Theme Tracking
Crimes
"They barked orders over the screams of their victims" (Pg 147)
This quote shows how Wes's life has evolved from his beginnings of crime as a drug dealer. This was undoubtedly going to be his last mission on the streets. I suppose that Wes's motto was go hard or go home. The irony of it all was that he would be working alongside his brother, the one who had got him into this mess.
"He'd left his wife and five children, to work his second job as a security guard at the jewelers" (Pg 147)
The man that the robbery crew had killed that day was not only a police officer, but a man with a family that he cared about. Wes never once seemed to think about his or anyone else's family when he got involved in crimes, he never thought about the future consequences of anything. This is a contrast from when he seemed to show an interest in being a father for his daughters earlier in the book.
"This would be much easier on you if you would just say where those two are" (Pg 152)
This quote ties into the last one, Wes never considered his family members when he chose a life of crime. He never once thought about how hard on them it would be if he were to die or eventually be sentenced to a life of prison. It hurt his mother Mary the most, her boys had turned out as failures, and it was out of her control.
Prison
"The hands of the state would stay on him for the rest of his life" (Pg 157)
Wes's entire life seemed to lead up to this moment, when he finally went to far, and suffered the consequences. Unlike his previous offenses, there was no way around this one, no parole, no time to commit other crimes, it was over, Wes's free life was over.
"Finally, he could see his future" (Pg 157)
This quote is a very important one to the reader, because they finally see that there really wasn't any hope for Wes afterall, sadly, all along he knew his fate, and had come to accept it. He had never had a father that had been there for him, he never recieved the guidance he needed from his mother, and at this point the reader realizes that his entire life felt like a waste, he was just waiting for the moment that he was to be locked up in a penitentiary.
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