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The settings of a family which has a negative effect on family and boys. Mainly what the characters are inclined to do against each other, the dysfunctional family life and the one parent family. The story has increased my knowledge about gangs and the impact on boys, that positivity of one person is better than the adversity of a gang. The author Scott Monk message to boys is being in a gang, especially a criminal gang is a futile, it is informative in regards that boys can do positive things in their life, that the need to turn their back on gangs and violence.

Some deserve it because they non-repentance killers or to be serial killers while other should not deserve it because of the circumstances required them. Juveniles who killed people without any mercy should be treated as an adult and be given Juvenile Life Without Parole(JLWOP). For example, the murderer of Jennifer Jenkins’ pregnant sister and her husband. Jennifer describes, “[Jenkins’s Sister] begged for the life of her unborn child as [the killer] shot her. He reported to a friend, who testified at his trial, about his ‘thrill kill’ that he just wanted to ‘see what it would feel like to shoot someone’”(Jenkins).

Al Capone was a very influential figure during his time as a mobster in the

After Avery accidentally shoots Luke, he is left to deal with a guilty conscience over what really happened. He, however, uses this as a shortcut into a better job which explains how this “second section of the movie is mostly about Avery and his rise to power,” (O’Hehir). After we see Avery get away with the murder, the storyline forwards fifteen years which helps keep the mystery of the movie. The viewers then meet Avery’s son, A.J. and Luke’s son, Jason who are both now sixteen years old. Both of them, without knowing how they are connected through their fathers, develop a brief friendship which gets them both into trouble.

“My squad is my family, my gun is my provider and protector and my rule is to kill or be killed. ”(Ishmael Beah)”A long way gone”was written by Ishmael Beah and published in 2007. Ishmael Beah was very happy kid he was really close to his family but they were seperated when the war happened with the rebels, later on he was caught by the rebels but he was able to escape, the rebels killed all his family so he was recruited by the army, they gave him drugs so he wouldn’t feel anything he had no emotions. The three most important scenes in this story include when Ishmael was alone in the jungle, when Ishmael was in the army,and when Ishmael was NYC.

This book is about a player named Ron Williamson who gets chosen to play for a major league. Many years later, he returns to his hometown due to an injured arm, as well as bad habits such as drinking and drugs. A waitress named Debra was raped and murdered, but the police were unable to solve this case for many years. They believed that Ron and his friend were responsible for her death which is why they were arrested and charged with capital murder. Although, there was no valid evidence, Ron was sent to death row.

The brothers were breaking the law, but doing it for their family so you wanted them to get away with the crime. Yet, the Sheriffs were doing their job to stop the brothers, yet when the sheriff gets shot, the brother becomes the antagonists. The whole film is a battle between the two and you never really know which side to be on. Overall, I really enjoyed the film, and I would have never seen this type of film if it weren’t for this

Those are just some of the types of characters I noticed in the

For Instance, there were a few gangsters who would smoke crack, rob the local liquor, steal their family for money, lose one 's temper for no reason, and mainly obtain a weapon to go out and try to kill their enemies. Of course, at the time I didn’t understand what was going on, yet as I got older it was clear that the major reason violence was taking place in my neighborhood was because of

For instance, when he was taking over for Montana and he heard that one of the “BGA” members killed him, he went insane. His aggression towards the “BGA” group was intolerable because “La Onda” killed basically all of the members who were also in the prison with him. On the other hand, Cruz was really affected because he lost his brother to a drug overdose. Cruz blamed himself for his brothers loss and began drinking and doing more

Primarily, When Marcus was very young, his friend bought a gun so they could defend themselves. Unfortunately, his friend accidentally shot himself. Marcus was put in jail when the police assumed that he shot his best friend. Marcus cried the first night and has told no one about it.

The one teacher jumped on the lap of the other teacher, taking a bullet that would have hit the other teacher in the head. That same teacher who was shot was able to pull the fire alarm to save other lives. Almost three years ago to the day, another gunman open fired during a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” On July 19, 2012, in the Aurora, Colorado theater, James Holmes used an AR 15 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun, and at least one 40-caliber handgun.

Capone was away from Chicago at the time so he was curious upon who ordered the shooting. The assailants had presumably intended to kill Moran himself, but he arrived late at the scene but got away without a trace. After a long and complicated investigation, two Capone gunmen were accused of the killings and sent off for trial, but one of them was murdered and the other was given an alibi by his girlfriend, proving him innocent. However, he was later on murdered. The territory that Moran owned stayed under his power for a while, but the North Side gang never recovered.

Main characters, Gina, G-Child, Jessica, and violet undergo changes in their lives that destine their fate. The protagonist, G-Child, in particular begins to see the gang life slowly hindering her relationships and shape their in a negative way. The changes undergone for chapters 11 to 13 shape the characters fate by their previous knowledge, experiences, attitudes and physical changes constantly occurring. For starters, the girls slowly begin to drift apart from each other when they all begin to only care about the money they receive from selling illegal substances like crack. Their mindset changes as the begin to the main focus being money and power.

Using his Native American roots and experiences in life as guidance in his writings, Simon J. Ortiz became a poet who was widely known through the late twentieth century. He wrote about his struggles of attempting to fit in within American culture and society. During his career Ortiz received a variety of awards for his writings of the struggles Native Americans faced, and about his stories of Native American tradition. He also received recognition for accurately depicting life in an American society as told from an “outsiders” perspective. He expressed this concept in his poem “ Hunger in New York City,” published in 1967.