Sunday, November 27, 2011
"I Don't Wish Nobody To Have A Life Mine" response #2
Continuing this book I was not disappointed with all the different stories in each of the chapters. One chapter I was particularly intrigued with was the one about addiction. The first line in the chapter was, "the only thing Jason wasn't addicted to was school"(67). He was addicted the the jail system. It seemed like he didnt want to leave because he was addicted to the life it gave him, and the thrills he got from the fights.When Jason was talking about the state prison he said, "Its alot better then this country club. They got way better food, more rec time, stronger weed, and tougher dudes to mess with" (75). Its like hes addicted to jail. He builds a high tollerence of the one prison he is at so he wants the stronger stuff. He wants to get beat up and hurt until he over doses on that prison. He has become strong enough to hold his own in this prison and that is not enough for him. He doesnt want to be strong and getting by. He wants to feel weak and be able to build himself from the bottom of the pyramid to the top. Jail was a drug to him. The fights and problems gave him a high that he was addicted to. When he was transported to state prison he "jumped around like they were taking him to the circus or somthing"(77). He was just going to use a stronger drug and build a resistence to that. What happens when he is the king of that jungle? When there is not a stronger drug to use?
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This sounds like a very interesting book based on the character Jason alone. I would not suspect jail as a place one would want to be, or would actually enjoy. When you stated the quote, "jumped around like they were taking him to the circus or something"(77), it really shocked me on how some people view prison. I personally wouldn’t think prison would be a place where even one person would be as excited as going to a circus. This is especially because he does not know what he is getting himself into. If he does not make it to the top of the pyramid at the next prison, what will make him stop? It seems as though the only thing that will hold him back from wanting to fight inmates is death. Are there other inmates that act like Jason in prison, which would rather be in prison so they can fight?
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