Chapter Responses
Chapter 1:
Chapter one basically sets the ground work for the rest of the book. It really does a good job of providing insight into Sudhirs personality, how ignorant he is of gang culture, and how dangerous the study might be. It also gives us a glimpse of J.T. and does a good job of making the reader curious and engaging them into the book.
Chapter 2:
Chapter two basically introduces the setting which is central to the rest of the book. It begins by establishing J.T.s relationship with Sudhir and the weird dynamic between the two. This is very important because it is often a brought up through the book. It also introduces Robert Taylor, it's back story, and Sudhirs impression of it. The whole entire rest of the book revolves around these two things, so this is a good establishment for the rest of the book.
Chapter 3:
Chapter 3 serves to give us more insight on J.T. I find J.T. to be the most interesting character, besides maybe T-Bone or Officer Reggie, in the book. So i really liked this chapter.
This chapter is about Sudhirs attempts to expand his research to the common folk. He begins the chapter by studying "hustlers". Various men and women who have a particular skill set which they solicit to the others in the community. He then tells his findings to J.T. and Ms. Bailey and gets them in trouble, which he attempts to make up for with things like a writing club. This chapter was interesting because it helped you see the everyday happenings in Robert Taylor.
Chapter 8:
Chapter Eight finished the book on a solemn note. Robert Taylor is being torn down and many people are being forced out of their homes and have no choice but to change and move on. Ms. Bailey and J.T. are cut from their prime. They both struggle to adapt and ultimately fail to regain their old life. T-Bone dies...which sucks, why did T-Bone have to die?! Sudhir moves on to bigger and better things in the world of academia. It's a good, albiet sad ending.
Chapter 4:
This chapter, while being the namesake of the book, is very uneventful. Basically, Sudhir tells J.T. he doesn't see why his job is difficult and J.T. makes him a "Gang Leader for a Day". Unfortunately, this means that Sudhirs input matters for about two trivial things and then the rest of the day he just followed J.T. around like an obedient puppy. This chapter bored me, I think it's silly that this is what he names the whole book after.
Chapter 5:
Chapter 5 is all about Ms. Bailey, the queen of Robert Taylor. Ms. Bailey is a really interesting, hard to figure out character. This chapter is weird to me, because Sudhir portrays her as 'not so bad' for most of it, then at the very end writes that she is power hungry and bad. Through the rest of the book, he also continues to portray her as bad, even though he learned ALOT from her.
Chapter 6:
This chapter is about Sudhirs attempts to expand his research to the common folk. He begins the chapter by studying "hustlers". Various men and women who have a particular skill set which they solicit to the others in the community. He then tells his findings to J.T. and Ms. Bailey and gets them in trouble, which he attempts to make up for with things like a writing club. This chapter was interesting because it helped you see the everyday happenings in Robert Taylor.
Chapter 7:
Chapter 7 seven is an interesting chapter which starts strong with a shoot out at Robert Taylor which hits Price in the leg. Sudhir actually helps out by dragging Price inside and loaning the gang his car. Later, he hangs out with cops! This chapter makes me hate Chicago cops. I hope they all go to prison.
Chapter 8:
Chapter Eight finished the book on a solemn note. Robert Taylor is being torn down and many people are being forced out of their homes and have no choice but to change and move on. Ms. Bailey and J.T. are cut from their prime. They both struggle to adapt and ultimately fail to regain their old life. T-Bone dies...which sucks, why did T-Bone have to die?! Sudhir moves on to bigger and better things in the world of academia. It's a good, albiet sad ending.
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