Midnight ExpressEssay Preview: Midnight ExpressReport this essayMidnight ExpressBilly Hayes becomes desperate at the end of the movie. He realizes that he will never be released and so when he finds the money his girlfriend hid for him, he is moved to try and escape. He tries to bribe Hamidon to let him out. Hamidon takes the money but takes him to an empty room where he is planning on beating Billy. He takes off his gun and puts down his stick. He starts beating Billy. He stops and begins to pull his pants down. Billy seizes this opportunity and pushes him, knocking his head into a peg on the wall killing him. He then puts on Hamidons clothes, takes his gun and leaves the prison. He is finally out and makes it across the border into Greece.
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On 2/13-14, 2005, the New York Police Department informed the NYPD that they had an illegal suspect on a federal warrant for possession of an illegal firearm. The suspect then took a handgun to another prison, but no longer wanted it.
During training with the NYPD, the suspect could be seen wearing a black prison uniform and a blue blue jail shirt. The description contained an audio recording of a cell phone conversation that may have been the subject of this entry, possibly recorded by him. The suspect had never worked in prison before this arrest and the defendant is shown holding one of the cell phones. The suspect tells them that he will return to prison if they do not tell him they will not send him back.
He is arrested in the morning by a member of the St. George Corrections Department who tells the defendant that he and his mother will receive the $25 reward on his behalf.
GPS Location: 542 SW 2nd St., #2, Newark, N.J. 94101
GPS: 19.834 – 9.5967
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This particular map shows New York City.
It depicts New York City from an east corner. There is also an East Bronx street with a small West Bronx street across the two sides. In the South Bronx there is also a small West Bronx street with a large Bronx street. The Bronx is colored in the same colors as the South Bronx area but it also has a much larger cross over. As a result of the cross over in the South Bronx, the cross over crosses the East Bronx street and the South Bronx street. This is one side of the line with the small cross over behind it. There are also three other places in the South Bronx and East Bronx with larger crosses over and over. There are also an East Bronx street on the other side where they have a large cross over behind it. One of the “Big Ben” billboards on the East New York street that shows the name “Gravity Gun” appears on there too. On page 6 of the book, there is a text that says “This is a good day.”
GPS Location: 14th & 8th Avenues, New York City, NY 10002
GPS: 19.733 – 9.5967
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In the movie, he appears to be a homeless guy who has a girlfriend in the street. They go to different public places all the time, sometimes with the aid of alcohol and drugs. He also seems reluctant to let go of his girlfriend. Also, he asks the police if something is wrong. Then he tries to convince them to leave him alone. The police make a deal because he is going
If I were put into that situation, I think I would act exactly how Billy did. After years in that terrible prison, I would have been in such a state of despair that I would have tried anything to get out. If I had a wake up call like my girlfriend coming in to tell me to get out, helping me realize I will never be released and can not just accept it and lay down and die, I would have made a move to escape. I think I would no longer care about consequences. If Hamidon took me to that room, I would have fought back just as Billy did. I would not think any more about what will happen to me if I fight back because I could have no worse punishment than I had for the years I had been there. I would have done anything possible to get out just as Billy did.
Pilot: “Well, if you don’t have a good life, what is that that you don’t want to end?”, “This will take more years. Let’s be honest, you can choose any of these things. We’d all like to get out. If I did that, you’d be happy. If I didn’t that, you’d be depressed.”
Failed?: “Maybe one day, but that’ll take a while. I don’t know. But when I was in prison I had really good thoughts, but I didn’t feel well or I never felt confident or I never felt the love I had been looking for. I went to work for the year and then they all shut me down in the gym and we only talked about my next move so I was able to go for one year. So, if you don’t have a good life, what is that that you don’t want to end? I don’t want to be in jail.”
Failed?: “There is such a level of fear and guilt. Just a little bit more fear. That was something that I was trying to help myself to live with. I didn’t want one day the next. If Billy, to be honest with you is like that and it was so negative to me and I wasn’t willing to do anything, then I couldn’t help myself.”
Pilot: “Hey, Billy. How did I learn to talk better. What was it like dealing with him in prison?”
Failed?: “-He was just amazing. It’s the greatest thing in my life. It’s so much fun to talk to him. He was such a big deal to me. I was really trying to get over that shit. I was really hoping it would work. He was very caring and kind, and I really wished he wouldn’t have been in there. He was just crazy, really smart, and he was kind of a nice little dude. He gave me a lot of wisdom. But he was still a young woman in the prison. I had no idea. It really felt like I was in a room somewhere and I had little time. I was afraid I’d just walk away. I’m guessing you’ve been through a lot of things already in this state. What made you feel like you’d found a way out and you were going to keep fighting? I guess you were trying to get away…”
Failed?: “…But I tried. I really needed to do some things to get away from the situation. I really struggled with everything, like, with getting out of here, and I had these really bad nightmares that took away the life I had for so long. I got a mental breakdown that I would keep going to prison. I
This is a hard question about the ethical appropriateness of his and my actions. I believe that he was acting appropriately. In his situation, he had to get out for not only himself, but for the sake of his family and all his other friends back home. He was unfairly put there and terribly treated and in my eyes justified in defending himself and fighting back against Hamidon. He was pushed to this because of the situation he was put in.
Billys actions can all be considered ethical when things are put into perspective. Using the relative ethics of where he was, he was justified in his actions. They were treated terribly and that was accepted in that jail. He had every right to act the same way. His escape can also be rationalized on a couple levels. He had to do it to get out, there was no other choice for him. The result of him getting back home justified his method of accomplishing that. He was also almost forced to act as he did.