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“The boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague, who shall say where one ends and another begins” -Edgar Allan Poe

He stood on the chair thinking. Thinking about love and loss and most profoundly, life. He shall stay unnamed for he is only a shadow figment of the society the commune. Lingering just over the ground in the vacant house the silence is ringing. Vitality is a multiplex of ideas and dreams regenerating in all forms of modern silhouettes. The man stands with a slant to the right, the cruel words from the commune echoing in his head screaming of worthlessness with acute points that punctures confidence and trust.
The commune can be compressed into a copious of teirs,
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Young at heart he walks the line of new experiences. He seek originality and his core yearns for discovery. The Aspirer who is driven by the perceptions of others and heeds to what others demand. He is consistently more aware about the way that others perceive him than his own values and originality. His need in life is status. The Succeeder, he holds self confidence and have strong goals of accomplishment. He is normally organised and stressed but holds places of responsibility in the commune. As a result his main need in life is control.The Reformer highly values his own independent judgement. He is socially aware and more often than not seen leading the commune. He seeks authenticism, and his core goal is for enlightenment. The mailstream, they live in the life of the domestic and have regular repeating schedules. They perceive themselves as “we” more than “I” and value family and company. Their core need in life is security. The Struggler, he sees the world as a cage and often sees himself as a victim, a loser, a waste. He has few resources other than his own man power and sometimes weigh down the commune. His core struggle in life is for escape. The Resigned, these are the elders that have built up many traits in their life. They celebrate the past and are driven by the need of security. Their main goal now is to survive. All different they work together for the commune and

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