My head is a prison I’ve been locked in from the start, So if I'm treated like a criminal I might as well play the part.(attrib: E. Tancarville)

Dan GarfatPratt
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My head is a prison I've been locked in from the start,So if I'm treated like a criminal I might as well play the part. is a line from the book, "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton.

It is a quote that speaks about how people treat others differently depending on who they are and how they look. The person being described here was being treated as though he had done something wrong which made him feel as though he was a criminal.

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