`A Shadow in the City` by Charles Bowden

A Shadow in the City

By

Charles Bowden

Abstract

This analytical essay presents a report of a well-known book namely A Shadow in the City : Confessions of an Undercover Drug Warrior , which was written by Charles Bowden . The bibliography appends one source in APA format

Outline

Introduction

Summary

Author 's position on the Drug War

Influence of the book on my personal views of the drug war

Conclusion

Introduction

A Shadow in the City : Confessions of an Undercover Drug Warrior is a well-known book

written by Charles Bowden . As evident by the name the book deals with drugs , the drug war and an under cover drug warrior The author of this book has touched a subject which has generally always been considered dark by many and for that he has put forward the picture of a man who has worked extremely hard nearly all his life to put an end to the war against drugs . The author has gone deep into the mind of a person namely Mr . O 'Shay and has put forward many such things which go by ignored by a vast number of people . The reason behind writing this book evidently is to gain awareness and make the people give attention to the problems faced by the people who work on the front end of this problem . These are the people who begin working as people with good hearts and even better intentions , and then they are forced to consign acts of pure evil or just simple lose at their work . Every single evil act wounds the mind and the soul of that person to the extent that nothing is left except pain , wounds , and a guilty feeling that agonizes a man who at his heart may be a good person . Another thing which the author has tried to convey is the fact that anyone involved in the drugs business would either go up or go straight down . He will loose all signs of humanity along with all his morals and values (Bowden 2005

Summary

Joey O 'Shay is not the real name of the narcotics agent in an unnamed city in the center of the country . But Joey O 'Shay exists . The nearly three hundred drug busts he has orchestrated over more than two decades are real , too if the drug war were a declared war , O 'Shay would have a Silver Star

--Charles Bowden

This well-known book which has been written by Charles Bowden presents an image of the life of an undercover drug agent and the effects of his work on the agent 's sanity and sense of right and wrong In this book the author has presented to his readers the unseen world of the drug wars where wicked crimes occur nearly all the time where unfaithfulness and dishonesty are the only two things that one can depend on and where alcohol and drugs are the only thing that people are concerned about

In the book , the author has archived a career-making drug...