They show that the worst part of the train ride may be over. ... In this excerpt, the author shows how terrible conditions can cause people to be unsympathetic to the pain of others.
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I guess that depends on why they confiscated it if it was because they where contact people who where a bad influence and are creating problems for the teen then yes it is a good idea also if it was distracting the teen from homework also yes but it could also cause problems if it was taken when the teen goes somewhere and an emergency was to happen or the teen was to get lost
This hasn’t been punctuated coz I’m lazy