The next 55 pages for this section, illustrates the results of Whitey breaking the decorum of John's, and every other person, of never ratting on anyone no matter what. In this section, John is convicted of assaulting an officer and is ratted out, by Whitey, that he is the drug dealer of South Boston. Even though John did go to prison in the end (Fort Dix), he was still backed up all the way by his friends, family, and Penelope. Before going to prison, John is also helped by other people that he has lately been acquainted to, such as the cab driver and the warden. John eventually goes to prison, and appears to know what prison is like, although he's never experienced one up until this point in the book. By the end of this section, John finds that going to jail is justice, but justice on the wrong person, and continues to blame Whitey Bulger for it.
"Two wrongs don't make aa right. You knew before you crossed that threshold what could happen. Even if Whitey is ratting, you don't rat. You continue to be a man."
Once I read this quote from the book, I said to myself "OH MY GOD!!!! THIS IS DECORUM FROM MY ENGLISH CLASS!!!! Whitey Bulger is seen as the man that broke a law of society that everyone follows, well everyone that is like John, without it being written down. This rule that was broken was that no one was to ever rat someone else out, even if it meant saving your own skin.
ah, decorum!
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