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Lorenzo's Reason For Sleepers

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Lorenzo wrote Sleepers for several reasons. For one thing, Sleepers has many settings and messages thru out the whole novel. For example the environment has an effect on your life. It’s like if you live in a neighborhood where you must careful, where you go because you might get jumped or robbed. However if you live in neighborhood, where you can feel safe and accepted. Another reason was that there was no equality. A woman couldn’t do anything, yet even go out. They suffer beatings, and humiliations of their husbands, because it was society who taught them to not have a voice. Next, there are choices that can change your life forever. If Shakes and his friends didn’t made the choice to run with cart, then they wouldn’t hurt the man. Finally,

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