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Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie Character Analysis
Scott Hudson Tackles the Good and Bad in Brotherhood
Brotherhood tends to be Scott Hudson’s nemesis. Dealing with lost friends, or even a new sibling is a new hurdle he must climb, only to want to look back over to the other side. In David Lubar’s Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, there are many vivid examples of brotherhood friendships. A true brotherhood friendship is one who puts others before themselves. As external and internal conflicts constantly sicken Scott, he learns brotherhood, whether that is brothers or bonds like brothers, is always is most important in one’s faith. Unfortunately for Scott, he doesn’t find this out until later…
Scott can be careless and take his bros for granted. He does so by not caring, and passing by the support he is constantly being given. When Scott isn’t in the best of moods, or isn’t doing great, he will tend to learn on his bros and take them for granted, sometimes without realizing. Scott and Patrick were friends all their lives, with Scott distracted by internal conflicts, he forgot about Patrick for a week. The next day on Monday, Patrick broke the news that he was leaving, and Scott felt as though he never really thanked Patrick enough, and for everything Patrick did, Scott took him for grandit. “So, like, you’re gone?”
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Meaning sometimes he doesn’t know where his emotions are going, leading him to make wrong choices, and take alternatives to doing the smart and easiest thing and talk to his brothers. Throughout Sleeping Freshman Never Lie, there are numerous reasons to believe that Brotherhood is the most important part of Scott Hudson's life. Whether that be dealing with brother like friends, or a new baby brother, Brotherhood is always most important in one's faith of success. Scott Hudson is a good person, but when his life is always a commotion, he can be a careless, and selfish person when he is distressed which tends to be often. Brotherhood, is always most

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