Rise Davis Character Analysis

The Real Eulogy for Rise Davis, as told by Jesse Givens

Eulogies are supposed to sound nice, reflecting on extraordinarily great memories and characteristics about deceased loved ones. But honestly, this isn't realistic. The awful, shameful things people did are not often talked about, but they still define the lives of people. Rise, believe it or not, grew to be a bad person. Hi, I'm Jesse Owens, one of Rise’s closest childhood friends. I am an artist, and a little while ago Rise asked me to create a biography for him. I tried to do this for a while, but it turns out that Rise’s life cannot be fully described(change to summed up?) within the mediums of paint, pencil, and paper. Today I will attempt to tell you everything I know about Rise Davis’ life—the desirable and the ugly.
Don't get me wrong, Rise did have some good qualities, at least before he changed. We were blood brothers, and grew up together. Rise was a great person then–selfless, kind and with good intentions. We had each other's backs, and could talk about anything. I don't what happened really, but one day …show more content…
Rise became a bad friend and very self-centered. He became a drug dealer and highly involved in the turf war with the Diablos. There were more things he did too, the worst being that he was involved in the planning of a drive by. The first sign that something was up came as a shock to me. One member of the Counts was accused of an armed robbery, and Rise said that he was thinking about beating up the shop owner. I was stunned. I hadn’t know that Rise would be the kind of person to do such a dangerous thing, but he proved me wrong from that point forward. Some people change, but in a good way. “Good change” was clearly not Rise’s style. You see, change is a good thing, but only if change is made with the intention of becoming a better