Analyzing Jump Street’s Childhood
21 Jump Street is a highly popular movie that falls under the category of romance narrative. This film portrays two police officers named Jenko and Schmidt who must go undercover in an attempt to sneak into a high school. They need to obtain secret information about the infamous drug operation that is commencing in the school. The goal of their quest is to find a drug dealer who will lead them to the the supplier and ultimately take them down before the synthetic drug, HFS, expands around the world. The plot of this film is an example of a movie that can be easily broken down by the romance narrative circle: childhood, initiation, underworld, and temptation. A large portion of the film reveals a plethora of
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The film starts with a scene where Jenko is humiliating Schmidt because he struggled to ask out a girl to prom in front of everyone at school. Later, Jenko gets sent to the principle’s office and finds out he needs to boost his grades if he wants to go to prom, or even graduate. It is at that point in the film where Jenko and Schmidt realize they have had a very hard high school life. Jenko needs to crack down on school work to be able to go to prom and graduate high school and Schmidt does not have the confidence to ask girls out to …show more content…
Suddenly, during their daily mundane rounds, they find some members of the “One-Percenter” gang— a highly popular drug gang, smoking marijuana. Being rookie cops, they could only have dreamed of this day that finally came— their first arrest. This seemed like Jenko and Schmidt’s premier drug bust, however due to Jenko incorrectly reciting the Miranda rights to them, it is considered a fail. By luck, this failed attempt at arresting the gang sends them to 21 Jump Street, or more exactly, towards their quest. Once they figure out they have to go undercover in a high school, they both get excited to essentially relive and redo their high school
The book being reviewed in this papers is Code of the Suburb: Inside the World of Young Middle-Class Drug Dealers by Scott Jacques and Richard Wright. This book is written on the context of 30 different individuals from a small location referenced as “Peachville” in Atlanta Georgia (Jacques & Wright 1). Each of these known individuals during their time in high school were selling drugs. Marijuana was the particular substance to be sold, but few dove into other illicit drugs including ecstasy, cocaine etc. (3). Generally speaking, the first questions that appears is what pushed these students to dive into the prospects of peddling and using drugs? Better yet, why continue to use them? The 7 chapters included in this book contain various stories of popularity and financial gains and losses along with the destruction of relationships.
Many times, in society young people think they have it all under control, they have it figured out even though they don’t. During these teen phases, they try to experience many things. such as drugs, drinking, and sexual exploration and become involved in various mischievous activities. It is about the coming of adulthood. It is no longer trying to be like them, but copying one. The three friends are not as "bad" as they pretend to be. Boyle gives them an opportunity to rape, but got interrupted because they wouldn’t have done it anyways they were to scared.
In Policing Gangs in America, Charles Katz and Vincent Webb describes every issue in American Gangs today. The ultimate goal of this book is how the gang officers work and the different kind of atmosphere they work in. Their job isn’t like other law enforcement jobs. It’s one of the more dangerous occupation in the Criminal Justice system. These gang officers focus on how they react to public gang issues.
The movie “Breaking Away” presents the story of a young man from working class origins who seeks to better himself by creating a persona through which he almost, but not quite, wins the girl. The rivalry between the townies and the college students sets the scene for the story of four friends who learn to accept themselves as they "break away" from childhood and from their underdog self-images.
The movie that I have chosen is a classic film from 1988 called Heathers. Heathers is an American cult black comedy film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann. The film portrays four teenage girls—three of whom are named Heather—in a clique and a teen named Veronica Sawyer who desperately wants to fit in, as well as a crazy and unstable boy named J.D that plans to ruin it all. The focus of this essay will be on three characters. Analyzing their internal and external battles, as well as their social interactions with loved ones and other members of their fictional society.
