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To What Extent Was Responsible For Pharon's Death

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In Jonny and Tyrone are partially responsible for Eric Morse’s death because of the lack of parental figure to teach them from right and wrong, and the security of the building was poor. One reason Tyrone and Jonny are partially responsible for Eric Morse’s death is because their parents weren’t there to watch them and keep them from making the poor actions they made. In April LeAlan goes to interview Tyrone's dad Tommy in the prison visiting room. LeAlan asks Tommy “Do you feel that your absence from seeing your son led to the alleged incident?” Tommy then responds with “Yes, it did. Because I feel that when a father and his child are separated, the child has a tendency to take the wrong route in life. Especially if the father has instilled values in his kids and has always been there for them to show them the right way and the right things to do…You can keep him away from the bad people and tell him,‘Stay away from Shorty!’But …show more content…

LeAlan writes his observations of the building. He writes, “ Going in the building now. Don't need keys and don't need to sign in, just walk right through, they don't ask questions... Pampers and dookie… someone breaks into your apartment or little kids throw rocks and break your glass, so just to be on the safe side you bored yourself in and live in darkness. No windows. The only light is from your lightbulb. They've been doing that for years. I would not live in here no way, nohow...” (Our America pg. 91) In other words, LeAlan hates the building’s environment and finds it sad/disgusting. Because of this, I think that Johnny and Tyrone used this building since they knew that the security was low and that it would be impossible for them to get caught by anyone. Therefore the lack of security in the building shows how Tyrone and Johnny are partially responsible for Eric Morse’s

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