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A Response To Alex Sawyer's Choices

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In todays society our mistakes define who we are. With so much pressure and stress to succeed in life we often forget the simplistic things, such as integrity and good ethics. Alex Sawyer seems to forget about actions and outcomes and ends up paying the biggest price for a job gone wrong, his freedom. In this journal I will be relating three songs of my choice to Alex’s choices in the book. Alex Sawyer is a one time bully, part time burglar and full time loser. He lived an average life until he became obsessed with the fact that, there’s money out there that he could take. With his friends at his side he quickly made a name for himself on the playground by torturing kids and taking their lunch money. However its not all about the money as Jessie J says in her song Price Tag. I think this song uniquely relates to Alex Sawyers situation. In the song Jessie sings, “ When the sale comes first and the truth comes second” while in the book Alex is so focused on stealing other people money he forgets about being truthful …show more content…

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