Alyson Bernero

Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Inequities was the short story that I presented. I found it quite confusing at first, but after reading it over I realized what it was talking about. The story discussed all the gang violence that went on in New York City between businessmen. Its related to the famous movie, Gangs of New York. The main character Eastman, started out by opening his own business and then overtime became New York's go to guy when someone needed a "job" carried out. Before long, Eastman became so famous for his work he didn't even do the jobs himself and instead had people do them for him. When things got a little carried away between the different gangs, Eastman was caught in the middle and sent to jail. Upon his release from jail he couldn't stay out of trouble and instead enlisted in the army which was the last place anyone heard from him. Overall, it was an interesting story, but not my favorite of Borges'.