Gordy's Friendship

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A Friendship that only some could Dream of
In a small town called Castle rock there were 1281 people Gordy Lachance could have become friends with, but he chose Chris Chambers. Some people throughout the movie say he should have picked differently. I think Chris was the best thing for Gordy and vise versa. Together the two helped each other with their not so normal 12 year old struggles. Their friendship was a bundle of trust, parent issues, and misunderstood identity.
The first thing Gordy and Chris’s friendship was based off us was trust. They trusted each other with their littlest and biggest secrets. I think that both boys needed this trust because Chris couldn’t express himself to his drunken family and Gordy recently lost the only person

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