The cinematography of this film features numerous close-ups of its adolescent protagonists as well as point-of-view shots acquired predominantly from their perspective, thus making the viewers position themselves firmly on the boys’ side of
The main issue that the movie raises is the idea that being subjected to peer pressure and malicious parenting
Fantasy is the the gateway to one's childhood. It builds a child's imagination and allows their minds to run free. As quoted by Doreen R. Scott-Dunne, “ Fantasy is a necessary component of a child’s growth towards healthy psychological maturity or perhaps his sanity”. This quote expresses how fantasy develops a child's sanity and morality. The movie Monsters Inc is filled with fantasy that can bring a child to a new world to imagine the impossible, dream bigger, help develop their sanity and morality. This film like many others is an important part to childhood, and all children should experience the magic it brings. In relation to the movie the article Fantasy-Necessary for sanity and morality(Dorren R. Scott-Dunne) explains exactly how fantasy plays a large role in one's childhood teaching them values that they will keep with them forever. Monsters inc is important for
The director seamlessly weaves five separate plot threads throughout the main story, all involving their own social repercussions and the consequent changes in the lives of all those caught up in the dilemmas they face. The film is filled with a rich
“The purpose of this paper is to write about the similarities and difference of two movies: The Choice and The Notebook. Nicholas Sparks really knows how to set a romantic/emotional, but also creates a very predictable love story plot-line. You could predict the ending before the movie started with only knowing who the movie was based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. There is always a boy who falls for a girl and has to work extremely hard to get her. Then, something happens, but in the end they are always together. The Notebook and The Choice both show how life is about choices, you have to fight for what you love, and the good guy wins; but, in The Choice the ending will leave you wanting to know more about these characters and their story and that is why The
The movie under discussion has too many of it. It is predominantly a science fiction movie about an American woman who acquires the power of a drug called CPH4. It turns out to be a perfect blend of science fiction and action thriller. The movie discusses the drug CPH4, its power, its usage and its effects on the cerebral capacity of an ordinary human being. It deals with the aftermath of acquiring the potentiality to use 100 percent of one’s brain as a result of the consumption of this drug. The heroine centric movie is an odyssey of Lucy from the “evolution to revolution” of the
The love story between two different teenagers that come from completely different worlds is the most remarkable. The Notebook is about two young teenagers who fell head over heels with each other. They got separated by Allie’s upper-class parents who insist that Noah isn’t right for her. But that obstacle didn’t stop these two young lovers from being together even if it took years. This beautiful tale has a special meaning to an older gentleman who regularly reads the timeless love story to his aging wife to help her remember what they went through and that the story that he’s reading to her was their love story. The story he reads follows two young
The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori Maria Montessori passionately reveals to us the inner workings of children as they develop into their full potential in an effort to assist adults in understanding and supporting this process. The ideas and methods shared have become the foundation for the Montessori model of education. In the introduction, Maria Montessori asserts “there is no real place for children” in today’s modern society where parents are working, cities are crowded and deemed dangerous, and the home is often filled with furnishings off limits to children. We are asked to consider where children feel they belong and are understood. Though Maria believed that great progress was underway when writing this book, with an
Jen is reflecting over how her expectations about having sex did not meet reality because the knowledge she had about sex came from movies such as Pretty Woman. As a result she romanticizes sex and this leaves her disappointed and dissatisfied when she finally has sex with Simon. She keeps thinking about the previous night while she is driving around with her family and it enables her from focusing on the road and what is actually happening in front of her. Even after she stops the car at the end, she is still thinking about Simon, which makes sex an important theme and issue for the protagonist throughout the story.
Jack Smith a 17 years old teen from (Ontario, Canada) is invited to stay with his cousin Mary Loose-Doe from (Water city, N.Y). Accompanying him in his trip is his other cousin 21 year old Bill Jones, both boys are foreign to the United States and the city life as they derive from a small settlement. Mary shows the boys a good time, taking them out to party’s offering them marijuana and alcohol. The boys are later introduced to Mary’s boyfriend 21 year old Pete Poorchoice. Pete is a High school droop out and veteran of two reformatories.