It was interesting to read how people like police, teachers, or probation officers would constantly push the boys to be "real men" and how this backfires so easily. Those in power may tell the boys that a punishment is a way of learning to be a man, but it instead only harms them. They claim that getting a hard working job is "being a man", and yet all the punishment and harassment the boys receive just decreases their chances of actually achieving this as we've seen in previous chapters. #so345