in the book Memos from Purgatory by Harlan Ellison it talked about the time that he had in the first book Web of City which was about street gangs and crime, but he got research from actually joining a street gang in Red Hook which at the time he said that it was the most dangerous place in Brooklyn. So he made this book to show people what actually happened.
It was surprising to see Harlan to do this because he just came back from a different state and he is willing to lose everything again. He was working in the docks and saw that the employees had guns which he didn't know why. He then got interested that he to see the gangs that were attacking the docks. When he went to a store, he noticed that the clerk was scared and he was very surprised to see the gang in that store. He wanted to impress them so he buys them all coke a cola. It showed that he wanted to be someone different that what he does will always end up boring because you do it over and over again. It looked like he wanted to have some excitement in his life.
When he joined the gang and they accepted him, he was excited, he felt accomplished, he was doing something where they accepted him and he was part of the most dangerous gangs. This was the part where everything he did would matter the most because rival gangs knew about him because they saw him in the docks and the weapons he had access so they even more dangerous than ever. The cops were trying to look for them so they can make all the gangs in New York go to jail and make the streets safer. He was also one of the top gang members too so he couldn't have just leave them like that. He made the gang stronger.
After the police caught him because they found a gun a knife, he went to jail and the gang tried to save him and they did. It showed the loyalty and how powerful he was in the gang. After that incident he thought it was time to leave because he thought he made them powerful and wanted to do something good. He then joined the army.
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