A Good or Bad Man

Bodega Dreams is a tale of a man who uses the drug game to make large amounts of cash to help his people by creating housing. People may look at him like a bad man for selling drugs or a good man for how he used his cash to create homes for people who needed them. Early in the week my group was asked the question of was Willie Bodega a bad or good man. I did not know how to answer that question but referred to one of the most popular drug cartel men ever, Pablo Escobar. He was the richest and most powerful drug lord ever. He was from Columbia and the drug was called, cocaine.

             Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a cocaine trafficker. He became so successful he bought airplanes, luxury cars, houses, everything he wanted. He moved cocaine all over the world including hundreds of tons into the United States. New York City and Miami were his two big ports in the US. The reason I compared Pablo Escobar to Willie Bodega was because of the work e did with the poor. Pablo created jobs for people who would have no their way to make money. He gave them money and gifts and houses to the poor people of Columbia. Hot only that he built schools and hospitals for the poor of Median. To the people he became Robin Hood. He was worshipped like a god.

            Though Pablo Escobar may have used his money for good things, he killed many, many people in order to get where he was. He shot and killed many authority figures, to keep himself out of jail and destroy any evidence against him that could put him away. Many people talked about how he killed the beautiful and peaceful city of Medellin. They moved to having the highest rate of assignation. He became public enemy number 1. So can a drug lord be a good man? I don’t believe just because you do small acts of good can change your choice of occupation, especially if it is illegal.