Kody Scott: Life Of A Gang Member

Kody (Monster) Scott was born in Los Angeles, California. At a young age, he was influenced by the area he lives in to join a gang. In elementary school, he has a school photo taken of him flashing gang signs. Kody proceeds to then join the Eight Tray unit, a division of the Crip organization. He is initiated into the gang by being jumped by its affirmed members. After this test, he is then given a firearm and his crew proceed to attack an enemy gang. Kody shoots at the opposing gang, killing several people. After adjusting to the life of crime, Kody wants to earn a reputation and be infamous. He starts as a small time member by tagging walls with graffiti and counter tagging walls in enemy territory. As Kody got more ambitious with wanting a rep, his crimes got worse. He would be arrested for shooting people, and committing heinous crimes earning himself the alias of “Monster”. His nickname stems from beating a man so badly, he permanently disfigured him. Kody is shot several times during his gang career and sent to prison for numerous occasions. Always he returns to his set to once again, to go gang banging. His brother, Lil Monster, joins …show more content…
Gang Member, Kody is hospitalized for wounds he suffers. Not once was he ever declared mentally unstable, nor is a biological reason stated for his crimes. Therefore, the Biological theory doesn’t apply to Kody at all. Also Kody expresses free will several times throughout the memoir. A prime example of this is when he flashes a gang symbol in his school picture. He states that he knew he would get in trouble and that he didn’t care. Another example of why the Biological theory doesn’t apply is the fact Kody winds up distancing from gangs and crimes to try and teach morels to his kids. To summarize, I believe that Biological theory doesn’t apply to Kody because several times in the book he expresses free will, combined with the fact that he is never judged to be mentally