Reading Response on Please Don't Take my Air Jordan By: reg e. gaines

 
     Some people will go the extra mile to get what they want and look good. In the poem "Please Don't take my Air Jordans" By  reg e. gaines, the main character or the speaker shoots a guy and then steals his sneakers just to look good for others.He does this so that he has new gear and he can feel accepted by his friends . This shows that he doesn't care about how other people feel and so the speaker just does it to look good.

The main character in the poem needs to have the best gear, or he will be judged by others. He gets all his gear by stealing from mall's and other stores so that he can have a good vibe. This is shown in the quote, “but I really must get some new gear soon or my ego will pop like a ten cent balloon” This quote shows that the gear he has now is going out of style and if he doesn't get something new soon he will be judged by others. His peers would judge him because he doesn't have the newest gear, and his looks mean everything to him. If he does not have the newest gear he won't be as "cool" as them.

The speaker wants to get all the new gear yet he has no money so he steals all these things from the mall so he still has all the good gear. Something i noticed was that the speaker commits crime in order to get all his gear. This is shown in the quote, “and I gots no job no money at all but it’s easy to steal fresh gear from the mall” This shows that the speaker has no other way to get his gear because he has no money and so he steals.

In conclusion this poem showed me that some people will do anything to make them feel presentable to others, and they do not regret the outcome. I can kind of relate to this because i also love shoes and will do anything to get them. But i never shot or stole them from anyone. This just shows the kinds of people that we are around.