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Until They Bring The Streetcar's Back Sparknotes

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Sticking out your neck can be a good and bad thing, because they sometimes come with consequences. In Until They Bring The Streetcar’s Back by Stanley Gordon West, Calvin Gant had stuck his neck out for a classmate named Gretchen Luttermann. Gretchen had an abusive father, Otto Luttermann. Once Calvin finds out, he tries many ways to put Otto Luttermann in jail for good. Although towards the end he’d gone to jail himself while carrying out his own plans. Nonetheless, Calvin had to face many different obstacles in helping Gretchen. In my opinion, Calvin sticking out his neck was a bold move, yet was very dangerous in his situation. Although, in the end he got Otto Luttermann in jail for first degree murder and Cal also faced jail time too. In this essay we will talk about how sticking your neck out for someone is scary and …show more content…

Although Gretchen didn’t want him to just in case she would be punished by her Dad, Cal still took it upon himself to tell the police anonymously and keep the victim and the abuser anonymous as well. For example, in the book it said, “I dialed the police and I couldn’t keep my hand from shaking” (West 128). Cal stuck his neck out for her, although she didn’t want him to do that, he still tried. Cal did it so that he could let the police know, but not know who he’s talking about. In addition, he wanted information about whether or not the police could help him put Otto Luttermann in jail for good. Secondly, Cal started to plan out how to get Otto Luttermann out of jail. Cal’s plan was to steal alcohol from his workplace and place it into Luttermann’s car to make it look like Luttermann stole alcohol from them, but he couldn’t bring himself to put it into action yet. Cal was pushing off with stealing alcohol from his workplace, For instance, the book said, “I was really jumpy at work on Saturday because I knew I had to quit stewing about my plan and do it” (West

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