Question

why is clean acting the way he is? ( paragraph 28-40) A. he wants to beat up monkey man so Tigros will let him join B. he was dating one of the lady Tigros that monkeyman disrespected C. he is jealous of monkey man reputation and wants to bring him down

Answer 1

Answer: A. he wants to beat up monkey man so Tigros will let him join

Explanation:

This relates to the short story, Monkeyman in the collection of short stories known as, 145th Street by Myers Walter Dean.

In this story, a boy named Monkeyboy(so called because he likes to climb trees to read) saved a girl named Peaches from being stabbed by a female member of the Tigros gang which infuriated the Tigros causing them to issue threats against Monkeyman.

Clean was a new boy in the school who claimed to have run with the Crips and when he heard of the Tigros he wanted to join them. They inferred that if Clean was to beat up Monkeyboy (or worse), he could get into the gang. And so began his animosity towards Monkeyboy.