Summary Of Fist Stick Knife Gun By Geoffrey Canada

Did you know that there is a negative impact of family alienation of young children? In both novels, Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada and “Male Bodies and the White Terror” by Klaus Theweleit, both young males experienced the most powerful non physical effect through family separation causing them to bond with people through violence. The novel Fist Stick Knife Gun briefly discusses that the lack of community and family separation, causes the main character, Geoffrey Canada, to become more and more violent in the community. In addition, the story Male Bodies and the White Terror portrays an image of young cadets entering the military program in a hierarchical system and the tragic issues they experienced, causing the cadets to become

Being away from parents and in the room with strangers, along with horrendous living conditions, leads to violence in the military academy. “He describes the military academy as an “institution” (Anstalt), a place where the cadets live behind prison bars. He has no right of exit from the prison; it is granted only in reward for strict adherence to its governing laws. Relationships between the inmates are, without exception, hierarchical. When the cadets enter the academy, his position in the hierarchy is initially determined by his age; he has to earn any subsequent position. All the cadets have a place within a direct order of rank. Each knows exactly which cadets are “above” him and which “below.” Each has the power to command and punish those below and the duty to obey those above. The occupant of the lowest position in the hierarchy must find another whom even he can dominate or he is finished. If a cadet fails to exercise his rights over his inferiors, he is despised or demoted.” (Page 144) Being drafted at a young age, the cadets gone through horrible condition in the academy. From constantly experiencing

My mother, my three brothers and I in a small apartement. My father lived there for some small portion of that early part of my life but he was not a strong presence in our family. My mother and he were already breaking up. (Canada 3). Geoffrey's father is an alcoholic, so at the young age of six, Geoffrey followed the footsteps of an older kid in the community named Mike. As an older male in the community, Mike was already influenced in violence from other elders due to the cycle of violence. Since Geoffrey really did not have a father, the only option Geoffrey had was to learn all the violence from Mike. Throughout the story, without proper exposure from his parents, Geoffrey becomes more and more violent in the community. The reason he wanted to be violent was so he can protect himself and become more masculine. Without Geoffrey's parents being around him and poor influence surrounding him constantly, causes Geoffrey to have violent behavior and would not seek for help from others. In a society we live in today, we would have parental advice, but Geoffrey was unable to seek due to the limitation of the community and lack of parental care. Furthermore, the community promotes the boys to handle every situation themselves whether through violence or keeping it to themselves. At one point in the story, Geoffrey discovered a pocketknife and he accidentally cuts off his finger. In a normal society, we would either seek medical