Student: Ticey Robertson
Title: Always Outnumbered and Always Outgunned
Author: Walter Mosley
Publisher: Morton
Date: 1998
Brief Synopsis of the story
Description Of setting
The setting is based on the streets of Los Angeles in the early part of the 1990�s.
List Characters and give a brief description
Socrates- The main character who is a man that tries to deal with anything that comes his way in a positive way.
Darryl- Who is a kid that Socrates helps out. Darryl is a character that sees life as a trap and through a negative perspective.
Right Burke- Socrates� best friend who�s a sick man. Right is a character that tries to hide his weakness and tries to show his strengths.
Description of conflict or problem
The conflict of the story is based on the many obstacles Socrates faces with life�s discriminations, as he tries to redeem himself by helping others and his community.
Suggest Another Ending For This Piece Of Work
Socrates wins the lottery and can afford to get the proper doctors and medication for his best friend Right Burke for his cancer. Then Socrates takes Darryl into his custody and moves out of Los Angeles and buys a big house for him and Darryl and Right Burke to start a new life as he also gives back to the community. Socrates then gets Howard�s wife after she finally gets fed up with Howard leaving her, and they will all live happily ever after.
Student: Ticey Robertson
Title: Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, And Stuff
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date: 1988
Brief Synopsis Of The Story
The story is about a young boy that moved to a new neighbor hood that he grow to love, 116 ST in Harlem New York. He didn�t know anyone, but that didn�t last long. He meets new friends and experiences the meaning of friendship.
Description Of Setting
The setting is based on 116 ST in Harlem, New York in the 1970�s.,p>
List Characters And Give A Brief Description
Francis /Stuff- The main character who is always trying to impress his friends by trying to fit in and by trying to be cool.
Clyde- He is the calm and peaceful one out of the group.,p>
Fast Sam- He is more the trouble maker and big mouth of the group.
Gloria- The tomboy of the block who will beat anyone up if they mess with her and anyone of her friends.
Description Of Conflict Or Problem
The problem comes in when Clyde�s father dies and the effect it took on him as his friends try to help him get through it. The conflict is also when drugs started to take a toll on their community. One of their friends who they grew up with died because of drugs and they are left to find their own ways of dealing with their grief.
Suggest Another Ending For This Piece Of Work
The way I would end the story would be that they all see each other while
they are all grown up like a family reunion and reminisce about the old days. As well what they are all up to until the day of meeting.
Student: Ticey Robertson
Title: Spider Town
Author: Abraham Rodriguez
Publisher: Viking Penguin
Date: 1994
Brief Synopsis Of The Story
The story is, about life in the South Bronx, is both a love story and a street view of life as a drug runner. When the protagonist, Miguel meets the beautiful Cristalena, he dreams of escaping the ghetto with her but a crack kingpin named Spider, has other plans.
Description Of Setting
The story takes place in the early 1980�s on the streets of the South Bronx.
List Characters And Give A Brief Description
Miguel- The main character the and drug runner. Deep down inside Miguel is sweet and kind hearted.
Spider- Miguel�s boss. Spider pretends to be Miguel�s friend but plots behind Miguel�s back. He is a snake to everyone he already set up.
Firebug- Miguel�s roommate. He is always giving Miguel advice on the drug business.
Cristalena � Miguel�s girlfriend. She is always trying to steer Miguel in the right direction.
Amelia- Miguel�s friend. She is always trying to have sex with Miguel. She is also always telling Miguel to get out of the business. She is also addicted to drugs.
Description Of Conflict Or Problem
Miguel falls in love with Cristalena and gets tired of the drug business. He now feels he has someone to live for and wants to turn his life around and get out the drug business while he can. Spider disagrees with Miguel wanting to leave, then plots to get Miguel killed.
Suggest Another Ending For This Piece Of Work
The way I would end the story is that Miguel and Cristalena made their escape. They moved to an another state and started their new life there, while raising a family. Miguel used his money to be in the car dealer ship since he loved cars so much. He would enroll in school taking courses on how to actually build cars. Amelia finally got her self in a rehab and started her own little family. Once in a while she still checked on Miguel.
The Coldest Winter Ever is the streetwise, Life of Crime saga of Winter Santiaga, the teenage daughter of a Brooklyn Drug Kingpin. Winter�s father spoils his wife and three daughters with luxury living. He gets them everything they want to cars, clothes, jewelry, and even buys a mansion in Long Island when the streets of Brooklyn become to dangerous for his family. From there on things starts to turn bad. Winter�s mother gets shot in the face, Winter�s father eventually gets busted by the FBI and the family possessions are confiscated. Her survival becomes the story as, she tries to think of a way to get her father out of jail.
Description Of Setting
The Streets of Brooklyn early 1990�s
List Characters And Give A Brief Description
Winter Santiaga- Who is spoiled and brain washed by material items.
Ricky Santiaga- Winter�s Father who is a well-respected man, but a drug kingpin.
Winter�s Mother-Who is a person who is brainwashed by material items.
Midnight- Santiaga�s a best drug runner.
Bullet- Winter�s boy friend who is a snake.
Description Of Conflict Or Problem
Winter�s father finally gets busted by the FBI for drugs and her mother gets shot in the face then turns to drugs. The family possessions are confiscated while she is let with nothing and nobody. She thinks of a way to get more money to get her father out of jail so things can go back the way they use to be.
Suggest Another Ending For This Piece Of Work
The ending I would suggest would be that before Winter gets the chance to leave with Bullet, who is her boyfriend, to do that drug run. Midnight who is Santiaga�s best man comes to town and fixes everything. He would get Winter and her twin sister�s and talk some sense to the other sister Porsche, and move them back to Baltimore to get their life straightened out. I would have it that Winter and Midnight would raise Mercedes and Lexus. The bad part would be that it was too late to save Winter�s mother because she had already died and that Winter�s father Santiaga would still be in jail. Hey I had to make the book still seen like it was still realistic.
