Essay About The Gang Chapter

In the movie “Gangs of New York”, we see a city changed and reshaped through cultural influence of feuding individuals with different ideas. The movie is about a young man, Amsterdam Vance, who seeks to avenge his father, who was brutally murder in a gang dispute, against his adversary Bill the Butcher. On the surface the movie seems simple enough but in the back ground we see a cultural shift as immigrants come into America. Also we see political influences and material possession such as clothing and other belongings set people apart and define the social status of the

He slowly got off the back of his horse and took a deep breath. This was something he has never seen before. The doorway seemed to have a slightly blue phosphorescent look swirled in a white color in the center with red flickers on the edges; the frame was decorated with twisting

Kody Scott grew up in South Central L.A. during the nineteen-sixties and seventies, soon after the creation of the Crips. Raised in poverty without a father, and a full family raised solely by his mother, Kody Scott led the stereotypical “ghetto” life, a poor and broken home. However he does not blame this on his own personal decision to join the Crips while only eleven year’s old. The allure of the respect and “glory” that “bangers” got, along with the unity of the “set”(name for the specific gang) is what drew him into the gang. Once joined, he vowed to stay in the “set” for life, and claimed that banging was his life. After many years of still believing this, he eventually realized that the

After hours of waiting there was a knock at your door. You jumped up, excitedly bouncing over to it, but once it opened your expression fell.

   Throughout There Are No Children Here, a continuous, powerful tension always lurks in the background. The gangs that are rampant in the housing projects of Chicago cause this tension. In the Henry Horner Homes, according to Kotlowitz, one person is beaten, shot, or stabbed due to gangs every three days. In one week during the author's study of the projects, police confiscated 22 guns and 330 grams of cocaine in Horner alone (Kotlowitz 32).

In the middle and late part of the nineteenth century, the West was a harsh and dangerous place to live. Bar fights and murders were being committed in every town. This was acceptable behavior however in those days. Men settled their problems face-to-face, and normally, the slower man ended up dead. Gunfighting in the West was started and carried on by a group of men known as the Clanton Gang. Old Man Clanton was the leader and founder of gunfighting, his sons carried some of his fights and continued with their own fights, and his last surviving son parted with gunfighting and started his own successful business.      

I am a detective. When I see someone suspicious, I hunt them down until I find out who they are and what they are doing. On my way out of my office, I saw this strange man, he was a tall, skinny, and seemed to be pretty buff, he was wearing a long trench coat with a hood over his head. This man was also carrying a big metal briefcase, with a combination on it. Just between you and me this guy was CUTE! Even though I do not know this person, I followed him just because he was suspicious. I also followed because he was going to a poker bar, I assumed, he was heading in that direction.

Who is Marcel Breuer? He is an architect and designer, one of the most-influential exponents of the International Style. He is responsible for some of the most fascinating architecture around the world. Some of his famous works were done on the Lehman Campus; known as “The Music Building and The Shuster Hall”.

He arrived at a house, an average-sized home with a dark brown door. He lightly knocked on the dark brown door and patiently waited. He pretended not to notice, that he saw a shadow peak through the living room curtains before closing them shut again. And when the door opened, he was greeted by exactly who he had wanted to see.

“You can hire half the poor to kill the other half.” Boss Tweed spoke these words in reference to the Draft Riots. It shows that you can easily turn the poor against each other, if you bring money into the situation. Gangs of New York is about the separation of the Irish and the Natives, which eventually led into larger conflicts. In this film there are two important characters, Amsterdam Vallon and Boyle McGloin, who were both Irishmen in the Five Points. Amsterdam was the son of Priest Vallon and he became a positive Irish Leader who was looked up to by many. Boyle McGloin was an Irishmen who was a Dead Rabbit, but later joined Bill “The Butcher” Cutting and became a “Native”. The character

All the other girls rushed over to help move the rest of the boxes out of the way. The door was about same width as a regular door, but it was only half the height. It was made made of stained-glass in different shades of blue and green. There was a tree made of wrouight iron twisted through the glass. The door didn't have a door knob, it just a small, black skeleton key with a smaller version of the stained glass attached to the end.

When was the last time you were able to turn on the news and not hear about some sort of violent act? Crime is a growing concern amongst most cities, and street gangs are behind a lot of the trouble. Street gangs have plagued the streets for centuries and there is no stopping the urge to commit such hideous crimes. Gangs grow from recruiting young kids but what makes a kid decide to join a crime filled lifestyle.

room, but my pay wage is terrible at the palace. I asked Aladdin to help out. However, he was in jail for stealing bread, fruit, and money from the merchants. I asked him to come with me to the Cave of Wonders to get the lamp, so I could ask the Genie for money. Of course, Aladdin had to mess something up by filling the whole cave with lava. I almost got the lamp, but Aladdin’s monkey just had to steal the lamp and I didn’t get my carpet!

“Hey, have you ever wondered what’s in that room,” Riley asked, all of the sudden. Her BFFs looked at where she was pointing at; an old, wooden door. The door was at the very end of the hall, all the lights around it had gone out, only one small light bulb above it that was flickering on and off. The wood looked almost rotten, dark and gloomy under the flickering light. Paige and Emma looked at the door and then shrugged.

In addition, to mafia also known as cartel is an organized secret criminal organization that engages in illegal activity such as: gambling, drug dealing, protection, and prostitution. Mafia’s started in the 19th century in Sicily and migrated to the United States. They are popular in the United States, Mexico, and Italy. The members of the mafia are usually people of the same race nationality. On the contrary, a gang is a group of members who form together to commit crimes. These crimes can be murder,assault, theft, etc. They use intimidation to gain control of neighborhoods or territories. They are usually identified by colors, tattoos, hairstyles, clothing, and graffiti. It is important to know the difference between gangs and mafia, so that