martedì 15 febbraio 2005

Creative writing newspaper article - idea from 'The Outsiders' novel


Gang Rivality Becomes Murder

East-Side,17-year old teen murdered by unknown assassin, probably a  gang rival of same approximate age.


East- Side, in this case relevant to specify, Greaser territory. Ever rivals greasers and Sacs, two contrasting gangs of local teenagers. Bob Sheldon is the victim this time, although he was a musculus boy he was not able to predict a switchblade knife in his back.  Brown murdered unexpectedly or maybe no, just yesterday,  13 th February. 
           It was late at night when the actual fact happened; still the precise time is not known to us, but certainly about from 1:30 to 3:00 am.
          This seventeen- year-old-boy died from wounds inflicted by a switchblade knife, according to police. The body was discovered near the park fountain by a woman, who prefers keeping the anonymous state. “ I was with one of  my friends who was drunk, I was sustaining him from falling that was when I heard the mischief. It was quite loud, two boys of approximately 14 and others , a little older; one boy was drowning a little one, wearing a normal sweatshirt and jeans; probably a greaser, the other greaser I hypothesize in order to help his “ drowning” friend stabbed Bob Sheldon who lay on the floor with no life anymore, I cannot identify them because falling in panic I hid myself and went another way home” says Joe Smith ( who prefers to use a false name.)
        The surveying continue every day more profoundly and intensely and with the help and collaboration of many civils the truth is always closer. For example we interview Joe Smith ( pg,3 of this paper) that actually called the police because she wanted to be a witness. Because of this close rivality between the two gangs we also interviewed some of the members from both the “clubs”.  ( interviews at pages 3). “Recalling some details found near the place of the crime. We can almost have the solution. If the hypothesis is of  two greasers and quite young teens in panic of having killed Sheldon they would have fled leaving all kinds of clues clear for the police to find.
Instead if the plan of the two boys was clear to kill that exact person then they would not have left indices” says Vijay, conductor of investigations.
  The parents of the slain boy have made no comment about their son’s death. Family friends say they were too distraught to talk with the media, teens in the posh West Side neighbourhood where Sheldon was born and lived for a little while describe him as “ popular” and “part of the crowd”.       
        Local youth  are being brought in for questioning in what police suspects is a gang- related crime. Decade old rivalries between East Side and West Side gangs that have flared up recently. 
       All greasers have been recalled by the police to be questioned on what has happened. We all know this gang is made up of  8 members, infact two are missing. These two boys are wanted by the police for questioning on Sheldon’s death as the boys were seen hanging around in the park earlier that evening. 

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