nd resembles a shaggy dog. The whites of his mocha brown eyes have a blue tint to them as a result of James having Osteoporosis. A past leg injury has left him with a slight stagger when he jogs or runs. When he walks he always seems to keep his hand right at his sides. As if he were walking straight toward a destination he is completely focused on.James’ personality is surrounded by a multitude of characteristics. The one that stands out like a single star in a pitch-black sky is his sense of independence. James has never let anyone or anything stop him from doing what he thinks is best for him. He has taken complete control of every situation that has been set before him. He does not let the actions of others have an influence on his own decisions. Throughout the years James has been constantly surrounded by the bad habits of others and never picked them up. After the divorce James’ mother was given custody of him. By the time he was 10 years old his mother and stepfather were using drugs, such as marijuana, in front of him and his younger half brother. Two years went by and now James was 12 and his parent were selling any and everything they could get their hands on to support their crack cocaine addiction. James decided that this was an unnatural as well as unhealthy environment for him to grow up in any longer. He moved out at the age of 12 in fear that his parents drug use would have an influence on him. To me James showed more independence, as a 12-year-old boy, than most adults have ever shown.After I met James and heard about his life from him and his parents, who I eventually met before they fell off the face of the Earth. I realized that even though he went through events that most of us just read or hear about, does not mean he became a product of environment. As a matter of fact he became just the opposite. He does not believe in the use of drug or affiliate himself with those who use drugs. James has shown me t...
