The Irish Mob In Michael Jackson's Song Beat It

The song "Beat It" by Michael Jackson connects to the Irish Mob and the role that it plays throughout Boy21. The actions of the Irish Mob impact nearly everyone who lives in Belmont in one way or another. When Finley was very young, his grandfather fled the country to live in Ireland, while still owing the Irish Mob money. They kidnapped Finley, and when his mother went to the police, they murdered her, to “persuade” Finley’s grandfather to return. When he did return, they amputated both of his legs, and set Finley free, to live with the sorrows of a legless grandpa and a dead mother. Additionally, the Irish Mob impacts Erin and her family’s life when Rod, Erin’s brother, fails to pay them, and they force the Quinn family to leave Belmont.