<![CDATA[Final Version]]>(Since this final version primarily changed towards the end of the assignment, the quote up here is taken from somewhere other than the beginning paragraph of my paper).

Holding onto someone a long time after they’ve been declared brain dead is physically and emotionally exhausting.  It’s hard on the person’s friends and family, and it’s even hard on the person.  Being brain dead still means this person can still feel.  So someone who suffered chronic pain like my sister did would not only be kept alive, but would be kept alive and feeling pain

 

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