I think the tattoo on the teens neck, “another lost child” tells us he may be labelling himself as a lost child, a confused child who may have chosen the wrong path metaphorically speaking and has now realised he was lost and whatever he was previously involved in, of which burdens, telling us he was “lost” I believe he is telling us his gang related crime has ruined his life and caused him to lose his path, he is “another lost child” Therefore the tatto metaphorically means he is another ruined child by gangs. There can be another interpretation of the tattoo of the tattoo as it can also mean he is referring to one of his friends who is also a teen may have been killed in gang-related crime. I know this because lots of teens get involved in Gangs and most of the time end up being killed or very severely injured mentally or physically which goes back to my last point he might also tell us he has been mentally affected through his phase of being in a gang, mentally “lost” maybe.
The photos represent teens negatively because in the the first one it says “another lost child'” on his neck, this is negatively directed at teens because he says ‘another’ meaning he isn’t the only lost child, teen which can also mean there are lots of lost teens who might not even know yet so he gets the tatto to tell us he know she is a lost child and has ruined has path but may not be done finding his true way of living. Therefore the picture gives a negative view of teens.
March 21, 2015 at 10:26 am
Your first paragraph uses sophisticated vocabulary to express your point well.
You are writing in complex sentences, but you are not punctuating them accurately – evaluate your use of conjunctions – have you used them too often? What would happen if you dropped these?