Keith's Behavior and Religion

 One of Lauren's formulating experiences is the life (and death) of her brother, Keith. Keith, like Lauren, is very skeptical of Christianity, but he is a very hardened individual, desperate to prove himself in any way he can to the world. Keith is completely unempathetic to his surrounding, even admitting he shot and killed and man and speaking about it without feeling any sort of remorse whatsoever. Sadly, after living a short but semi-successful successful life on the street selling drugs (he would often drop off money to Lauren's house), he is killed, and even tortured before he dies. After he dies, the Reverand spins his death as a lesson not to leave their small neighborhood, also hinting that his rejection of religion was one of the reasons for his downfall.

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