Make a Break with Eddie
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From Eddie in the small town to Edward in Paris, only I know the hardships; studying hard is to leave the hometown, to make a clean break with the past, and to weave a new life; Nobel Prize winner Anne Ernault commented that her works are "full of power and full of vitality". "Full of shocking truth"; the France he wrote subverts our understanding. France is no longer synonymous with romance, it is full of poverty, violence, and prejudice... Two boys walked in the corridor, one was a big man with red hair, and the other was a small man with a stooped back. The big red-haired man opened his mouth and spat, take a bite of me. Phlegm slowly flowed down my face... My name is Eddie Belle Geller. The name Eddie was inspired by my dad watching American TV series. He wanted me to be masculine. In the northern French countryside where I live, men can drop out of school and become unemployed, but they must be ruthless. Around me, poverty spreads through generations, early marriage, early childbearing, alcoholism and domestic violence spread like the plague. I am an alien and a prisoner, and my family, village and school have woven a web of despair. I don't want to repeat the life of my parents, nor do I want to be a cruel person. I wanted to run away and say goodbye to everything related to Eddie Belle Galle.
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