Dialogue Essay: Why Did He Die?

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Jeffery is walking home crying on the sidewalk he looks up and says “I’ll never find her.” He then sees his friend, but he can’t see him because he’s crying in the middle of the stree. And then he gets hit by a bus, car, taxi, and a trolley. His sister Abby walks up and see his dead body.
“Making my way downtown, I see my brother down on the ground. I need him and I miss and now I wonder… why did my brother die, I need to know why because I’m gonna cry. All I wanted to do was find my brother, but he died. Oh why why why why why, did he die.”
Abby is singing in the middle of the street and there’s honking, but she doesn’t hear it. So the car ends up hitting her and other cars run over her body.

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