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        Most of us like to think our parents don't have an effect on us, but they do. In "Rules of the Game" a novel excerpt by Amy Tan and "Dreaming of Heroes" from Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger, both show how parents have both positive and negative effects on their children. Waverly, the main character in "Rules of the Game" and Mike in "Dreaming of Heroes" are driven to succeed because of their parents, but also feel the negative effects of their relationships with them.