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Inner Journey Analysis

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Inner journeys are a difficult process through which individuals face hardships as these experiences can challenge their values and beliefs. However, through independence and determination, they can overcome these obstacles and confirm their perceptions of themselves and others.
Inner journeys are a difficult process through which individuals face hardships as these experiences can challenge their values and beliefs. However, through independence and determination, they can overcome these obstacles and confirm their perceptions of themselves and others. Figurative language reveals a sense of entrapment clearly portrayed in the quote, “I heard the March flies buzzing against the window panes, trapped like me inside the school …show more content…

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