Was It A Mistake To Release Megan From Waxter Juvenile Detention Center Case Study
1. Was it a mistake to release Megan from Waxter Juvenile Detention Center? Why or why not? Using in-text citations with specific examples from the movie and the text into support your answer.
I believe that it wasn’t a mistake to release Megan from Waxter because she was feeling like she was losing her mind being locked up. Megan states, “I can’t take it no more, I going to lose my god forsaken mind,” meaning she is starting to lose herself that’s why she tried to go AWOL (escape) because she feels like an animal being in a cage. Also, the people from the facility are testing her to see if she can follow the rules, to see if she has changed, and to see if being locked up has taught her anything. The only thing maybe they should not have rewarded …show more content…
Do you believe Shanae will go on to lead a positive life? Why or why not? Using in-text citations with specific examples from the movie & the text to support your answer.
It seems that Shanae could have lead a positive life because she ends up leaving Waxter Juvenile detention center, moving to a set down home, and final moving back home. She is determined to graduate from high school. She had a good support group with her mother even though they seem they didn’t want her back home right away. The mother really wants to teach her a lesson and to know that she had committed a very intense crime.
The only problem that might lead her away from a positive life is her mother died a couple of weeks after she returns home. Her mother was her biggest support and she loved her mother every much. Towards the end of the movie she can ben seen depressed and saying she can’t sit there and think about her mom because then she would just be drinking and using drugs. But who knows maybe her mother’s death will help her push through everything and make a better life for …show more content…
In the case with Shanae she was ganged rape and became pregnant, which later on lead her onto the wrong path. Once she was getting better she was hit with a new traumatic event in her life, which can cause a setback in her
I believe that it wasn’t a mistake to release Megan from Waxter because she was feeling like she was losing her mind being locked up. Megan states, “I can’t take it no more, I going to lose my god forsaken mind,” meaning she is starting to lose herself that’s why she tried to go AWOL (escape) because she feels like an animal being in a cage. Also, the people from the facility are testing her to see if she can follow the rules, to see if she has changed, and to see if being locked up has taught her anything. The only thing maybe they should not have rewarded …show more content…
Do you believe Shanae will go on to lead a positive life? Why or why not? Using in-text citations with specific examples from the movie & the text to support your answer.
It seems that Shanae could have lead a positive life because she ends up leaving Waxter Juvenile detention center, moving to a set down home, and final moving back home. She is determined to graduate from high school. She had a good support group with her mother even though they seem they didn’t want her back home right away. The mother really wants to teach her a lesson and to know that she had committed a very intense crime.
The only problem that might lead her away from a positive life is her mother died a couple of weeks after she returns home. Her mother was her biggest support and she loved her mother every much. Towards the end of the movie she can ben seen depressed and saying she can’t sit there and think about her mom because then she would just be drinking and using drugs. But who knows maybe her mother’s death will help her push through everything and make a better life for …show more content…
In the case with Shanae she was ganged rape and became pregnant, which later on lead her onto the wrong path. Once she was getting better she was hit with a new traumatic event in her life, which can cause a setback in her