Kinship In Boyle's Tattoos On The Heart

As I quickly ran out of pages, that are carefully inked with Father Gregory Boyle’s heartfelt words, this novel got me thinking, “How does one go about caring for another and promote a common bond between strangers?” Kinship is used to bring people together and this tool is found in every individual, although it is their choice on how they use it. As Tattoos on the Heart explains, many gang-members avoid this program, although a handful decide to build up the courage to walk away and join Boyle’s vision of a better world. With Homeboy Industries, Boyle brings kinship to a diverse table that infuses religion and love as one. The individuals who are fortunate enough to stay within the difficult process are often rewarded by good feelings, a better …show more content…
Through detailed descriptions of his kinship and admiration towards another human being, Boyle shows respect and a sense of equality. As the book opened, once story told by Boyle was when the Homeboy Bakery burned down. An employee named Lencho, a former gang member, began crying as the flames burned the small business down, on the fortunate side however, they rebuilt the bakery and Lencho became thrilled to go back to work. In my opinion, this is pure dedication and hardship put into an idea that these people love a great …show more content…
Throughout history, we have been prone to killing and fighting wars, to which we believe the fact that we are the most intelligent and superior beings. Once researched, this cannot be true because science shows that many animals and other organisms prove to be smarter although not fully evolved to their greatest point. Our society for years has fed us the belief that violence is beneficial, which is again not factual. Becoming violent is an age-old natural behavior that we turn to when things get tough, it is no way an act of intelligence, because to be clever and knowledgeable requires extra thought and clarity unlike the hostile nature we snap