Analysis Of That Was Then This Is Now By S. E. Hinton

Furthermore, it almost seemed as though the towns people or so called friends he had would rather hide than face the fact of declining the offer Will was proposing. Why should one man face a group of criminals alone for a town who did not want to stand up for themselves. Even though we would like to say that was his responsibility as an oath he took to protect the town. However, when he tried one last time at the church and the people of the town wanted to hold a debate of what needed to be done. It became clear the town did not want him there and believed he would cause the problem if he

He is now serving a minimum of five years in jail, all due to the fact that he was doing what his parents were doing. Parents are role models for their kids, and if a kid's role models sell drugs, there is a good chance that the kid will as well. His whole family was torn apart. The allure of what and older sibling does was also a key theme in both The Pact and in my friend's life. In The Pact little kids would idolize their older brothers and sisters,wanting to do every thing in which their siblings did. This was also true in Paul's case. His brother Brian was only fifteen years old. Since his brother sold drugs, the person who he looked up to, he began selling drugs. He was arrested as well and is serving time in a juvenile detention center. Paul's life was ruined for following what his role models did, and his brother's life was ruined for following what his big brother did. These themes of following the actions of what someone's parents and/or older brother or sister do are

‘“I can accept the shooting was a mistake,” Jones said about his daughter’s death as a bleary-eyed Stanley sat motionless next to him. “But I can’t accept it because they lied about it. I can’t heal properly because of it. It was all for the cameras. I don’t want no apology from the police. It’s too late”’ (LeDuff, 122).

The play W;t by Margaret Edson is an account of a powerful and intelligent woman named Vivian Bearing battling a tragic disease. Vivian has been diagnosed with stage-four metastic ovarian cancer. Her treatment is a long and arduous process that takes place at the University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her primary doctor, Dr. Harvey Kelekian, and his assistant, Dr. Jason Posner, are conducting an experiment on her. They are using new treatment on her to evolve their research. Literary terms are employed throughout the play for the audience to sympathize with Vivian’s journey of suffering, loneliness, and introspection. Vivian takes the audience on an odyssey, allowing them to experience her battle with life and death.

Trayvon Martin was a victim of wilding. George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, a 17 years old African American boy. Zimmerman is a neighborhood watch volunteer who spotted Martin and follow the allegedly suspicious person. Martin was unarmed during the altercation between the two of them. Zimmerman claimed self-defense and shot Martin. Martin was portrayed as a threat to society. Martin was walking back to his father home in the rain from the convenience store. He was carrying a bag of skittles and a drink. Martin was an innocent boy who was killed by Zimmerman. Zimmerman is an ultimate wilder. “He personified those twenty-first century gun toting Americans, viewing themselves as vigilantes protecting the public and themselves” (p.

The book is about a 15 year old named Maurice Anderson who lives in a bad part of New York, and gets sent to Juvie for stealing prescription pads, from a drug store and selling them to a local

Bryon and Mark have considered themselves as brothers since they were little kids and they’ve always been together causing scenes with their vile actions. However, when Bryon started to become more conscious of his actions he started to realize how obscure mark was and how he took getting out situations for granted. Bryon was cross when he found out mark had been selling drugs, he wasn’t thinking straight but at that moment he felt calling the police was the best way for him to irradiate his thoughts and to unambiguous his mind. While Bryon was visiting Mark in prison, Mark retaliated against Bryon and Bryon narrated “We were like brothers… You were my best friend” (Hinton 158). Bryon is realizing how

In the book it Bryon talks about how after he started dating Cathy him and Mark didn’t really hang out and have fun anymore. Bryon matures and doesn’t hang with Mark and becomes more selfless he said,” I had quit thinking about myself.” He was talking about how he now cared for Cathy and M&M. The final thing he did for maturing in the book was do the right thing even though he didn’t want to. He called the cops

After finding drugs under Mark’s mattress, Bryon realizes that Mark had been earning money through selling drugs. Fueled with rage because of what had just happened with M&M, Bryon reported Mark to the authorities. Bryon had said, “‘We were like brothers,’ I said desperate. ‘You were my best friend-’” This shows how Bryon and Mark's relationship had ended because Bryon had turned Mark in. Bryon now speaks in the past tense while describing their friendship. On the final day that Bryon had visited his best friend, Mark had said, ‘“I didn’t have to see you. I wanted to, though. I had to make sure…’ ‘Make sure I hated you.’” This really hurt Bryon. This made Bryon finally realize, his brother was gone. Mark was no longer his brother. He was just a shadow of what his best friend used to be. Now Bryon also realizes that not even the best of friendships can last

I have a couple of questions about the book that I would like to ask. What would it have been like if Bryon didn’t call the police on Mark? I’m asking this because it seemed like Mark and Bryon were growing farther and farther apart as they got older. Would they still have been best friends forever? I’m also wondering what made Bryon realize he had to do the right thing and call the police on Mark? They had been like brothers their whole entire lives, what was going

He will tell them that he loves them even if he really doesn’t mean it. This proves that Bryon has changed because on page 107, he says something that counteracts what he previously said; “I was kind of halfhearted about picking up chicks, too, as I was more serious about Cathy then I had let on, even to Cathy herself.” In this quote, Bryon and Mark are driving around the Ribbon - a two-mile stretch that was filled with drive-ins, hotdog and hamburger stands, and supermarkets on the West side of town - when Bryon starts thinking about how they used to pick up chicks on the Ribbon all the time because, in reality, there were never in serious relationships with girls that they actually liked. They either didn’t actually love them or they were just hanging around them for the fun of it. These quotes show that Bryon is maturing because it shows that over the course of a year, he changed enough to start caring about the girls) he dates, as in

But, no narcotics Andy 's narcotics was not on actual possession. But, was close enough for him to excercise "Dominion" and control over the heroin. Which, was underneath a rock by the tree where Andy walked to, leaving police to find two hundred bags of heroin. Tara 's criminal liability was Men 's Rea, her mental state was to buy heroin from Andy. After Tara conducted transaction with Andy; police detained her. On her were six small bags of heroin; allowing her to have control for a period of time. Then, long enough to have an opportunity to terminate possession. Tara had knowledge of the heroin and the item being possessed. The voluntary act was buying the heroin and putting it in her pocket. Each person had knowledge of the drugs.

the detectives. He also knew that he was on the top suspects list so if he had run it would had made him look more suspicious than he had already.

Bryon was right for turning Mark in. Mark’s actions were putting everyone in the house in jeopardy. Mark was keeping the drugs at his and Bryon’s house. Bryon found the drugs in a cylindrical container under marks bed, this same night Bryon’s girlfriend found her brother in a hippie house and they had to take to the hospital because he was in a very bad situation. Bryon was not in his right mind when he called the cops on Mark, he was emotionally unset and honestly wasn’t in the mood to deal

192). Going back on the news broadcast from NBC, they indicate their use of interpretation when they note the murder of Brendon Glenn three years ago, who they said was unarmed when he was killed by a police officer. They also said that criminal charges were not filed against the police officer, which shows that the news is trying to tell audiences that the police officer was wrong to shoot Glenn, and that police brutality is a growing issue in the twenty-first century. This therefore makes this exemplary of