Johnny Cade was born on the first of March in 1949 and died at the age of 16 in 1965 due to his injury on his back. He had parents that didn’t care for him at all and abused him verbally and physically. His mother was alcoholic and ignored him all the time, his father in the other hand, abused him which made Johnny feel a sense of affection from his dad, he felt as even if he’s hitting him it was still acknowledging his existence. Although Johnny was young he had already been in fights, one that had left Johnny traumatized. Since he was in such a big fight before that left severely damaged, he tries his best to stay away from fights. However, he declared if someone would fight him again, he’d kill them with his own hands. Johnny did end up
Then again, Billy has to do this to pay the bills, to keep his house, and to allow his wife to get her favorite piece of jewelry at the store. At the end of the story, Billy has just gotten into bed in the middle of the night with his devoted wife, Johnnie Mae. The text states, “Later Billy, lying in the darkness, listened to the even sounds of his wife’s breathing... He found Johnie Mae's hand and held it. Even in her sleep, she took his hand and squeezed it gently“ (Myers 38). From this, it is obvious how strong Billy and Johnie’s love really is. At the end of the day, Billy and Johnie love each other through all the hardships they face together. This is when Billy understands that even though he continues to fight to make money, he still will always be beloved by his spouse. In summary, in the short story “Fighter” by Walter Dean Myers, Billy learned that the influence of another is not always right by following his guidance counselor and ending up struggling to keep his life together, but in the end figured out that the love of your own family is really the most important
Kody Scott was born into the gang life weither he liked it or not. Born on 1963 in South Central Los Angeles Kody?s life would be affected by the growing number of gangs inevitably. Kody knew he had a choice to be made, be a gang member or be a pedestrian. He viewed pedestrians as spineless nerds who were always victims of someone?s ridicule or physical violence, who never responded to an affront of any type. He himself had a taste of pedestrian life in grade school were he was picked on and had his lunch money taken from him. ?Early on I saw and felt both sides of the game being played where I lived. It was during my time in elementary school that I chose to never be a victim again, if I could help it?(Shakur 100). Being in a gang gave Kody a feeling of security in a city of violence. ?I felt very different, older, more attached than any of...
When Butch was nine years old, his mother sent him away with a quarter and told him never to come back. He rode the subway for days, until he was picked up by the police and taken to court. This was in August 1950, he was sent to the Children’s Center. It would be the beginning of a lifetime of institutions for Butch. Butch had to learn at a young age to defend himself. To be the toughest kid in the institution. He had to strike first or he would get hurt. He was all he had. His mother did not want him. He learned early “that a willingness to fight was essential to survival.” (1) Butch became hard to handle at the Children’s Center. He was then sent to Wiltwyck, another institution for boys. “Wiltwick had become nationally renowned school, officiall...
When Malloy put himself to the test, he rarely came out successful. This all changed when he saw the death of his brother, Charlie the Gent. Malloy decided to stand up for what he knew was right and went to speak with Johnny Friendly face to face. As the scene unfolded, the depiction of Malloy being a hero was relevant. He stood up for his brother, and his girlfriend. He knew what the outcome would be if he confronted the “hoods,” yet he did what he had to do for the people on the dock, and above all, for the people he cared about the most; and for this, he gained the respect and loyalty that he deserved.
Throughout this particular case the audience learns numerous details about how John 's personal life may have led him to be a killer. John was a part of a group at school known as the "freaks" who were constantly victims of the popular kids ' bullying and taunts. John was even mugged at the young age of only thirteen by some older classmates. John 's father 's response was highly negative and abusive, telling John repeatedly that he was ashamed of him and that he needed to toughen up and be a man, and bought his son illegal weapons and violent video games instead of helping his son confront his conflicts. Later in the case the jury is introduced to Leo Clayton a boy who has experienced numerous of the same traumatic events that John had been tormented with, except for the fact that Leo 's father actually listened to his sons silent cries for help and confronted Robert about John 's inappropriate behavior at school towards Leo. While this did not eliminate Leo 's problems it did open a healthy and communicative relationship between father and son and showed Leo that he was not fighting this battle alone and that he was
Jack Dempsey was best known for his intriguing knockouts and his fists of steel (“Biography”). In his fight against Jess Willard, former champion, Dempsey knocked him down seven times within three minutes (Smith). This was the boxing match that began Dempsey’s reign as heavy weight champion of the world (Hadden 161). After the fight he earned the nick na...
