By: Susanna Lee E-mail: lees@student.ucr.edu Gang Culture has increasingly become a subculture for many teenage youths. Main minority teens‚ these social outcast are often have no real economic stability and no parental supervision or guidance. As a result‚ teenagers often rebel and seek comfort in gangs. These gangs provide what is lacking in their lives‚ a sense of belonging. Minorities are often stereotyped and criticized‚ especially minorities born into poverty. They are condemned simply
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was one of the main gangsters of 1920’s America. He‚ along with others‚ was able to gain huge profits by transporting and selling alcohol. They were able to do this because of the huge demand for alcohol now that it could not be sold in regular bars and saloons. This organised transportation and selling of illegal beverages also provided easy employment for immigrants looking for a quick and profitable job. However‚ the distribution of alcohol was not the only law the gangsters were happy to break
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The Godfather set the standards upon which all gangster films were judged from. This can be considered unfair given The Godfather is in the category of the few films that showcases amazing performances‚ powerful direction‚ a rather tight script and characters that are multilayered. If The Godfather goes against the generic conventions of gangster genres and focuses on family and less violence‚ Once Upon Time in America (1983) is the epitome of gangster films (Browne 26). Sergio Leone made an increasingly
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The Social Realism in War and Peace It is hard to truly understand the unbelievable detail and descriptions of Tolstoy’s writings without actually having read some of his work. Leo Tolstoy was a unique man with a different perspective on life and everything around us than anyone else. Influenced by the experience of fighting in the Crimean war‚ Leo Tolstoy composed his masterpiece‚ War and Peace‚ whose Victorian qualities included incredibly realistic descriptions which would inspire future
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the 1960s and therefore‚ was confident that they could combat gangsterism. “In the past‚ we chased after communists in the jungles‚ but now the gangsters are there — they are not hiding. I can’t accept the excuse that because of gangsterism‚ we can’t enforce the law. “So what else next? Are we to allow gangsters to rule the country because they are gangsters?” he pointed out. (by Chan‚ Zora. February 5‚ 2012) In fact teenagers who usually have the desire to do something new‚ they would do some
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bullied or compromised by gangster. Most gang members are often from upper secondary school‚ they attract the younger boys to adore them and wanting like gang too. Gang usually invite the new boy who just entered their school and after joining them‚ they ask to get into random fights or get to a one-on-one fight. Police are concern for young boy joining gangs. This gang are not all boy‚ they also invite prostitute to recruit with them. Those delinquents boy that are not gangster are also invited to recruit
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Wilder in 1959‚ is generally regarded as a romantic comedy. Different from other comedies in that age‚ Some Like It Hot makes a breakthrough in subverting some conventions‚ that is‚ it tries to extend its themes to two marginalisation directions: gangsters and cross dressing. Following these two key elements‚ this magnificent comedy narrates the story in a humour way‚ reflecting fickleness of human nature in that age‚ showing the director’s cynicism‚ and proposing an advanced idea about gender‚ sex
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not be put on one particular thing but a heavier degree of blame can be put on one thing. Some of the violent acts listed above are expressed through music. Gangster rap‚ which followed rap music‚ developed in the 1980’s. Though the immaturity and lack of teaching morals has an impact on how we view and take in things‚ the context of gangster rap presents a negative image for people in society. Rap music has derived from other music categories. "Rap is an integral part of this subculture that did
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that talk about sex‚ drugs‚ and violence who receive the negative attention( SIRS 1993). People‚ think this so- called gangster rap is a bad influence on children in the world and that it promotes violence and that it also is abusive to women. Delores Tucker‚ head of national congress of black women has been among those pressuring different record companies to stop distributing gangster rap music. There were other significant names that participated in this action. Names like Senate Majority leader Bob
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Most people think that people from the mafia are ruthless gangsters‚ who don’t care about anybody except them selves. They can do anything they want to and not get punished or caught. Another stereotype is all Italians are part of a mob or gang. A perfect example is the show "Sopranos". In this essay ill show you how shows and movies stereotype the mafia and the Italian race. A very common Mafia Stereotype is that all Italians are part of a gang. The Sopranos shows this because the soprano family
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