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Alexander Saige was gifted in empathy, imagination, and maturity. With a love for literature he had spent his selfless young life observing where the hearts of men lie. Alexander often expressed his unique gifts through writing. He could tell where people were in stages of personal development and tried his best to help them shape a telling image within, particularly his best friend, David, and the only girl he could ever see himself with, Laura. When he joined the Army at high school''s end it was for better opportunity for he and his family. In the military he meets a man alike and very unalike himself, Aaron Maddux. Aaron was a sharp soldier with a scathing eye but suffered from complacency. In his lifetime he learned much within yet little outside of himself. He shunned much of the wonderful education the Army represented such as differing people of differing backgrounds, culture, language, and religion. Alexander hoped he not throw away the mind broadening experience and often debated with Aaron using literature, history and analogies to keep him thinking. After Alexander''s death in Africa Aaron, wounded physically and spiritually, goes to Alexander''s hometown in Texas with intent on returning keepsakes of the fallen soldier to his mother and sister. One item was his personal journal. Especially contained in the pages of profound observation was heartache he experienced from the turmoil in Africa, and from broken trust. Shortly before his death he accidentally found out David and Laura had cheated on him. As Aaron walks the town he reads the journal flashing forward and backward reliving moments Alexander had with them and with him. Feeling misrepresented by the words Aaron soonquestions if caring so deeply for others is a hindrance, if all things come full circle, a proverb he had built his life upon, was not true, and if he should approach David and Laura about their betrayal on Alexander''s behalf. Unbeknownst to David and Laura, Alexander a