Drama Essay- comparison of ‘Heroin Lies’ with ‘The Basketball Diaries’ Heroin is a deadly drug, which kills approximately one million people every year. In this essay I will be comparing two dramatic acts. ‘Heroin Lies’, which I acted out. The other is a 1995 hit called ‘The Basketball Diaries’. I chose this particular film to compare with my act because they have several similarities but also a number amount of differences. The beginning of the film ‘The Basketball diaries’ starts with an ordinarily boy waking up in bed on a normal day. Instantly you see that he has got a type of book in his hand, which later on we see that it is his diary which he occasionally writes in. In the block opposite him we see a strong religious woman constantly shouting out what seems to be a prayer. We then witness the boy by the name of Jimmy Carroll change from an innocent being to a horrifying beast as he tells this religious woman to “Shut up!” We now see that Jimmy has a horrible side to
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