Murda/Urban Gangstas - 10/23/2007 - Update - The Road Splits In The Courtroom
Tenshii~Akari:
:shock: Ohhh.... Kareem's done it now. Poor girl. With NO protection?! Ohhh.... :sad4:
I remember reading Invisible Man my junior year in high school. It was a lot of things that went over my head, and even to this day I still don't grasp most of it. The main thing I did grasp, though, was the fact that people only see what they want to see, not what's actually in front of them. (Even happens to this very day!) The narrator didn't even bother to reveal his name since he had come to his own realization that no matter what he did or said, he'd still be "invisible" to everyone else... Pretty deep reading if you ask me. I just hope I can find it in my room somewhere so I can go back to see what I missed, and hopefully understand it this go around now that I'm a little older. :angel:
BTW, I enjoyed Chan's adventure to save Ronnie from further trouble. His mother's words really do show in his actions! I just hope he can get himself out of the way before the trap closes in on him... :(
LissaS:
AAWWWWW Kareem NOOOO......Man that girl is messed up now. Boi that family sure is wild although it seems they would rather have it differently.
I didn't read Invisible Man but I'll check it out.
Oh and I like how you added that pic of your son in there that was kool
Veckah:
I shed a tear at Kareem's.... stupidity...
vita4all:
Veckah, I know it's not funny, but I'm sitting here laughing at your comment.
I probably wouldn't call Kareem's act an act of stupidity. More like selfishness, recklessness, and a lethal form of buckling under peer pressure. In some ways I hate this chapter for it's violence, but so many teens get infected with STDs, including HIV, I thought it appropriate.
Moon - Yep, that's a buck wild family alright. How does a kid like Che escape this madness? At least he's thinking about it.
Tenshii - Yeah, made me cringe when I wrote it. Having worked with teens and adults, I can honestly say that reckless infections like this happens too often. We'd like to believe that if you're infected, the person who may have infected you had no idea. A small number of people do, but can't overcome their impulsivity. Sometimes it's deliberate. One teenager I knew many years ago had a feeling something wasn't right, and at the last minute told his partner to wear a condom. He was friends with the guy's cousin or something. She told him later he had HIV. He was stunned. This simple act saved him from years of misery and an early death.
Ali Xavier:
What a brutal chapter. I’ll bet the home invasion scene was terrifying to your readers. And Kareem! Aren’t there any heroes here? It’s too real, but maybe that’s good. I’ll have to think about this. It shows how being poor or always stressed out from problems contaminates a lot of people. I like the doctors. They balance the bad and confused. By the way, I like the way you altered the photo of me in Che’s art scene. He found art, I found music. Maybe he’ll find his way out of the crew like I did, and Mom, I’m gonna be mad if you kill him off.
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