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Tony's Mistake In West Side Story

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2 rival gangs fight for power on the streets of New York, but something goes wrong.
West Side Story by Irving Shulman is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet. 2 gangs fight on the street of West Side New York, while 2 lovers get in between the crossfire of the 2 gangs, Jets and Sharks. Through Tony killing Bernardo, Tony not hearing the full truth, and Tony trying to find Chino, it is clear that Tony is responsible for his death. Tony killed Bernardo, he makes a mistake and Chino finds out saying to Maria “ Now, he could see, she believed him, but there was no time for explanations, no time for anything but to find Tony Wyzek and kill him” (Shulman,134) Tony killing Bernardo was a mistake making Chino go after Tony. If Tony hadn't killed Bernardo, he wouldn't be in this situation and Chino wouldn't go after him. Therefore, Tony killing Bernardo led Chino to go after him with a gun and try to kill him. …show more content…

Before his death, Anita says “Tell him Chino found them and shot her!” (Shulman 156)
The reason Anita yelled out that Maria's dead is because she was getting sexually assaulted. Tony overheard her and decided to find Chino. If Tony waited for Anita to tell him the full story it wouldn't have made him want to kill himself. Therefore, if Anita didn't scream that Maria's dead, Tony wouldn't have heard, making him want to kill himself. After Tony hears that Maria's dead he tries to find Chino so he could kill himself. Tony finds the location of Chino and screams out “Where the h*** are you Chino? I'm waiting for you. Hurry up and- the bullet struck him full in the chest and whirled him around in confusion rose to his mouth, he thought he saw a white figure running towards him and calling his name” Tony killed Bernardo leading Chino to find out. Chino found out and went to kill Tony for killing Bernardo. Therefore, if Tony didn't try to stop the brawl, he wouldn't have fought

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