Hyuna Research Paper

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Hyuna closely listens to the rumors about an on-coming tornado some days before she uncovers that the tornado will be hitting her native hometown, Denali. Hyuna has never actually witnessed a real life tornado herself, only clips and photographs, the news was never behind either. Her grandmother told her many, many stories about how she was in a tornado. She described its destruction, how many of the vehicles were flown into the air and smashed down, sometimes, in the tops of trees. Hyung’s grandmother told her about the glass shattering, people shrieking, she told her how she lost her own sister in the tornado. There were fires, people roaming the streets looking for loved ones, cries of those who lost theirs, she told Hyung that she remembered

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