Manchild in tyhe Promise Land 161-

Summary
So I don't really believe in the phrase everyone deserves a second chance. Only in some certain situations although its like Claude is getting a second chance in life. One of his friend is asking Claude to not go kill the person that almost ruined his  reputation. In fact one of Claude's friend asked I will do it for you I will kill him because i have nothing in life, I have nowhere to turn, I lost everything but you have your parents and you have things in life. The next paragraph i read about is Claude wanting to stop selling pot. To me this was a big shock because i remember from the previous chapters Claude said he was not going to stop selling pot because that is how he got money whenever he needed it. Then another shock happens when Claude decides to go back to school. He wants to learn things and when he fails some classes he is not like the typical type of person that would get mad and give up. He actually took the classes over again and passed. He was talking about how some of his friends decided they were going to start school as well but most of them did not last long, except one. Tony wanted to stick with Claude and try to get somewhere in life and Claude is on a good path.

Quote
"Since I had gotten out of Warwick, I had left the garment center, gotten a job at Hamburger Heaven, and started school. I'd done a whole lot of things. But I was still looking for something new." (Brown 177)

Reaction
When I read this quote I  like standing up and clapping. He is actually y pushing himself. He wants to find that special something. Which i am actually interested in knowing also. But this is coming from a kid that use to not care about going to jail, skipping school, stealing all the time. It is like someone hit him on the head and a light bulb went on. He realized that the things he was going before is not the way life is suppose to be, And honestly I am happy for him. His friends should be looking up at him just like Tony is. Also Claude needs to realize how lucky he is because some people do not have to opportunity to go back to school and give it a shot. Now i just want to see whats that special something and how long he is gonna last in school.