Personal Narrative: How Violence Affected My Life

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Have you ever witness violence? Well, I have. I am going to tell you how violence affected my life, what are some causes of violence, and what I can do about violence. The way violence affected my life was by showing me how far one little argument can go. You can argue with someone over the smallest thing and it can turn into a fight. The fact is when they fight they don't see who is around them. Like little kids like myself; they see it and can get affected by it. Some of the causes that make violence are what the person went through in life. Like the article about how the gunman kills at least 26 in an attack on Rural Texas church. In the article, it says "he had served in the air force at a base in New Mexico but was court-martialed in

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