Bang!

                                              

In the book "Bang!" by Sharon G. Flake there's many conflicts. First of all, this book is about a boy named Mann who's young brother died for no reason. Mann lives in a city where people get shot everyday, doesn't matter if they're good or bad. Mann saw his little brother get shot in front of their porch. Ever since, Mann doesn't step on that porch, he goes to the back door instead. Mann's dad took him and his close friend (Kee-lee) to a far away place so they can both learn how to be brave and protect themselves because Mann's dad didn't want any of them to die soon. Dad left both of them there for about a week or so with just a gun and a small amount of food. Kee-lee and Mann were furious because Mann's dad never came for them. They kept calling but he never picked them up. So what they did was to walk miles and miles until they reached a restaurant or something. After a while, they saw a resturant. They both went inside with hunger but all they wanted was to call Mann's father. Mann called him and right away when he said he wanted to go home, Mann's dad hung up. Everyone from the restaurant was staring at them. A small group of workers who were eating asked them if they were hungry and obviously they both said yes. 

The guy told them to order whatever they wanted so they did, but the thing was that th orders were actually in the trash. The boys were so angry and wanted to shoot all of them since Kee-lee still had the gun. The group of workers started to mistreat them and keep in mind that this occurred when blacks were being segregated. Mann and Kee-lee were forced to eat trash and dirt, they were beaten up. The next day, they try again and finally this nice woman stopped her car and took them home. Mann's dad was glad he was okay but Mann was furious that he did that to him and Kee-lee. Mann forgave him but then again, Mann's dad told Mann that he needed to leave again so he can be brave. Mann didn't want to do it but he had no choice. So he took all of his money and took Kee-lee too since he was kicked out of his house also. Both of them went to Kee-lee's aunts house. Kee-lee's aunt house is different from the others. She has people going in and out, drinking, smoking, etc. If they want to stay they have to pay, so Mann gave her all of his money. 

Weeks later, Kee-lee's aunt sends both of them to a house so she can get her money. Kee-lee's aunt told both of them not to come back high but they didn't. Both of them smoked weed and got high and then again, they got jumped by some others dudes. Kee-lee's aunt told them they if they were going to live with her, they couldn't get beaten, they had to do something to prevent it. They both went to the house to get the money, the lady didn't had the money and Kee-lee was furious because his aunt didn't want them home unless they had her money. So Kee-lee jumped her and started to choke her while Mann was looking for the money. The point of this was that there's a lot of conflicts going on. Mann's dad sending his kid and his kid close friends somewhere far away just so they can be brave? In my opinion, I think that there's so many other different ways to teach people how not be soft and be brave. If the problem was where they were living, couldn't they just move somewhere far way?