A Gangster Neighbourhood

A young man lives in a neighbourhood where gangsters abound.  Within this neighbourhood, there is 1 particular gangster that is highly powerful and dominant over all the other gangsters.  On occasion, this particular gangster invades the home of the young man, forces himself upon the young man’s mother, and additionally violates the young man’s family;  the young man’s father is too weak to defend his family. 

The young man is filled with ideas of revenge and he refuses to acquiesce to the threats of that particular gangster.  So 1 day, that particular gangster takes the young man and beats him until he is unconscious.  That particular gangster tells the young man that if he tries to make a move on that particular gangster, that particular gangster will do the same to the rest of the young man’s family.  And that particular gangster proclaims to the whole neighbourhood that anyone who hires or helps the young man is also in trouble.  So the young man becomes quieter and reserved;  he struggles to support himself amidst the isolation from the neighbourhood.

And so the days pass.  And when that particular gangster invades the young man’s home, he leaves a little money for the young man to buy some groceries;  and that particular gangster proclaims himself to be a philanthropist.  And the young man woefully learns the meaning of Social Security.