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Is Jeremy Whitney A Social Misfit?

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Jeremy my mother’s disinheritance folly is twofold: first, she offers a bag of gold. However, she unequivocally knew that both my father and maternal grandfather, J.C. West, the philanthropist and famous illustrator, left me exorbitant trust. Both of which I received three years ago when I turned twenty-one. Therefore, I don’t need her chump change; and secondly, she flaunts her social status. According to Whitney a person’s social stratification supersedes God’s laws and one must keep it polished at all cost. Ironically, she’s willing to publially label me a social misfit, bring about a social scandal just to tarnish my social position if I don’t fall in line. But, Whitney made an egregious error by assuming that a gaggle of pretentious
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