I'm getting deeper into my book and I am continuing to make connections with what is going on in my book to what is going on in real life as well to things that I have seen. I'm on page 211 and on this page there is an article pulled from a New York newspaper from 1857. This article discusses the gang violence in New York at the time and mentions the gangs Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys. I immediately recognized Dead Rabbits from the movie The Gangs of New York.
This also brought to mind that various gang violence that I have seen on television and often within our own community.
My book talks of vampires and one of our great presidents hunting them, but it constantly makes references to real life situations and circumstancs. The article of gang violence in New York demonstrates how books pull true life into them in order to engage the reader. It is important for us, as readers, writers and citizens, to be aware of events, both recent and from the past, so that we can continually make connections to other people's thoughts, opinions and ideas.
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