We might fear rejection from the people closest to us. If you were talking to a stranger, for instance, you wouldn’t care too much if they judged you, because you wouldn’t be losing anything. Talking to the people closest to us can bring up the fear of rejection because if they hear something they don’t like, they might leave, or they might talk to you, or look at you differently, and it could trigger a paranoia, psychologically making you uncomfortable to be around them and therefore, you lose a relationship.
The answer would be “but” since it contrasts his motivation with competing with others for a high score.
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Answer:In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, Mr. Raymond tells Scout that when Dill grows up "he won't cry about the simple hell people give other people--without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they're people too!
It would be a run on sentence
