Power Of One In Trevor Mckinney's Pay It Forward

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Many of you probably have read the book Pay It Forward. In that book a 12 year old boy named Trevor Mckinney does a project that was for extra credit to do some random act of kindness this is where he gets the idea. Eventually he shows that he can be the power of one. Trevor displays the power of one because he stands up for his beliefs, stands up against society, and affects change. Trevor displays the power of one because he stands up for his beliefs. In the book it shows how Trevor stands up for his beliefs when his project goes wrong and he wants to start over not for the credit but to see if the world really does change. This shows that Trevor stands up for his beliefs because even though people don’t believe he can change the world he

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