Status Updates From Dead Man Walking

In the memoir Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean, the author describes her work as a spiritual advisor to death row inmates in Louisiana. As she supports the condemned and meets victims’ families, she exposes the emotional and moral flaws of capital punishment and argues against the death penalty.

bear -> pg 31, she couldn't imagine enduring what they had gone through, rather than an actual bear or holding real weight
exploding -> pg 21, Emotions would explode rather than something physically breaking apart
served -> 39, The prisoner had to perform services for the prison rather than act as a waitress.

bear -> pg 31,
never -> pg 20
moral -> pg 31

Violate, stiflingly, and blocked off. These all have negative connotations and make the reader feel uncomfortable, just like how the sister was feeling when she first walked into the prison.

scrupulously gratuitous freshly. these words add the the conflicting emotions of this story, as you feel bad for the victims and family, while still having compassion for the criminal and the horror they are about to face.