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An Analysis Of Adnan Syed's 'Serial'

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Anias Moore Oct. 26, 2015 Never as it seems The heart in my chest is racing faster than formula one cars. I still cannot believe I’m at basketball practice today with an injured ankle running drills as if I’m running for my life. I feel very weak in the knees and hunched over trying to catch my breath without causing too much trouble. Working through the pain because I refuse to deal with my crippling inadequacy issues, I glance over to see one our managers looking at my teammates and me as she is cheering us on. But with me it was more than a glance. With our eyes locked, I could see the sympathy in her eyes mixed with low key passion. I snap back to reality and disregard the awkward exchange and continue to focus on practice, but in the back …show more content…

Besides the shared high school plot and girlfriend issues, we both shared problems of how people depicted both Adnan and my girlfriend depending on their relationship with people. In Serial I was discovered that people were split down the middle about Adnan’s case regarding if murdered Hae. People close and not as close to Adnan would either say he did or he did not murder her and their only evidence to support that was stating that he was a nice guy. In my story I depicted a girl that I believed was amazing compared to anyone else; she had no rival. I and many others believed she was with me for honest reasons, such as the goodness of her heart and the possibility that she was infatuated with me as much as I was with her. Instead, it was a façade and as soon as she got what she wanted I saw her for what she was; a pathological liar. This liar that wasted my precious time and money and took me for granted. Adnan and I share the same common bond of being betrayed by a friend. A friend of Adnan named Jay threw him under the bus by stating that Adnan murdered his ex-girlfriend Hae and he helped bury the body as proof it was true. My betrayal relates only in the matter that a friend of mine that I believed was a decent human being bedded my girlfriend while we were dating. The types of betrayal that were committed to us are different, but the results are the same seeing as both Adnan and I were in the midst of lies. I was certain that everything that came from her was honest, no matter the circumstances. I had never been so wrong, nor have I ever been done so wrong just as Adnan Syed was. Fortunately, in my case I discovered the truth behind the lies and deception. Unfortunately there is both truth, lies and deception along with plenty of uncertainty regarding his case; hence why he is still in prison. My experience is filled with people being completely

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