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Preston Alberto Santanna Riff Character Analysis

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The person I am doing my character sketch on is one of my best friends Preston Alberto Santanna Riff. Preston is fifteen years old , but his mind is well ahead of his time and can be seen with his response to intellectual conversation that associate philosophy,knowledge, human characteristics and actions. Preston has hair that softly lays on his oval shaped head. His hair is as black as night when no moon is out. His hair is as curly as a tangled jungle of vines in the rain forest. His eyes shine bright in almost all situations unless he is mad when his eyes go from soft light brown to a darker more electric brown when his fuse of tolerance burns up. Preston has no eye disadvantages as far as glasses or contacts go and can see as well as
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