To kill, or not to kill for a living is the choice that all youth boys growing up in the slums of Medellin must face, to live a short life of violence, or to live a hard life of poverty. "The Lords of Creation," an excerpt from Alonso Salazar's book Born to die in Medellin, describes the life and death of the hoodlum Antonio Montoya as told from the perspective of Antonio and his mother Azucena, and the influences that cause him to choose gang life over a less violent, subdued life. Antonio and his family live in the shanty-towns of Medellin, Colombia; furthermore, it is one of the most violent societies in the world. The specific influences of Antonio, which include values and experiences of his family, the environment that he grew up in, and his very nature, limits his choice of becoming anything but a gang member destined to die young.
From the very beginning of his life, Antonio is at a negative disposition living in a country where one of the two largest industries is......
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