who killed strawberry aka nicole?

even if the mayor did not kill nicole why is the community still allowing him to run their city?

why does everyone in detroit seem to have a problem? whether it be financial, crimrs, death, not satisfied with their lives, etc. Everyone has some kind of issue but they are still loyal to Detroit

Detroit

Questions:

1. Where is the government? Why aren’t they taking action to fix Detroit?
2. If the government can’t help, why don’t the citizens of Detroit take initiative? Rather, they make the city worse for themselves.
3. What can we, as a nation, do to improve Detroit’s living conditions? If neither the government nor the citizens doesn’t take initiative, who will?

I anticipate more chaos and government incompetence in the book. Also, I would like to see more of the reasons why Charlie went back to Detroit. Is he trying to solve the problem of the city? Or at least suggest what we could do? There are times where Charlie suggests that having a dream as a Detroiter is useless, but hey it’s free to dream. I look forward on connecting more of these instances to the class’ theme: American Dream.

Detroit: 3 questions.

1. Why are people setting houses on fire?  Is it only for pure entertainment?
2. Is Charlie going to share what he's learned about the firemen with the mayor? In order to provide them with better materials?
3. Are people intentionally trying to kill their own neighborhoods? Do they think it will send some kind of message to the mayor on what he should do?

Preview: I think it's gonna be how Detroit is slowly dying or Is basically dead. Maybe it'll explain further on how it got that way?

I think it intertwines with the American dream and how is it possible? In a place that it's extremely hard to strive.

Quote: “It was not a ghetto by any means.” (pg. 34) Re: “Joy Road” the street that the author grew up on, with 3 brothers and a sister. Divided to working class suburbs.

Theme: Descriptions of people in the book up to this point seem to be either racial queues or assumptions that the individual is caucasian.  

Choice and or the ability to have a choice

Author’s tone on race:

Second set of 3 questions

1) Perpetual flames are most commonly associated with hell. Yet, LeDuff continuously asserts that the people of detriot are good willed---but must suffer through hell. What does LeDuff's hell filled with heavenly people, say about Detriot, the world and the effects of environment on the way a society behave?
2) Keeping with the theme of fire. LeDuff draws irony by claiming Detriot is in perpetual flames, but also notes that the politicians call the firemen lazy. In this sense, the politicians are the real lazy firemen. LeDuff's half-call to action--half criticism, draws a sense of irony. Who is the real firemen for the detriot, a city set to flames a multitude of times?
3) Joy Road was not so joyous. Was does the road's nomenclature reveal about the previous state of Detroit( It was named after an individual, but it still remains ironic)?

Three questions for the book

1.What kinds of message the author want to express to readers, and how he arranges the book to achieve it.

2.What's feeling when the author write down these articles.

3.How this book link to our main topic -- the American Dream

3 Questions

1. How did Detroit go from being the most thriving city, to the worst city in America in a matter of decades?
2. Is the government even trying to rebuild Detroit?
3. When did Detroit start to crumble?