he was always successful at escaping death and the dangers that opposed him. The narrator would not take the easy of death

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