ROAR Post #1, "Rat Bastards", John "Red" Shea Pages 1-55

Recently being released from prison, serving twelve, long years, John Shea's memoirs are illustrated in this first section. from his release, he reunites with old friends to find out that his mother is okay, his love unknown, and betrayed by his hero, Whitey Bulger. To him, Whitey was THE man, the king of South Boston, or Boston in general. He was John's hero until he broke one of the most important rules that were precious to him: Don't rat on anyone. Now running away, Whitey is unknown, and John goes back to his childhood, growing up. John grew up from a child that got beat up for many things, to someone that is more of a man the Whitey Bulger was. Growing up, John had many difficulties in school, society, and family, with all the things going on, such as boxing, fights outside of school, and his mother.

"When my mother heard this, she went into a slow burn, marched down to St. Peter's, and tore into them. No one hits her son. They expelled me."

Once I read the entire quote, I laughed really hard because his mother beat up his teacher, and got expelled as a result. When i was done laughing, I told my brother this quote, and we both just broke up in laughter.