Cullen L. MacPhee
Lit II
Stanley “Tookie” Williams The purpose of this essay is an autobiography on Stanley “Tookie” Williams. Since I am only using one book as a reference for this essay, the information given will cover mostly his years spent in prison. Stanley grew up and lived in South Central Los Angeles (Williams,13). When Stanley was young, growing up in his neighborhood, most of his friends had older siblings that had spent time in and out of prison. They would talk about their experiences in prison as a place they would like to back to, a place where boys turned into men. They would glorify the experience, Stanley thought it would be a place he would like to go (Williams,14). As a teenager Stanley was kicked out of school (Williams,79). …show more content…
The guards would deliver the meals on a cart and give them to him through a slot in the door (Williams, 25). Stanley orders most of his food from the prison store once a month, because he doesn’t like much of the food that is served. He orders soups, hot sauce and mixed vegetables (Wiliams,61) Stanley must rely on friends and family to put money on his books so he can purchase from the prison store, since he is not allowed to work and make his own money in prison(Williams,61). When using the phone, which is also brought on a cart, he is handed the receiver and cord through the slot in his door, he plugs the cord into an outlet in his cell and is allowed to make his 15 minute call (Wiliams, 21). Stanley has a television in his cell, that his mother got him, he listens to the television through a pair of headphone, because in prison televisions and radios are not allowed to have volume controls (Wiliams, 21). Stanley’s mother has always stayed in contact with him in prison, writing letters, phone calls, and personal visits (Wiliams,36). In prison Stanley chooses to worship in the privacy of his own cell rather than go to the death row chapel, which is only allowed once a month
Lit II
Stanley “Tookie” Williams The purpose of this essay is an autobiography on Stanley “Tookie” Williams. Since I am only using one book as a reference for this essay, the information given will cover mostly his years spent in prison. Stanley grew up and lived in South Central Los Angeles (Williams,13). When Stanley was young, growing up in his neighborhood, most of his friends had older siblings that had spent time in and out of prison. They would talk about their experiences in prison as a place they would like to back to, a place where boys turned into men. They would glorify the experience, Stanley thought it would be a place he would like to go (Williams,14). As a teenager Stanley was kicked out of school (Williams,79). …show more content…
The guards would deliver the meals on a cart and give them to him through a slot in the door (Williams, 25). Stanley orders most of his food from the prison store once a month, because he doesn’t like much of the food that is served. He orders soups, hot sauce and mixed vegetables (Wiliams,61) Stanley must rely on friends and family to put money on his books so he can purchase from the prison store, since he is not allowed to work and make his own money in prison(Williams,61). When using the phone, which is also brought on a cart, he is handed the receiver and cord through the slot in his door, he plugs the cord into an outlet in his cell and is allowed to make his 15 minute call (Wiliams, 21). Stanley has a television in his cell, that his mother got him, he listens to the television through a pair of headphone, because in prison televisions and radios are not allowed to have volume controls (Wiliams, 21). Stanley’s mother has always stayed in contact with him in prison, writing letters, phone calls, and personal visits (Wiliams,36). In prison Stanley chooses to worship in the privacy of his own cell rather than go to the death row chapel, which is only allowed once a month