The Eventual Demise Of Canada's Most Notorious Criminal

Matthew Haygarth Mrs.Booth ELA A30 March 29,2024 The Eventual Demise of Canada’s Most Notorious Criminal The Ballad of Danny Wolfe consists of many apparent themes related to Danny’s life. These themes include his time in prison and his gang-oriented way of life. Throughout his young life, Danny had always been in and out of trouble with the law. His way of dealing with problems is different from many others, he would resort to violence often assaulting or even killing rival gang members or anyone that stood against him. Late in the book, Danny is in a bar by himself when a man named Pudge realises his gang-related tattoos. The men exchange insults until a pool cue is flung at Danny, the men fled soon after not wanting to start any fights.

Opening fire on the house, Danny kills multiple people including Pudge and eventually ends up in the Regina Correctional Centre in which he escaped soon after leading to a nationwide manhunt by the RCMP. Danny’s prison life was littered with violence, with his brother being stabbed and his best friend Sam Boo dying. This is one of the few times throughout the book that Danny showed true emotion, even writing about his friend's death many weeks later in letters. Danny could not show this sadness as he did not want to be seen by his peers as a weak man. Throughout Wolfe’s childhood he has had to compress these emotions and instead turn them into anger and use it to demonstrate his power in his gang “The Indian Posse”. Danny’s lack of parental attention and guidance left him to resort to a life of crime. His father's absence left his mother to raise the two boys alone, in which she did a terrible job. Often leaving the boys alone for days at a time while she is out drinking and partying. This left the boys with no choice but to steal for their livelihood. All of the petty crimes they committed eventually led to the more serious crimes such as drug related offences, weapon offences and