Review Of Thomas Cahill's Book 'A Saint On Death Row'

Transformed: Question #1 Thomas Cahill writes in his book, A Saint on Death Row, about a man that was given the death penalty. Dominique Green was given lethal injection after being convicted of first degree murder. Green had a rough life growing up, and Cahill calls him a “saint” towards the end of his life. I’m sure not everyone thinks of Dominique Green as a saint, but he changed for the better throughout his lifetime. There are also a couple of theorists I have learned about that relate to Green’s personality development and change over his life. Green faced way too many struggles when he was a kid which shaped his personality. Before entering prison, Green was caring, but only for his siblings. If selling fake crack cocaine meant him and his

Dominique’s personality was affected negatively by society in his early years. His mother, the ghetto, and even the Catholic Church all affected Dominique. He did not have much of a mother figure in his life. The community he lived in shaped the way he viewed his peers. Dominique was also raped at his Catholic school by a priest. James Marcia was a theorist that believed in identity statuses that shaped personalities. The beginning of Green’s life he is in the identity diffusion status, and towards the end he is in the identity achievement status. Green doesn’t really know who is yet, and he is an alcoholic and drug user in his early years. When Green finds himself in prison he is mature, and he touches everyone around him. Dominique Green transforms into a better person when he gets older. The author says Dominique is so special he thinks of him as a “saint.” Green wasn’t always a special person. In his early years he went through many struggles that shaped him into a person that we wouldn’t call a saint. There are theorists in the past that can discuss how and why Dominique Green’s personality developed the way it