The Gangster In Disguise Analysis
THE GANGSTER IN DISGUISE
Robert Pittman
Critical Writing
Professor Methvin
October 2, 2013
The Gangster In Disguise On the first day of the season football players are usually handed a home and away jersey. Aaron Hernandez on the other hand entered the NFL wearing his own sort of jersey. This specific jersey was actually a disguise to hide Aaron’s gangster background. Hernandez grew up with a group of gangsters who he made a strong bond with. Even the achievement of making it to the NFL couldn’t break their bond. At a young age, Hernandez began to hang with the wrong crew. These individuals were drug dealers, and gangsters who made an everlasting impression on Hernandez. They began to introduce Aaron …show more content…
Hernandez to the street life. Since then, Aaron has been involved in numerous criminal events. These events weren’t just normal traffic tickets, or misdemeanors. They actually involved guns, and murders. However, those events have been hidden from the media. Therefore football fans were shocked when they recently heard Aaron Hernandez might be facing life in prison. This announcement left football fans wondering, was Aaron Hernandez a gangster? Throughout Paul Solotaroff’s article “The Gangster In The Huddle”, which appears in Rolling Stone Magazine he argues Aaron Hernandez is a gangster. From reading the article, it’s evident Aaron Hernandez’s father sheltered him as a child. Aaron’s father went to every scrimmage and even woke him up every morning to workout. Solotaroff interviewed Gary Fortier who states, “Part of Aaron’s problem is, he never got no street sense”. Therefore when Aaron was introduced to the street life, it took a negative toll on him. After his father’s death Aaron began to spend time with his roughneck family. That’s when Aaron’s life went downhill. Solotaroff provides information that indicates most of his uncles were thugs. While Aaron spent time with them, they taught him their lifestyle. Years later, when Aaron went off to college he got off to a rough start. For instance, Aaron’s drastic event from his freshman year supports Solotaroff’s argument. During Aaron’s freshman year, he assaulted a waiter and ruptured his eardrum. The waiter never pressed charges on Aaron, so he was let off easily. This was just the beginning of Aaron’s gangster profile. In addition, Aaron Hernandez was also involved in multiple shootouts. None of these were exposed to the public, since for some reason he always ended up non-guilty. Throughout the article Solotaroff provides numerous detailed events from Aaron’s criminal history. During his career Aaron Hernandez took the initiative in becoming a full time gangster, and a part time football player.
Most football players dedicate their life to the sport they love. Instead, Aaron Hernandez decided to remain a thug. Rather than one day be an NFL superstar. Solotaroff provides a quote from Aaron’s friends and family saying, “He’d get high all time driving away from games, smoking three or four blunts on the ride back to his place”. This quote show’s Aaron wasn’t focused on being the franchise player everyone predicted him to become. Granted that, no matter how many second chances Aaron was given he never took advantage of them. During his college years, there were rumors Aaron was benched due to failing multiple drug tests. Rather than embarrassing Aaron, his college coach denied the rumors. This wasn’t the only time Aaron’s coach looked out for him. Aaron’s coach did a great job protecting him during college. In brief, Aaron’s college coach played the father figure role for him. For example, he would allow Aaron to come over his house for dinner, and go fishing with his family. Aaron’s coach did everything he could in order to stop him from choosing the gangster life. But, in an interview Aaron’s coach stated, “Whenever he left campus, he’d come back different. That’s when the problems happened”. Aaron Hernandez was given multiple opportunities to turn his life around. However, he could never leave the gangster lifestyle his peers steered him towards as a
