Personal Narrative Essay: Olivia's Loss Of Personal Identity

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When you first see Olivia Tourney you might see her beautiful brown eyes or her silky hair. When you get to know her you will see her kindhearted sweet personality. If you call her at any time of the night she will answer and help you. She has a very close family with two brothers and two happily married parents. She cares about them very much. She goes home twice a month to see her family and her dog Cinderella, because of the care for her family. We spend a lot of time together doing school work or watching movies. We have gotten very close in the short amount of time I have known her. I am lucky to call her my friend by her willingness to help me with anything I need. I hope we continue to be friends outside of college since Portland, Maine and Douglas, Massachusetts are very close.
Although it might seem like it Olivia does not have the perfect life. She has had some very controlling ex boyfriends. Also, an eating disorder at a young age. You probably never noticed this before just like I didn’t when I first met her. One thing we have in common is we are very good at hiding what is bothering us. Since I do the same thing I make sure everyday she is okay. We do this for each other so we have gotten very close in the short time I
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We both believe no mater what color of your skin or what your sexuality preference is that does not change who you are. Although abortion does kill a defenseless baby. In certain circumstances that is okay for the mother to take the easy way out. If that is what you choose that does not change who you are. Everyone has certain things they wise they weren’t judge by. Olivia does not like to be judged by people thinking she is annoying, always negative and always like to stay at home. All of those things are not true. Olivia might ask a lot of questions and can’t spell/ type but that does not make her a bad person. Just like having an abortion does not make them a bad

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