Thursday, October 16, 2008

"The night I won the streets of Memphis" blog questions for between the line

1. What is the theme of the story?

Answer. The theme of the story is violence. The first reason why it is violence is because true men are introduced into society through the use of violence. When they do use violence they lose a piece of them selves along the way, "I'll kill you" is the way that you see that Richard lose a piece of himself. A second example is that the use of violence is tearing this country of ours apart. The murder rate in the Philadelphia is increases every year. Obviously, the theme of the story is violence. When people use violence they lose apiece of themselves along the way, and its kills innocent people daily.

2. What was the climax of the story?

Answer. There consist of many climaxes in this story. The first of the climax is when Richard mother slaps him in the face and kicks him out of the house. "Don't you come back in this house until you have does grocery's" this is one of the cross roads for Richard to deal with go and get bitten by his mom or go and fight to buy does grocery's. Another is when he's at the corner. He must think of what he could this shows that Richard is certain of what he should do. Obviously there are many climaxes to this story, which on is most important "Don’t know."

3. What are the main conflicts in this story?

Answer. All five of the conflicts appear in this story. The main ones are "Man vs. Society" and "Man vs. Self." The First important one is "Man vs. Society" it is shown by the Gang of Kids in the streets and by his Mother.  Society telling him to become a man and his mother giving him the tool to become a man and him taking it and falling into the trap that society has set for him. Second of all "Man vs. Self.". that shows the external problems forming in his mine threw the events that have happened to him. Obviously "Man vs. Society" and "Man vs. Self" are the main topic's in this story.

4. Who are the main character in the story?

Answer. The main character of the story are Roger and Rogers mom. The first reason why Roger is the main character is because the story revolves around Roger and he is followed threw the whole story.  He himself tells it you can tell it's going to be about himself, "I was proud" "I felt like a grown up" from this you get a basic idea of what it's about and that he is a main character. Second of all Rogers mother is a main character. She forces Roger to fight the Gang of Boys or not come into the house again "Don't come into this house until you gotten those grocery's." "Go now and don't come back without those grocery's or I'll whip you it is this ultimatum that made Roger go and defend himself. Obviously the main characters are Roger and his Mother are the main characters because without each others the story would not be the same.

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