Thursday, August 29, 2019

Describe Willie's feelings about being in the big city all alone.

As we can imagine, Willie's pretty apprehensive when he finds himself on the streets of inner-city Oakland. Far from home, and without a single friend or family member to guide him, it's not surprising that he feels incredibly lonely. Originally, he'd planned to travel all the way to San Francisco, but the bus broke down in Oakland, and he's been there ever since.
His first experience of life in this part of the world is unpleasant, to say the least. After his bus broke down, Willie was surrounded by a gang who proceeded to beat him and steal all his money. Taken in by a kindly pimp, however, Willie is soon able to find his feet, and enrolls at a school for troubled teens, known as the OMLC, or the "One More Last Chance" school.

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