Sammy Hero Or Pervert Analysis

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Sammy, hero or pervert? Some believe that he was heroic when taking up for the girls others believe that his actions were not thought through. In other words thinking with the wrong head. I believe that he had good intentions but used them in the wrong way. He examines the girls is very provocatively way. His thoughts were very vivid, lustful towards the young women. He also makes very poor decisions while around the girls in such a short period of time.
He describes the young ladies in such a way that no man should ever examine, but sadly this is still happening since young men have only one thing on their mind. He looks at them up and down paying very close attention to very little detail of their bodies. “There was a chunky one, with the

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