OUtside reading post 1-8 part one

(I'm a little behind but I'm catching up.) John Dillenger is often portrayed as an underdog in society who just goes with what his superiors tell him. Daru Matera explains how Dillenger makes the leap from farm boy to criminal. Even as a criminal, he started out small, robbing stores for small prophet. Matera describes, "It's not known how much they netted, probably no more than one hundred dollars-a good chunk of which was turned over to Shorty George Hughes to compensate for the damage to the vehicle they had rented from him" (Matera 48). As it started out, Dillenger still had to answer to the "big guys" of crime. After a low reward low risk robbery, they had to reparations to the supplier of the getaway car. A chunk was taken out. John Dillenger quickly became annoyed with the small time robberies. Like any minor leaguer, he wanted into the big leagues. Matera writes, "Already growing weary of the nickel-and-dime antics of the White Cappers, Dillinger envisioned a serious gang of veteran bank robbers made up of his mentors wasting away inside the state pen" (Matera 49). Dillinger slowly was developing a taste to always improve and get a bigger job with more of a reward. This would eventually lead to his downfall. By acquiring this taste, he set himself up to never be satisfied. Set up to never know how to walk away. If Dillinger would've stopped while he was ahead, it is possible that he could've escaped capture for all his life.