”It wouldn’t have been justice if you threw your life away to kill him.”

Getting to know Maverick’s life felt almost like a privilege. It shows us that parents are far from perfect, but they make the most of it nonetheless. They’re living life for the first time, just like everybody else. I also liked the undertones of sexism and how Maverick wants to be strong because he is a man and he thinks he shouldn’t cry because that would mean he’s not a man; yet, people prove him he’s more of a man than he believes. He blooms in the hardest of conditions, just like a concrete rose.