Gregory was 19 when he got the injustice that wasn’t deserved. Gregory's life was very difficult starting at a young age, his parents divorced and he’s had to take care of his alcoholic mother the most of his life. Gregory was forced to drop out of school to support his mother as well as for himself. On January 2nd, 1991, Gregory had tried to get in contact with his mother, Catherine who he had to try to get in contact with for a couple of days now… It was then when Gregory drove to her place to find her dead bloodied body in a locked bathroom where he called 911.
Greg met someone named Lemon Brown, and Lemon Brown adored his treasure’s. Later on in the story, it introduces the thugs, these thugs were horrible people. All Greg wanted to do was play basketball and not worry about school. His father disagreed with his wishes. Greg’s father wanted him to stay in school and get good grades.
In the book I read SLAM! By Walter Dean Myers at the beginning of the chapter. The dad was mad because Greg has a tutor now and the dad doesn’t think the son need a tutor. Also the dad is mad at Greg because he knows that Greg can do the work but Greg doesn’t make it palatable with his mind he wants to be stubborn and joke off in class and is lazy with his school work. Then when school was over Greg went down to 135th street to talk to Ice Mtisha’s cousin about them being friends again.
The boy, the baby faced criminal, he thinks he is all that and now he is in a hospital, this boy’s name is Cole Matthews. Cole ended up in this situation because he decided to brag about breaking into a convenience store and hospitalized a student in his grade named Peter driscoll. Cole got sent to a island from the result of circle justice now think about that you're putting a teenage boy on a island all alone with emotions rushing through his mind and testosterone flowing through his veins, do you really expect him to just stay there and try not to escape at all? Now Cole thought this was going to be easy and all so guess what he did he burnt down his shelter and all his materials needed for survival.
This affects Greg emotionally after the fight, as his father does not accept him; thus causing Greg to believe he has failed his father since he follows his dreams and not anybody else's. Greg’s sister, Sharlene, also struggles throughout her discovery of what she wants in life. Sharlene develops an understanding through her brother’s exploration of his life. While talking to Greg she reaches her peak of maturity surrounding the struggle he is going through, “‘You understand what I’m saying?’... ‘Yeah.
Prior to their friendship, he was considered to be the enemy, however once spending time with him they grew to become acquaintances. Once he found out that he was to be executed, the soldier sends Gregory off to do many tasks so that he can be portrayed as somebody who is valuable
Andre Lee Thomas came from a very modest upbringing with 5 brothers and absent parents. He started displaying signs of mental instability at a young age which progressively worsened as he aged making several suicide attempts. Thomas received multiple detention warrants, many times after hurting himself or in one case, stabbing his own brother. In each of these instances the warrants were not enforced (“Trouble in Mind”). A day after his last detention warrant, Thomas stabs and then removes the hearts of his ex-wife, his son, and his ex-wife’s baby from a new boyfriend.
“You know they make me nervous.” (O’Connor 22). Trough this words the author creates a relationship between the man now and his childhood. In his adulthood, the murder has a life style deviated from normality since he is always having irresponsible behaviors and ignoring social rules. For him seeing the children makes him nervous because it connects his past with his present and even though they make him feel this way he still does not have feeling of guilt or regret towards committing murder in
The kids who had committed the murder of his grandfather were once again not raised in a stable environment to teach them to not commit an awful crime. Stevenson states, “My grandfather’s murder left us with so many questions. Now, decades later, I was starting to understand”(Stevenson 221). He also states, “On top of all the stresses all teens experience, those who grow up in poor, or in environments marked by abuse, violence, dysfunction, or neglect are vulnerable to this sort of extremely poor decision making”(Stevenson 222). These show how after the murder of his grandfather, it changed his understanding of children commiting crimes and where it all starts from.
is that Enough?"). Many people who know Greg in prison have said that he have improved and that he might be an example for other juvenile. Greg’s casework manager, Dennis Hood, said that "He’s just a great worker," and that he's "enthusiastic, solves problems on his own, never complains. I have no doubt he’ll succeed in whatever he puts his mind to when he’s released." (Page 5, "Greg Ousley is Sorry for Killing His Parents.
This was a human being, dying. This was the only time there was going to be someone with those eyes and those ears and that way of breathing through her mouth and that way of building up right before a monster laugh with her eyebrows all raised and her nostrils flaring a little bit. This was the only time there was ever going to be that person, living in the world, and now that was almost over, and I couldn't deal with it” (Andrews Loc. 276). This excerpt shows the characterization of Greg. Also, it shows how his philosophies change over the course of the story as a dynamic character.
Louie went through many hardships during, and after the prison camp. Through the whole time, though, Louie was resilient and strong. He was making a positive situation out of a negative one. Louie’s experiences show how humanity can learn from their difficult experiences and use that knowledge to help others
“It definitely... gave me a lot of time to think,” he says. “And I started saying, ‘OK, I’ve been proclaiming to be a father, proclaiming to be a man. But the whole time, everything I ever done was for myself. This quote shows that prison/jail gives you a lot of time to think about your
Once her anger passed, Bonnie would usually apologize to her son, but after a time, Greg didn’t even hear it anymore” (Anderson 42). This quote identifies that the life he has at home is never the way he expected it to be and he always got into fights with his parents. When Anderson said, “his mother would rip into him about something- his grades, his appearance, his choice of friends,” it helped me understand the reason why Greg acts the way he does. His mother would constantly find a reason to make him feel less of himself; not being
One of the oldest questions, one that has been asked since humans gained cognitive thought, has been, where do I come from? This usually results in an interesting discussion with your parents, but today we’ll be looking at it in a different way. Where did everything come from? Hi, I’m Gordon, And I’m Connor.
