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''Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member'' is a memoir about gang life written in prison by Sanyika Shakur. == Plot Summary == ''Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member'' is a memoir written by Sanyika Shakur, aka Monster Kody Scott, while he was in prison.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptc4VcCABlc )〕 He starts his book with his initiation into the Eight Tray Gangster Crips at eleven years old. He endures beatings and he is forced to hold his own and fight back against the gang members to prove he is tough enough to be a gang member. His first gang action is the same night as initiation and involves a sawed-off shotgun and shooting at a rival gang. He quickly becomes an important member of the "Eight-Trays." Following his initiation, Scott works his way up the totem pole of importance of gang members. One of the acts that put him higher on the level of importance was one day after beating a man so bad, the police said whoever did that was a monster and that sticks with him and becomes his gang name. Throughout the book, Monster, now one of the baddest gang members alive, takes part in many gang activities and the wars between gangs are nonstop. He kills many people and is often shot. In particular, he gets shot six times and is put into ICU. After getting out of the hospital, he is shot once again and survives. Soon after this, he is arrested for a robbery and is sentenced to four years in Juvenile. Due to his time in jail, Scott has a lot of time to think and reflect on his past. He meets Muhammad, a Muslim church leader. He participates in his sermons and reads all the books Muhammad gives him. He starts to have self conflict on being a part of the gang life. He is quickly released out of jail and because he was released so quickly, he went right back to being a tough gang member and he goes right back to prison. In prison, he learns a lot about the C.C.O., better known as the Consolidated Crip Organization. They do not support Crip on Crip violence. Later Scott makes the decision and he joins the C.C.O. This is how he gets his name Sanyika Shakur. He continues to spend time in prison, reflecting even more on his life. He decides he cannot be a good father to his daughter if he is a part of any gang activity at all. He gets out of jail on a shortened sentence and leaves his homies, the Eight Trays, forever. He joins the N.A.I.M., the New African Independence Movement, and strives to be a good father and husband. At the end, he claims to be completely out of gang life and working on making a good life for himself. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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