teen. The gangster culture made a large impact on Aaron Hernandez’s entire life. After high school Aaron accepted a scholarship to the University of Florida. Solotaroff points out that attending Florida was a gift for Aaron. He was going to be a part of a championship program, in a Bible belt town. When Aaron started college his coaches took him in as a son. One of his coaches, Coach Meyer, would read scriptures to him every morning in his office. However, Solotaroff provides an incident Hernandez was involved in during college. This incident took place outside of a bar near campus. While Aaron was inside the bar with his friends someone attempted to rob them. Prior to the dispute, Aaron’s group left the bar and someone shot at the crooks car. Although he was never sent to jail for this crime, someone described the shooter as Hispanic with lots of tattoos. This description fits Hernandez immensely. Despite the description, police didn’t have enough evidence to lock Aaron up. It’s evident Coach Meyer’s scriptures didn’t pull Aaron away from his gangster ways. Furthermore, after being drafted to the NFL Aaron still didn’t ditch his thug persona. Soltaroff provides information from Aaron’s most vicious incident. This incident landed ex NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez behind bars. Hernandez was recently charged with the murder of his friend Odin Lloyd. Lloyd was murdered 36 hours after him and Hernandez went out for the “wildest ride of their life”. During their outing, Hernandez got into an argument with Lloyd’s cousin. After the argument Lloyd and Hernandez were caught on security cameras having a raging disagreement, nearing punches. On Sunday, after the event, Aaron and his gangster friends linked up with Lloyd. Aaron took Lloyd to an empty parking lot. This same parking lot is where Lloyd was last found, with bullets inside of him. Aaron Hernandez was later charged for the murder of his best friend Odin Lloyd. Indeed, Aaron Hernandez was involved in multiple crimes throughout his career. However, none of these crimes ever put him in jail. He was on the roll to become the best thug in NFL history. But, Aaron wasn’t able to carry out his most unpleasant act, murdering his best friend Odin Lloyd. In the past, none of Aaron’s felonies were exposed to the media. For some reason Aaron was always let off quietly. However, after his last crime police gathered enough information to put him in jail. This incident was exposed to the media instantly. Evidently, everyone was surprised by the scandalous news. Hernandez was the headline of every news station across the nation. Aaron’s previous awful crimes have come back to haunt him. The entire nation now knows that Aaron Hernandez is a culprit gangster.
References
Solotaroff, Paul, & Borges, Ron (2013, August 28). The Gangster In The Huddle: Rolling Stone Magazine
Robert Pittman
Critical Writing
Professor Methvin
October 2, 2013
The Gangster In Disguise On the first day of the season football players are usually handed a home and away jersey. Aaron Hernandez on the other hand entered the NFL wearing his own sort of jersey. This specific jersey was actually a disguise to hide Aaron’s gangster background. Hernandez grew up with a group of gangsters who he made a strong bond with. Even the achievement of making it to the NFL couldn’t break their bond. At a young age, Hernandez began to hang with the wrong crew. These individuals were drug dealers, and gangsters who made an everlasting impression on Hernandez. They began to introduce Aaron …show more content…
Hernandez to the street life. Since then, Aaron has been involved in numerous criminal events. These events weren’t just normal traffic tickets, or misdemeanors. They actually involved guns, and murders. However, those events have been hidden from the media. Therefore football fans were shocked when they recently heard Aaron Hernandez might be facing life in prison. This announcement left football fans wondering, was Aaron Hernandez a gangster? Throughout Paul Solotaroff’s article “The Gangster In The Huddle”, which appears in Rolling Stone Magazine he argues Aaron Hernandez is a gangster. From reading the article, it’s evident Aaron Hernandez’s father sheltered him as a child. Aaron’s father went to every scrimmage and even woke him up every morning to workout. Solotaroff interviewed Gary Fortier who states, “Part of Aaron’s problem is, he never got no street sense”. Therefore when Aaron was introduced to the street life, it took a negative toll on him. After his father’s death Aaron began to spend time with his roughneck family. That’s when Aaron’s life went downhill. Solotaroff provides information that indicates most of his uncles were thugs. While Aaron spent time with them, they taught him their lifestyle. Years later, when Aaron went off to college he got off to a rough start. For instance, Aaron’s drastic event from his freshman year supports Solotaroff’s argument. During Aaron’s freshman year, he assaulted a waiter and ruptured his eardrum. The waiter never pressed charges on Aaron, so he was let off easily. This was just the beginning of Aaron’s gangster profile. In addition, Aaron Hernandez was also involved in multiple shootouts. None of these were exposed to the public, since for some reason he always ended up non-guilty. Throughout the article Solotaroff provides numerous detailed events from Aaron’s criminal history. During his career Aaron Hernandez took the initiative in becoming a full time gangster, and a part time football player.
