Pony-boy Curtis is a fourteen-year old boy who lives in a scrappy neighborhood. He is in the greaser gang. He has recently been involved in a murder of a young boy ,however, that is that not why he is here today. He is here today to here the verdict on if he will be staying with his brothers or if he will be going to foster care. I have reached a verdict. Pony-boy Curtis will be going to foster care because he is surrounded by alcohol and cigarettes, he is involved in gang violence, and he is surrounded by bad influences.
One of the reasons I believe that Pony-boy Curtis should be sent to foster care is because he is surrounded by alcohol and cigarettes. Pony-boy Curtis smokes cigarettes frequently, sometimes he smokes a pack a day and this is very unhealthy for anybody, especially a fourteen year old teenager. His smoking, though it may not affect him right now, very well might cause long- term problems
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Almost every one of Pony-boy's friends and family has a negative influence on his life in some way or another. As I mentioned in my first reason, they influence him to drink alcoholic beverages, however, there is many more negative influences than just alcohol. Take his late friend , Dally, for example; Dally is the one who gave Pony-boy a gun when he and Johnny went in to hiding after Johnny stabbed a boy. This was a very negative influence on Pony-boy as no fourteen year old teenager should have a gun, especially a loaded pistol, in their possession. Also his brother, Darrel, is also a negative influence on Pony-boy. He is a bad influence on Pony-boy because he talks bad to Pony-boy and one time a few weeks ago, he even slapped Pony-boy across the face which made Pony-boy run out of the door. There is many more bad influences that Pony-boy's friends and family have on him, but these were just a