Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned

In my opinion, a book is always a better choice for entertainment then a movie. Usually, when a book is adapted into a movie; the movie always seems to omit scenes and details mentioned in the book. This is the same with Walter Mosley’s Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned; a novel that tells a story surrounding a man named Socrates Fortlow. However, while the movie version of Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned follows the same concept as the book there are substantial differences in terms of events

In “Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned,” by Walter Mosley, ex-convict from South Central Los Angeles, Socrates Fortlow, makes a difference in his community by helping/guiding an 11-year old boy soon to be gang member, Darryl; helps long time friends, Howard and Corina Shakur, get their family back in order; and helps get rid of a murderer in the neighborhood, Petis. In “Crimson Shadow,” Socrates takes Darryl under

top of your shoulders whispering into your ear, who do you listen to the most? Of course, we try to listen to the angel and try to do good but in some cases, the little devil will overpower and make you do something evil. In the book “Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned” by Walter Mosley, the main character, Socrates Fortlow, is put in a position of good and evil when he then ended up in prison for double murder and rape. Socrates was incarcerated for 27 years and lived a hard prison sentence but once

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the government installed a monitor on the back of his neck so they could observe his actions and judge whether he was fit to join the army. Decades, maybe a whole century before, aliens, called “buggers”, attacked the planet. Humans were outgunned, outnumbered, and a sure defeat seemed to be on the way. If it weren’t for the best general in history of earth, mankind would have been destroyed. The government is positive the buggers will come back, so they take certain children at the age of six,

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Take for instance a situation where a woman is outnumbered by her attackers and can be outgunned by them. In such circumstances, a diplomatic or less aggressive approach has a better chance of success as opposed to the use of a gun. There is also the frequently overlooked aftermath that follows taking the life of another

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