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Argument: Hopkins' personal experiences impact the diction used in the novel. Claim: Since Hopkins is a mother herself, her choice of diction through out the novel reflect her personal experiences, feelings and how she dealt with this event when her own daughter was abusing meth. Evidence: "raised her own family" "taking inspiration from her own daughter's addiction to meth-amphetamine." http://bna.galegroup.com.lib.chandleraz.gov/bna/about_the_book/GALE%7CM1300131598

I want my readers to know I am not anti-religion. However, every religion can be home to extremeists. Truly, I didn't start out to write Burned about any religion, but about a girl who winds up in a Columbine-type situation. She happen to resemble a Mormon girl who I knew. I once visited her apartment. She and her boyfriend had stockpiled weapons and explosives against the coming "End of Times" forewarned by her church. The character of Pattyn von Stratten was likely born on that visit.