Big Joe's Funeral

After readign this short story, I felt like Joe is so foolish, it is like he is playing and joking around with his life. He got his inserance and pretend to be dead. He used the money that he recieved and decorate a funeral home for himself. He pretend to be dead, and people all around the neighborhood were very sad that he is dead. On the day of his funeral, people were very sad that he died. After a while, he reveals himself and that he was just playing around. Then they had a party.
I felt that he is playing too much, he don't seem to be respectign his life. If you are in a funeral, it means that you have past away, it is a very sad situation. I don't think it is good play a game like this.

Scorpions

Jamal is having a lot of problem at this time. He is doing whatever he can do to help get his brother get out of jail. Now having a gun, he is useing it to scare his enemy, Dwayne. He always tries to make fun of Jamal or do somethign bad to Jamal. Dwayne is bigger and stronger than Jamal, but Jamal is not scare of him since he have a gun. When a crowd of people are watching a fight on Jamal and Dwayne, everyone is very excited, they know that Dwayne will win, because he is strong and big. When the fight started, he told Tito to give him the gun, Jamal shows the gun to Dwayne, at first Dwayne isn't really afraid, he said, " Its a fake gun, then suddenly, when he see ir again, it is a real gun. He got so scare and don't want to fight again. Jamal knows that he might get in trouble, so he told Tito to hide it away. When the prinicpal told Jamal to go to his office about Dwayne complain about him having a real gun. The principal know that Jamal wouldn't have a gun. Then when that was over, Jamal told Tito to try to get rid of the gun, Jamal wanted to get out of the Scorpions, because he knows that bad duture will happen if he don't get out of the gang. He do not want to be the leader of the gang. Since the Indians, another gang are having a conversation with the Scorpions, after the conversation, Jamal might ask the INdians to be the leader of the gang too.

I think Jamal will get into a whole lot of trouble, already so much trouble on him, I don't think he will survive very long. So far he wanted to get out of the Scorpions, he do not want to be the leader and he is tryign to get rid of the gun. If the police finds out about this, Jamal might get into jail too.