When Anna retreats within herself and “becomes lost in a fog of pain that seemed the only reality,” Will’s reaction to this abandonment is to become an emotional vagabond, frantically searching for a sense of belonging. His realization that he could no longer rely on his mother for a sense of security, leaves him lost and angry. This unnatural and premature loss of his maternal ties changes him into a boy with “a lust for the streets,” “a lust to hit back” and “a lust not to care.” Will’s lust for the streets is his way of trying to fill the void which has been created by his mother’s emotional absence. He wants to feel something real that fills the void left by Anna’s abandonment. In the Ghetto, by Elvis, characterizes the desperation of an angry young man, born in poverty that turns his frustrated instincts onto the streets as he searches for what he needs.
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Anna’s lack of nurturing takes its toll on Ben as well.
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