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Summary On The Bridge By Todd Strasser
In “On The Bridge” by Todd Strasser my opinions of Seth and Adam were both very different. Seth seemed as if he was an echo while Adam was the voice. My opinion of Seth is that he is a follower, he wants to be exactly like Adam. Seth attempts to be like Adam in a few ways: Seth dresses like him, Seth tries to smoke like him, Seth also tries to act like he is “cool” like Adam. However, my opinion is very different for Adam, he is a fraud. Adam told Seth stories that were just nonfiction. When the three men came to confront Seth and Adam furious for a cigarette hitting their Camaro Adam told them that Seth had done it instead of taking responsibility, or fighting them like he claims to do to others. Seth needs to look up to higher quality people

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