Theme: Fate Vs Freewill
Quote 1: " "Five minutes!" the jumpmaster yelled from the front of a C-130 military aircraft. "Five minutes!" my entire chalk of Airborne candidates yelled back at him in the military's famous call- and - response cadence. We all knew what was next, and now we knew how long we had before it was time to face it. Five minutes." (pg.129)
Analysis 1: This quote represents how freewill from Wes's mother which was to make him join the military school caused Wes to continue his study in military and continue in advancing in pursuing his future career. What I mean is force from Wes's mother to make her son go to military school is considered freewill. And what ends up happening due to her decision to make her son go to military school, is her son ending up succeeding in military school and continuing in advancing in this branch of study.
Quote 2: "I realized that I had to make sure these schools knew my name regardless of what I did on the ninety feet of hardwood that had brought me to their attention. Just as military school had slowly grown on me, so had academic life." (pg130)
Analysis 2: It was fate that caused Wes to end up staying at military school as well as to become a sergeant. Yes it was his mother's freewill that made him go there but it was definitely fate that caused him to stay there especially when Wes tried to run away for the first time. It was faith that forced Wes to stay until he started to grow a fond for it and start wanting to stay there for his own pleasure. From this quote we can see how happy and pleased Wes was with going to military school and how well his life was starting to turn out especially his academics and military life.
Quote 3; "Wes took the face of his third and fourth children's mother in his hands and began to shake her. She lay on the couch, saliva dripping out of corners of her mouth...her pupils dilated and rolling to the back of her head , heroin still flowing through her veins." (pg137)
Analysis 3: This situation of Wes2 meeting and making kids with Cheryl is an example that supports the theme of freewill. Wes had already had two kids with Alicia so the fact that he would continue to mess with other girls even though he already has a family of his own with Alicia was his own choice. Wes going down to mess with Cheryl was clearly his own decision , so the situation where he was having to wake up Cheryl due to her drug addiction ( which he despises) on page 137 was a outcome of his own freewill.
Quote 4: "Wes turned down Edmondson Avenue, walking toward his friend Levy's house. Levy was a bit younger than Wes but had managed to get out of the hustling game a few months back. At first, Wes had been confused by Levy's decision: why would he give up so much money to go straight? But days like today were making Wes think that maybe Levy was the smart one." (pg138)
Analysis 4: The choice of Wes2 to go down to Levy's house and talk to his friend about helping himself get out of the drug industry was his own choice. His own freewill. It was his own decision to start a new life and finish and get his diploma and get a new job even though it meant less money and harder work. Wes was willing to do whatever it took to get himself away from drugs.
Quote 5: "After seven months, Wes met his graduation from Job Corps with as much trepidation as excitement. No longer would he have to show up at the large parking lot on Sunday evenings waiting for the blue bus. No longer would he have to share a room with levy who, after a troubled start, was completing his GED requirements and starting his vocational classes. Wes would now be on his own."
Analysis 5: This situation more so reflects fate. I feel like the outcome of Wes's completion and success from Job Corps was fate. Because if fate didn't want him to succeed futher in life then no matter what Wes had done, he wouldn't have never got to where he stands right now. In this situation, Wes has just finished and graduated from Jobs Corps, he was now allowed to go back home and begin a new life. He was now free and had nothing to do with the drug industry anymore.
Analysis 1: This quote represents how freewill from Wes's mother which was to make him join the military school caused Wes to continue his study in military and continue in advancing in pursuing his future career. What I mean is force from Wes's mother to make her son go to military school is considered freewill. And what ends up happening due to her decision to make her son go to military school, is her son ending up succeeding in military school and continuing in advancing in this branch of study.
Quote 2: "I realized that I had to make sure these schools knew my name regardless of what I did on the ninety feet of hardwood that had brought me to their attention. Just as military school had slowly grown on me, so had academic life." (pg130)
Analysis 2: It was fate that caused Wes to end up staying at military school as well as to become a sergeant. Yes it was his mother's freewill that made him go there but it was definitely fate that caused him to stay there especially when Wes tried to run away for the first time. It was faith that forced Wes to stay until he started to grow a fond for it and start wanting to stay there for his own pleasure. From this quote we can see how happy and pleased Wes was with going to military school and how well his life was starting to turn out especially his academics and military life.
Quote 3; "Wes took the face of his third and fourth children's mother in his hands and began to shake her. She lay on the couch, saliva dripping out of corners of her mouth...her pupils dilated and rolling to the back of her head , heroin still flowing through her veins." (pg137)
Analysis 3: This situation of Wes2 meeting and making kids with Cheryl is an example that supports the theme of freewill. Wes had already had two kids with Alicia so the fact that he would continue to mess with other girls even though he already has a family of his own with Alicia was his own choice. Wes going down to mess with Cheryl was clearly his own decision , so the situation where he was having to wake up Cheryl due to her drug addiction ( which he despises) on page 137 was a outcome of his own freewill.
Quote 4: "Wes turned down Edmondson Avenue, walking toward his friend Levy's house. Levy was a bit younger than Wes but had managed to get out of the hustling game a few months back. At first, Wes had been confused by Levy's decision: why would he give up so much money to go straight? But days like today were making Wes think that maybe Levy was the smart one." (pg138)
Analysis 4: The choice of Wes2 to go down to Levy's house and talk to his friend about helping himself get out of the drug industry was his own choice. His own freewill. It was his own decision to start a new life and finish and get his diploma and get a new job even though it meant less money and harder work. Wes was willing to do whatever it took to get himself away from drugs.
Quote 5: "After seven months, Wes met his graduation from Job Corps with as much trepidation as excitement. No longer would he have to show up at the large parking lot on Sunday evenings waiting for the blue bus. No longer would he have to share a room with levy who, after a troubled start, was completing his GED requirements and starting his vocational classes. Wes would now be on his own."
Analysis 5: This situation more so reflects fate. I feel like the outcome of Wes's completion and success from Job Corps was fate. Because if fate didn't want him to succeed futher in life then no matter what Wes had done, he wouldn't have never got to where he stands right now. In this situation, Wes has just finished and graduated from Jobs Corps, he was now allowed to go back home and begin a new life. He was now free and had nothing to do with the drug industry anymore.
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