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In lines 63–65, the author writes that "The popular comedian Richard Pryor infamously set himself on fire while trying to cook up freebase in 1980" in order to


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Okay More questions for you Ap england shmoop ear's in

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line sixty three through sixty five Young will go to

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him in a minute The author writes that the popular

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comedian richard pryor infamously set himself on fire while trying

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to cook up freebase in nineteen eighty in order tio

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what In this paragraph the author's describing how cocaine became

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more popular which led to users looking for more intense

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highs despite whatever risks were involved Well the example drives

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that point home If a celebrity is now doing freebase

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cocaine like smoking it you can't do it without setting

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himself on fire Well then it must be a pervasive

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in dangerous problem in america Thank goodness celebrities nowadays have

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you know cleaned up their act kind of The author

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only mentions richard pryor on this line so he can't

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be considered a true character in the piece So get

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rid of a no He's a comedian The tone of

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the lines specifically the word infamously suggests that it isn't

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meant to be humorous Shmoop you'd have that but not

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this kind of writing so get her to be the

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author says off Few users began experimenting with the freebasing

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which isn't enough to conclude that he meant exclusively Celebrities

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get rid of sea and the date isn't given extra

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importance anywhere else in the text for the right answer

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here it's d to emphasize the danger and pervasiveness of

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crack cocaine Just say shmoop

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