#11 Paul Gingrich and Colt Lundy

I looked at a few different websites and the only reason that the boys gave was that they wanted to run away but his step-father wouldn't allow it. Apperently both boys came from good homes and the boys never really had a strong motive. They were apprehended the morning after the crime was commited, driving in Colt's mother's car. In the car the police found weed, and the guns. it is said that they were going to sell the weed for money but there is no solid proof. Personally I don't think that they should be tried as adults, they should be able to get help. I think that if you are under 16 years old you shouln't be able to be tried and convicted as an adult. They should serve a maximum of 10 years and get some help to rehabilitate them and make them functional members of society.

#9 & 10 Shawshank Redemption

I think that Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption is an interesting book so far. It is a little bit graphic but is insightful to life in prison and seems fairly accurate. So far, I think Andy Dufresne is a pretty good guy. I think he just does his best to try and help people in prison and he has a good business for smuggling things into the prison for money. I think he did commit the crime that he is in prison for but I'm not completely sure yet, because there wasn't complete evidence that he was the one who did it.

#8 the lottery

I think that The Lottery was similar to The Hunger Games books. They had a draw and whoever pulled the card with a black dot on it got killed. I think that the tradition proobably statred a long time ago when the town was established. I don't really know why they originally started this tradition, possibly because it's somewhat of a stress relief. They might still continue it just because they want to carry on a tradition.

#4the weasel skin

I think that the weasel skin was a weird story. The main character seemed very wimpy at the beginning of the story but at the end you learn he is very intellegent. His two cabin mates ended up killing each other over a package that Crowdy told them had $600 in it. He planned this and knew they'd kill eachother. In the end he was the only one out of the three of them that survived. It was well-written.