... example of family leading to who a person would become, another great example would be Perry Smith from Truman Capote's book, In Cold Blood. As one of the two murderers of the Clutter family, Perry grew up under difficult circumstances. He was abandoned by his family and severely abused by nuns and other caregivers. He has a reoccurring dream about a large bird that ... . All these events led to him developing psychological disorder, becoming a murderer, an identity that people will remember him as. Of course, in some rare cases, identity might be changed. For example, the narrator of S...

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... him a new line of work. After passing up cutlery, Josiah noticed that Ben was particularly bookish, and so he put Ben to work for his brother James, a printer. Ben, at the age of 12, signed a contract to work for James for the next eight years. This line of work allowed Ben to read even more. He notes that he enjoyed particularly Bunyan, Mather and Daniel ... Part One of the Autobiography and the outline of the rest of the work, both of which Franklin had shown him asking for his opinion. Written in 1782, the letter encourages Franklin to complete the work. The second letter is from Ben...

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