Most football players dedicate their life to the sport they love. Instead, Aaron Hernandez decided to remain a thug. Rather than one day be an NFL superstar. Solotaroff provides a quote from Aaron’s friends and family saying, “He’d get high all time driving away from games, smoking three or four blunts on the ride back to his place”. This quote show’s Aaron wasn’t focused on being the franchise player everyone predicted him to become. Granted that, no matter how many second chances Aaron was given he never took advantage of them. During his college years, there were rumors Aaron was benched due to failing multiple drug tests. Rather than embarrassing Aaron, his college coach denied the rumors. This wasn’t the only time Aaron’s coach looked out for him. Aaron’s coach did a great job protecting him during college. In brief, Aaron’s college coach played the father figure role for him. For example, he would allow Aaron to come over his house for dinner, and go fishing with his family. Aaron’s coach did everything he could in order to stop him from choosing the gangster life. But, in an interview Aaron’s coach stated, “Whenever he left campus, he’d come back different. That’s when the problems happened”. Aaron Hernandez was given multiple opportunities to turn his life around. However, he could never leave the gangster lifestyle his peers steered him towards as a
teen. The gangster culture made a large impact on Aaron Hernandez’s entire life. After high school Aaron accepted a scholarship to the University of Florida. Solotaroff points out that attending Florida was a gift for Aaron. He was going to be a part of a championship program, in a Bible belt town. When Aaron started college his coaches took him in as a son. One of his coaches, Coach Meyer, would read scriptures to him every morning in his office. However, Solotaroff provides an incident Hernandez was involved in during college. This incident took place outside of a bar near campus. While Aaron was inside the bar with his friends someone attempted to rob them. Prior to the dispute, Aaron’s group left the bar and someone shot at the crooks car. Although he was never sent to jail for this crime, someone described the shooter as Hispanic with lots of tattoos. This description fits Hernandez immensely. Despite the description, police didn’t have enough evidence to lock Aaron up. It’s evident Coach Meyer’s scriptures didn’t pull Aaron away from his gangster ways. Furthermore, after being drafted to the NFL Aaron still didn’t ditch his thug persona. Soltaroff provides information from Aaron’s most vicious incident. This incident landed ex NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez behind bars. Hernandez was recently charged with the murder of his friend Odin Lloyd. Lloyd was murdered 36 hours after him and Hernandez went out for the “wildest ride of their life”. During their outing, Hernandez got into an argument with Lloyd’s cousin. After the argument Lloyd and Hernandez were caught on security cameras having a raging disagreement, nearing punches. On Sunday, after the event, Aaron and his gangster friends linked up with Lloyd. Aaron took Lloyd to an empty parking lot. This same parking lot is where Lloyd was last found, with bullets inside of him. Aaron Hernandez was later charged for the murder of his best friend Odin Lloyd. Indeed, Aaron Hernandez was involved in multiple crimes throughout his career. However, none of these crimes ever put him in jail. He was on the roll to become the best thug in NFL history. But, Aaron wasn’t able to carry out his most unpleasant act, murdering his best friend Odin Lloyd. In the past, none of Aaron’s felonies were exposed to the media. For some reason Aaron was always let off quietly. However, after his last crime police gathered enough information to put him in jail. This incident was exposed to the media instantly. Evidently, everyone was surprised by the scandalous news. Hernandez was the headline of every news station across the nation. Aaron’s previous awful crimes have come back to haunt him. The entire nation now knows that Aaron Hernandez is a culprit gangster.
References
Solotaroff, Paul, & Borges, Ron (2013, August 28). The Gangster In The Huddle: Rolling Stone Magazine