Text Review Assignment Corbin Nichols

In Breaking Bad, a series set in New Mexico is a show that is about a high school teacher that teaches chemistry and a past student that was not very popular and received poor grades in the past join together to become wealthy. These two ultimately end up teaming together to become drug dealers. The teacher named Walter and the previous student Jesse both have different reasons as why they wish to obtain money. Walter is looking to set up his family with wealth after he dies after recently learning that he has lung cancer. Jesse wants the riches and the things that come with money, Jesse was picked on in school and was ultimately an outcast with a little number of friends, poor grades along with not having much money. After a crazy amount of setting up and preparing the two start cooking crystal meth in a recreational vehicle in the desert, as an attempt to avoid others. Later on, Jesse gets kicked out of his house for being lazy, making no money, and not contributing around the house little did his parents know he was working the hardest he had ever in his life and was saddened by the neglect his parents put on him. However, Jesse was unable to tell his family as to what he was doing because it was obviously illegal. Day in and day out Jesse and Walter were creating and selling crystal meth successfully, so successfully that they began to launder money where they would get made fun of by people at school for washing cars. After making their drug money legal Jesse was able to make a big purchase. It just so happened that his parents were looking to sell their house and move elsewhere. Jesse took this upon himself to prove to his family for once that he was doing something successfully throughout all of the hardships he faced growing up and people not believing him. Jesse ended up buying the house and when his parents were moving out he went to go into his house, Jesse’s parents quickly stopped and asked what he was doing and that he could not be at the house because the new owners are supposed to be here at any second, however, he was the new owner and presented the house keys to them. This is a prime example of socioeconomic classes where Jesse as an adult grew up to be worthless in his parent’s eyes and how this made him feel below them along with the rest of society. I could see my classmates viewing the analysis of this text as, no matter how you are treated nothing justifies being a drug dealer and ruining the lives of others, however, I feel like upon viewing the series they would find initial sympathy for his as to how he was treated early on in the show.

 

Jesse’s Parents Reaction Video

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