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Hamlet, The Awakening, And Wuthering Heights

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Seventeen year olds can save the world. As long as they have their friends and a potential love interest supporting them, all their mistakes are miniscule and don’t have consequences. They also happen to make all the important choices at the right time. At least, that’s what modern teen fiction has taught me. However, Hamlet, the Awakening, and Wuthering Heights would all beg to disagree. Reading makes up a huge part of me. It’s one of my favorite pass-times. Non-fiction books about tornadoes to teen fiction to Shakespearean plays, I love them all. Reading allows me to gain knowledge and glean faux experience about real life situations. For example, I have never experienced a real tornado devastating my town, but I can tell a person what a

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