Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff6/1/2023 It’s like, imagine if God called you up one day, not to give you a message but just to let you know He existed” (p 50). It was hearing that voice say my name on the phone. Ruff writes, “I’d killed someone, but in hindsight, it wasn’t the shooting that most affected me. Once Jane made contact with this group over the phone and found the mysterious NC gun in her cabinet, she could not help but to want to get involved with them and she lived the next twenty two years of her life with no plans, just waiting for the mysterious organization to reach out to her. According to her story, Jane found out about a group of crime fighters that had better resources than the government and yet managed to remain unknown. In Jane’s story of her childhood she goes into great detail about the Angel of Death, and that it was killing him that gave her the passion to better the world. In Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff, the author uses the Troop and the Organization to represent greater forces that easily influence children and have a significant impact on how they turn out as adults. When you take that total from one day and factor that number in over the course of several years, everyday influences are capable of greatly altering the path that one’s life takes. Throughout the course of a day, the number of times that one’s decision making skills are influenced are countless.
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