The present and the past are similarly related by the fact that you know what happened. For example you know what’s going to happen to you right now? You mostly do. Do you know what happened in the past? Yes.
0: change ‘am’ to ‘is’
1: change ‘they’ to It
2: change ‘the’ to ‘an’
3: change ‘climb’ to ‘climbing’
4: change ‘so’ to ‘and’
5: change ‘suspend’ to ‘suspended’
6: change ‘or’ to ‘and’
7: change ‘my’ to ‘that’s’
8: change ‘in’ to ‘on’
The speaker use the words they and we as if he was giving a speech to young black men. They is refering to the white men we is refering to the black men.
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“When Caitlyn is with Tyler all of her problems seem to disappear. But as things get serious, she discovers Tyler's jealous side. Once she realizes her "perfect" boyfriend is as controlling as he is caring, Caitlyn is faced with a choice: she can either let this relationship define her, or find the courage to break away” (Goodreads)