Analysis Of The Ravine By Garrett Salisbury

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Have you ever experienced peer pressure where you were pushed to do something you didn’t want to do? Well, in this short story titled ‘’The Ravine’’ by Garrett Salisbury, four friends set out to go diving at a ravine in Hawaii where 2 weeks ago a boy their age drowned, and his body was never found. Among these friends was Vinny and Joe-Boy who are the same age but are different in more ways than similar. It started when the boys were making their way down a muddy trail and through thick brush to get to the ravine. Along the way, Joe-boy focuses on trying to scare Vinny by pointing out things which the boy who drowned might have done. This is evident in line 20. “You prob’ly stepping right where his foot was”. Vinny deals with Joe-Boy’s attempts

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