In chapter eleven, when John and Jenny have to chase Marley around the entire house due to the fact that Marley took and ate Jenny’s necklace made …show more content…
One time, when Jenny became very hungry, John took Marley for a walk to the grocery store when a reoccurring event of a prostitute looking to make money approached them which proved the point that the town was starting to get worst and is not appropriate for them and their children. To show how much the neighborhood has changed when Jenny and Patrick fell asleep one night, John heard a scary scream from outside their home, and as soon as that happened Marley and him ran outside to find their young neighbor got stabbed in the ribcage. As they saw them on the ground, John and Marley waited for the ambulance to arrive and as they waited Marley stood there protecting the neighbor. The conclusion of the chapter is John checking up on the neighbor and seeing signs of improvement and her doing a lot