THE MOST HATED MAN IN TOWN

This exposed him to violence, drugs and poverty, “Cherry Hill became a breeding ground for poverty, drugs, and despair” (p.29). Wes was exposed to drugs at a young

When he was drafted into the NBA by the Denver Nuggets, the players knew about his drug issue. Therefore, they tried to help him stay on a clean path to a drug free life. His teammates would all take turns staying with him and making sure he didn’t drink or do any drugs. He was clean for over a year, however, that was all erased after he was traded to the Boston Celtics because he relapsed again. While with The Boston Celtics, Chris used painkillers such as OxyContin, Vicodin, and Percocent. He was released by the Boston Celtics because of a season ending knee injury. After he recovered from that injury, Chris went to play in Europe and Asia. There he would have dealers send packages of painkillers, so he would always have his drugs. However, he was caught using drugs and sent back to America. A few months later, in the parking lot of a Dunkin’ Donuts, Chris was found unconscious and was charged with possession of heroin and driving under the influence with a revoked license. Soon Chris started to purchase and use crystal meth. While under the influence of crystal meth, Chris overdosed and crashed his car into a utility pole. The paramedics on site at the accident said he was dead for thirty seconds.

He felt like he didn’t belong in the reservation and felt the World State represented everything he despised has a child which was his mom inability to control her sexual desires. He felt that he didn’t belong in both those worlds and the feeling of isolation can really eat away at a person mentally and physically. At the end, he found that the only solution was to pull the plug on his miserable existence. Even though he enriched himself through his appreciation of classic literature and to getting to make new friendship to set him apart from his

He writes his story not to scoff, scold or scorch, but to spark discussion and help people see the simple truth that "Human interaction is a blessing." lives with prejudicial barriers.

Instead of going to high school, he began to hang out in the streets of Baltimore and had gone into various situations where he was being dealt by the police. After he had ended up in juvenile detention, since he had several children at the age of eighteen, he dropped out of high school and decides to go to Job Corps in order to complete his GED for his family. However, after recognizing the limited amount of support he received from the job, he had gone back into selling drugs in order to support his family. At this point, the result of the lack of nurture started to affect his life choices. After he decides to go back into the drug dealing scene, there was an incident where a marauder stole $438,000 worth of watches and jewels from the store which had ended with an officer being killed.

When Wes moved to Cherry Hill he started to see drug dealers and crimes going

“I couldn't joke about the person who'd saved me from facing absolute heartbreak at home, who fed my family boxes of sweets,who ran to me worried that I was hurt if I asked for him. A month ago, I had looked at the TV and seen a stiff, distant, boring person-someone I couldn't imagine anyone loving. While he wasn't anything close to the person I did love, he was worthy of having someone to love in his life.”

The author Wes chose not to sell drugs to make profits. Wes explains “Drugs were not new to the Bronx” (50). This shows that Wes was exposed to drugs and was around it a lot of his life but he controlled himself and did not let it get the best of him. Wes also knew how to control his anger. This is essential because not being able to control emotions can lead to fights and other problems.

Mark’s past made it a possible risk that he could potential go down the path for using illicit substances. For starters his mother had a history of depression, which is not to say that this inherited gene predisposes him to develop the illness but it does increase his chances. Depression has been linked to an increase risk for substance abuse. Secondly, Mark’s mother lost her job when he was sixteen, leading to economical hardship for the family. Lower socioeconomic status is often an open door for increase risk for engaging in substance abuse. Then as a young adult he frequently drank

(Moore 138) Due to the fact that he grew up in a neighborhood where other did drugs sold drugs and committed crime he started to get influenced by them and he became one of them. He started doing whatever he saw around him , he was fed up dealing with police and his criminal acts because he would on do it for them it was his job and he didn’t have to do it. One of his examples goes back to , his father, Westley, fell a major victim to drugs and alcohol resulting in Mary abandoning him.

When asked how did he feel when he was sentenced to and additional 10 years ? He responded and said “ I felt crushed inside I felt like my life was over , I was angry at my self for allowing my self to become so angry. I knew that that would be something that would become a reputation for who I would now become. I didn’t want to live that life I sold drugs because I wanted to survive that was a stupid choice but I couldn’t get a job as quick as I wanted and my life was already going downstream . I Seen fast money in selling drugs I thought I could do it and I wasn’t hurting nobody and I could survive and make fast money as long as I didn’t get Caught” . He then continue on saying “ Mentally I knew it was going to be a hard time for me I don’t know how I got that knife , I mean I knew it was giving to me but I don’t know how the other guy got it and while I was laying on that floor getting stab it

He was used to live in his brother’s shadow, but when the boat accident happened to them, he was the only one to survive. As he was always indentifying himself the less important one, he considered it was wrong that he was the one who would still have a life. As a result of nervous breakdown, he tried to kill himself with cutting his wrists in the bathroom, fortunately his father found out and save him. Then he went to the psychiatric for four months. When he comes back, there are still issues he needs to deal with.

Soon after their arrest, Faron is fearful for his life as rumors went around informing others of what Faron did. Faron does quit using drugs and moves back home to work with his Dad and his lawn furniture business. Faron’s father is a preacher and many expect Faron to follow in his footsteps because it has been a tradition for centuries. He can’t handle the pressure are he breaks up with his girlfriend and begins to use meth again. His father kicks him out of the house and Faron moves to an Amish community in Florida to start over and hopefully find God. Six months after moving to Florida, he is still living with his girlfriend Emma and hasn’t used drugs. He sometimes still regrets not joining the Amish church but said he still may do so later in life.

I found Anderson to be one of those people who believes his way is the only way to live. He chronicles that taking illegal drugs taught him character. This is a rather strange way to build character, hard work and helping others is what I was taught by my baby-boomer Protestant parents. He lives in Brooklyn, I believe, and feels that the American’s dream of a “pastoral setting” (the suburbs ) has ruined the entire country. This is a great big land and not everyone wants to or needs to live on top of each other in a city. Yes, Americans have many cars, but my husband and I take public transportation to the city from our suburban home. The author

Mark Harbin Sr. would show behavior in his youth that was so horrendous that people told him that he wouldn’t make it to the age of fifteen. Mark Harbin Sr. recalls his mother saying that the only safe place for him to be was Juvenile Hall, which is where he ended up going to as a teen. As he got older he continued to get involved with crime and has been to jail several times throughout his and Mark's life. It was also revealed that he has never really had a real job because of the various crime in his life.