Still surviving (200-240)

Still surviving (200-240)

Summary: we know he was soon found innocent.  But by the time he was it was to late already they sentence his to death with a painful shock that shut down his body.  Also know as the electric chair. in these last pages it also explains how Nanon is a child from the ghetto. But a brilliant one. His father was involved with a big drug deal and was killed when Nanon was 12. Nanon is born in a world which only knows violence.  With such a family, it was easy to convict him.  Since eight years, he lives in Ellis Unit death row. He writes and read. Before prison, he wanted to attend a university and obtain a degree in psychology.  He is, in fact, a fantastic writer and should be published.

THE END

Quote:

"If I was my own man"

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My reaction towards the story is jaw dropping.  Mainly because After seven years, his attorney, Helen Beardlsey, found out that the guy who testified against Nanon confessed to the crime on a tape and was arrested with the murder weapon. "Wow".  The quote connects to the story because it shows how Nanon was intelligent and how he was a well writer so when we read his auto biography we was in prison. He wanted to attend a university and obtain a degree in psychology.  He is in fact a fantastic writer and should be publisher.

Still surviving (150-200)

Still surviving (150-200)

Summary:

During the pages of 150-200 its explain why he's in the position he's in today? Eight years ago in Texas Nanon has been convicted of First Degree murder of 19 year old Adonius Collier. They both were purchasing drug when Nanon pulled a 25 caliber pistol and shot Collier and another man. As the second fled, he would have fired a second shotgun into Colliera's head. Then he would have left Texas for his native California,  Los Angeles, where he has been arrested three months later and sent to prison asap. But what happen then.

Quote: "the tape recording silenced the court room like a gun shot"

Reactions: my reactions are just as surprised and shocked as any other readers. I knew Nanon didn't actually do the murder but they found out by having the actual killer admit it.  Why did he take so long?. Now he had taken 3 lives. The quote shows the actual story behind Nanon situation. From a story saying he was the killer he did the crime. To the whole story being flipped and a new

Still surviving (100-150)

Summary:
In this time of the story Nanon considered himself as an inmate.  He has adapted to jail.  He's with his own crew, he's playing ball with other inmates making bets,  he begins doing push-up and work outs.  He broke his mental wall from saying I hate this place I'm getting out there's no way I'm staying here I hate everything and everyone here, now his mind set changed so now he contradicted where he had his mind before.  From trying to neglect the place and the way hes being considered to accepting the way he is being considered.  An inmate.  After he reads a book about pope joan he's beginning to question things and wonder about the way society works hes in jail and all he does it think so that iadea is what crosses i\his mind at night. the next morning hes being taking to a new setting.  where negative words are more fierce. He's now being shipped to an new jail and the rest of the pages are details about being stripped search and the rudeness of officers towards new nmates and other that have been recently arrested.  it explain hpw people do actully have right but usually inmated never enforce them so officersd feel as is they can do what ever they want.  thats why negativity is bold in this new setting.


Quote:
"Septembers sun lighted up the corner of my cell scaring away the nights darkness" (Williams 127)

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The author talks threw 3rd person during this cretin sections.  to me this quote represents on how the author wires in a big way of an allusion.  The cell is usually dark but at some points it lighten ups.
 It shows how the character is going threw brutal emotions.  Days he can feel bright like his cell is lightened up and other times he's feel like his cell.  Cold, trap, dark, and alone.  That's why I see how this quote is some what important.  in a more simple way of explaning the quote.  The darkestness and the brightness of his days reflect his feelings. 

Still surviving (50-100)

Summary:
Throughout the pages I have read the story begins to talk about the main death in Nanon faced in his life.  Which is his father being killed by gang violence when he was at the age of 10.  The thought of his grandfather death rummage in his head.  The setting the character step into is more calm he's talking to other inmates he even has a new name which is L.A.  Nanon goes from being broken down mentally to putting him self back toghter.  He's starting to learn how to survive in prison, he's adapting to the prison life.

Quote:
"Why am I here I said while weeping in my cell, tears crawling out of eyes until I wipe them off when the gard banged on my cell door" (Williams 74)

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The author continues to write in a way to put pictures in your head.  In a way he had showed the coming of age for Nanon he left his comfort zone his house and was sentence to prison since the age of 17 and since then he was been considered as an adult.  He has made his own decision he's making his own decision that he can and he's living off himself.  Being accepted into the new prison he had made friends he shows who he is and he's being supported by other inmates and this one staff.  This quote is important because it reveals how he's an innocent man but before it was realized he's been sentence already.  The quote helps paint that picture in your head about how he feels.  what he says wrap the story all up because it says why he's in jail and it answers the questions. why is he in jail, the quote shows he's didn't do the murder which is the question who did he kill and why.  Which is no one.  So it clears a lot about why he is facing death row and who did he kill if he actually killed someone and why.

still surviving pg1-50

Joshwa hall

10-1-10

Summary:  pages 1-50

So far threw the marvelous section I read from page 1-50 what is being describe is the main character who is Nanon, also who is the writer of the book.  He talks about the pain that burns threw him and his family because of his death sentence is facing.  Which mean life in jail until he gets the death penalty.  He goes from being petrified to not letting anything get to him.  He is ready for death row cause he realized he has no choice and crying wont help, nor will sorrow.  These pages 1-50 summarize his settlement in the prison and why he is there but not actually why he is there because he didn’t actually do the crim.  As said on the back of the  book.

Quote:

“The winter night was dark and rainy.  I fell asleep in my bunk at the Harris county jail.  When I awoke cold air was storming through the corridor like a freezing gas that paralyzed the nervous system” (Williams 1).  This shows the author style because it shows how he wants the reader to picture the book s a movie.  Every sentence you read creates a picture in your head.

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A I said the way the author writes he uses strong words and sentences to express that he sees, feels, and thinks.  His overall emotion about everything.  The quote help symbolize where he at and no matter what the weather is, the feeling remains the same.  When you think about cold you think about not being warmed, numbness, no feeling ,it’s a cold place as in an hatred place.  The quote kind of raps up the setting and the feeling throughout the story