The story, “Stagolee”, written by Julius Lester, is a great and hilarious story. He, Stagolle, was one bad man that really didn’t have to deal with rasicism back in those days. He had control over anything he wanted. He killed when he thinks that he needs to. But, and the same times, he was sweet and respectful to women. A lot of people were afraid of him So, they stayed their distance from him and let do what he wants.
Stagolee was the baddest of them all. It was like he ran the whole town just by putting fear in people. If someone tries to push his button, you shouldn’t worry to much of that person anymore longer. The next thing you know, you’ll hear is gunshots going off. He was a lady’s man. His looks could make a woman’s heart melt. And it’s crazy because he lived a long life, Longer than what he suppose to live.
The baddest man alive was living in them honky-tonks town down in Alabama. For example, one night he was so drunk at a bar, he literally fell asleep. All the Klu Klux Klan that lived in different counties near by came to see him, Stagolee, get hung. As so they surrounded him, he woke up sober. He told them to hang him, so that gave them a better opportunity to kill him. And when they hung him, he laughed and laughed, and laughed some more. He was hanging for about an hour in a half and told them to go ahead and let him down so he can go back to sleep. And they did. I think the author was trying to reveal the theme is that not only white men back then took charge of things. So were the blacks. I do agree because I feel thing anyone in any race could be in charge of something.
I think what the author thought about the character, Stagolee, was that he was not the type of men that you would want to play around with. But, deep down in Stagolee heart, the author know that he was a god man but, doesn’t take shit from anyone, not even Death. For example, Stagolee said “You maybe the sheriff, and you maybe white, but you ain’t Stagolee, now deal with that.” I think the author wanted me to be surprised by how it ended because at the end, he was still in charge. When he died he went to hell, funny huh? He seem that Death wasn’t doing nothing because he was so along. So, Stagolee walked up to him wanting Death to party with him. I’m guessing that Death didn’t want to. As soon as Stagolee notice that Death wasn’t anything, he told him that he was going to take over hell, and he did.
My favorite movie is Belly. It’s similar to Stagolee, but in an up to date version way. Tommy, the main character, was the boss of them all. He tells the ones that’s under him what’s going to happens, how it’s going to happen, when it’s going to happen. The theme was in the late 1990’s, New York, dealing with all types of drugs on the streets. The person who created this movie deliver the theme as life in the streets, basically saying money, females, and weed. It connects with Stagolee because they both was at the top, but hit rock bottom, and now trying to get up at the end.
Overall, I loved this story and I would recommend it to someone else to read it. Hilarious, but yet crazy at the same time. It’s always throwing something at you that would surprise you and still keep you interested in reading it
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