Without support making the wrong decision is easy. This is an idea that is illuminated in both Stephen King’s Carrie and the La Loche Shooting. Carrie is a novel about a high school girl, Carrie, who is the target at school by her teachers and peers, but also the target at home by her ultra-religious mother, Margaret. The La Loche Shooting is a school shooting that occurred on January. 23rd, 2016 in a Community School, where four teachers and classmates were killed by a troubled high school boy. Both the novel and the article explore the idea that youth delinquency can be prevented if support is available. Through the lack of family support and friend support both Carrie and the 17 year old boy participate in illegal acts which could have