Paul William Bryant lived his childhood with no very much. Paul was born on September 11, 1913 in Moro Bottom in south central Arkansas. He was one out of eleven other children that his parents had. His parents were Monroe and Ida Mae Bryant. His father Monroe was a farmer and his mother Ida Mae was a stay at home mother and tended to the house. A few years later in Paul’s life they moved to a few miles south of Forge, Arkansas. (“100 years Of Bear”) There were about 3,600 people in the town they moved to.(“Paul W Bryant”) When Bryant got older his father got real ill so his mother and bear had to take over the farm for his father. (“Bear Bryant”) When Paul was just thirteen years old he was watching a varsity football practice. At six foot one he was a big thirteen year old and the coach saw the big kid watching them practice. “The coach of the team went up to Bryant and asked him if he had ever played football before. Paul replied, “ This is the first time I had ever seen the game played before.” The coach told him “ you see that boy down there? You just go down there and try and kill him.” Paul started to play and lets just say he did what the coach told him to do. When the poor safety caught the ball Bryant smashed the kid. Before the upcoming Friday Bryant had made it to the starting lineup. In his senior year of high school he led his team to the state championship.(“the story of Bear”) One night Bryant and some friends went to a traveling circus. There was a live bear there and the man with it was offering a dollar for every minute you would stay in the cage with the bear. Bear said he would get in the cage with the bear some people thing that the reason he got in the cage was to impress a girl. For whateve...
Years Eve, he shot a gun into the air. He was soon arrested and taken to a
On March 17, 1942, John Wayne Gacy was born in Chicago, Illinois. When he was younger, he was involved with activities such as boy scouts and odd jobs around his neighborhood. It is said that while Gacy wasn’t popular, he was well-liked by those people who knew him (Taylor, Troy). Gacy’s father was an alcoholic and would often abuse Gacy and his siblings if they were thought to have made trouble. His father would also abuse his mother. When Gacy was playing on a swing set at age 11, he was hit in the head with a swing. After this, Gacy would suffer from blackouts. However, when Gacy was 16, the doctors found that blood clots in his brain were the cause of his blackouts and, with medicine, they were able to stop the blackouts. When he was about
One of Gacy's earliest memories was of being beaten by his father at age four. He was beat when
In this short story, O’Connor depicts a violent character to the reader known as ‘The Misfit.’ The Misfit can be described as a distorted, violent character that questions the true meaning of life and his role within it. The Misfit uses the anger that he possesses inside of him as a form of violence, and this is why he is known to be a wanted murderer, ever since he escaped from the penitentiary. This Misfit was put into the penitentiary when he was accused of murdering his own father, which might have been a lie based upon the head-doctors accusations. O’Connor reveals violence in a very peculiar way, and this is based upon the struggle of living in a world where finding a good man is hard to find in our society.
Perry Smith, a sensitive and highly intelligent guy lived a hard life. Perry never really had a solid family. His parents fought constantly, both verbally and physically. The fighting led them to split when Perry was young. After the split, Perry was forced to live with his mother, whom had become a disgraceful drunkard (126). Perry’s mother quickly abandoned him, so he had to move into an orphanage. While living in the orphanage Perry was beaten for wetting the bed. Then in about the third grade Perry’s father, Tex started taking care of him. Tex tried his best at teaching Perry right from wrong, but he kept him from continuing in his education. Tex said, “Perry [was] no Angel he has done wrong many times same as so many other kids. Rite is Rite and wrong is wro...
story is a young boy. The motive to kill is that he sees the boy’s
The fact that Johnny had to be parted from his mother to acquire his insight is significant too. Wordsworth's parents died, leaving him, and that one of his major recurring themes is the attempt to return to that childhood innocence of when they were alive. Seen in this light, the fact that Johnny is an idiot, an over-grown child, becomes more than just a detail of plot. Wordsworth allows himself a happy ending in this poem: after complaining to the Muses that he has been their slave for fourteen years, he has mother and son re-united. Johnny's "glory" (l. 462) is that he can retain the uniqueness of his viewpoint and observations, and not sacrifice that state of childhood innocence.
He had a mom,dad and basically almost the necessary to survive . His mother had to divide a can of beans and meat between six kids. His dad was a drug addict and alcoholic. He had what you could call a close family but wasn’t a normal one is what he would call it. His mother would send him to school, but he wouldn’t go to class he would stay around the area. He then started to go to a boxing gym then little by little stop going. He gained respect as a street fighter and joined ganges. He got the reputation that in order to beat him you have to stab him. At age of seventeen he was sent to prison for taking money. In that same year his brother was killed and had a great impact on his mother. Going to prison transformed his life completely, in a blink of an eye he was going to different jails districts beating the best of the best in the jails. Eventually winning the championship. He was then released under good misconduct.