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This reads as grief mixed with moral shock, the wish not merely to mourn a person but to respond to a wrong that should not have happened. The speaker is separating private sorrow from a larger, more public sorrow at helplessness. It lands when someone witnesses a tragedy and feels that tears are also a protest against preventable harm.
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About Veronica Roth
American novelist and short story writer
Veronica Anne Roth is an American novelist and short story writer. She is best known for the bestselling Divergent trilogy, which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide. Her work is closely associated with young adult fiction and with the success of the Divergent books in particular. Those novels made her a widely read contemporary author and established her reputation as a writer for a large global audience.
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Books by Veronica Roth
Divergent
2013
Insurgent
2012
Allegiant
2013
Four
2016
Carve the Mark
2017