-He talks about how he has never spoke about all he has went through. Basically this book is his own personal storage. I must imagine that this guy has experienced a lot. He must have a lot of stories to tell in this book. He was born in a gang city known as Los Angeles. He acknowledges tattoos in the title Tattoos on the Heart. He understands that men and women he talks to have had gone through many hardships. The last sentence on pg xv "Perhaps,together, we can teach each otherbeams of love, persons becoming person, right before our eyes.Returned to ourselves"(Boyle xv). This shows that he is dedicated to help these men and women. Also he tells us that this book to guide us to react and face the cold hard modern society.
BLOG #2 pg 49-52
-Kids that live in these poor areas are forced to go to school and sadly they do not learn nothing due to distractions. Most of these distractions are found within what goes on under in a house hold. These children live in very violent areas. A child named Lula showed up with straight F's and he offered him money to help motivate him. Children that live in these harsh enviroments often leads to drug dealing and other gang related activities. Often times these children are taught when they are so young, and instead have the mentality that being in a gang is better than going to school.
-BLOG #3 pg 61-65
-He begins to teach English to Folsom Prision. Its shoking that most or all of the class is a gang member or associate themselves in a gang. It is suprising that his students know what the meaning of "sypmathy","empathy" but not "compassion is. A student raises his hand and says "Compassion is God"(Boyle 62). He is really dedicated to teach these people no matter what type of background they come from. He shows that he is very patient with these people and what he teaches him is from the heart.
BLOG #4 pg 111-113
-He started preaching at Camp Munz. At this Camp it is filled with military personel with all kinds of tattoos. Its ironic to hear how friendly most of these people are. I was expecting the people in this camp to be anything but friendly. I was expecting them to be very rude and uptight. It is quiet facinating to see how he goes to different places to preach. He noticed how most of these tattoos had stories to tell but he didnt judge them by how the looked. If anything he accepted them for who they were.
BLOG #5 pg 188-191
-Kinship is what "we refuse to stop and allow to happen". This preacher says kinship is there goal and he focuses on getting these people off the streets and in working jobs. He says that if these people focus on kinship together in a group, they will be closer to god. He realizes that all of these people on there daily life have commited horrible sins, he still maintains the image to create them in a better society. To give these gang members a better future rather than relying on selling drugs and stolen items. One thing stood out was that "kinship-not serving the other, but being one with the other"(Boyle 188). This shows that its not what we allow to serve others, it is being one with god.
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