Analysis Of The Word On The Streets By Craig Clunes

Culture in urban communities, also referred to as inner-cities, are growing increasingly violent. In the article, The Code of the Streets by Elijah Anderson, he begins to take an in-depth look at the root of the evil. He deduces that economic factors, parenting and the troublesome environments largely influence the violent norms within this culture.

In the beginning of chapter four, The Typographic Mind, Neil Postman delivers an impressive narrative argument about the impact of print information culture on 17th and 19th century minds. Postman makes a few claims with respect to the contrasts between the written and spoken word. In this essay, there are four qualities of the typographic mind: attention span, listening ability, knowledge of issues, and literary language.

An effort to understand and explain violence and related problems in the inner city are demonstrated within Elijah Anderson’s Code of the Street. Elijah exhibits the different lifestyles of the citizens in Germantown, Philadelphia by thoroughly explaining the code through different themes that make up the inner city lifestyle such as, family, violence, drugs, relationships or poverty through his point of view and people within the city as well.

Throughout the article “The Code of the Streets,” Elijah Anderson explains the differences between “decent” and “street” people that can be applied to the approaches of social control, labeling, and social conflict theories when talking about the violence among inner cities due to cultural adaptations.

In this paper, I plan to first describe the “Code of the Street” which is a term coined and a book written by Elijah Anderson. I would also summarize and describe two journal articles that test Anderson’s idea of the “Code of the Street” for a more definite explanation. I will tell how the two articles that I have chosen relates to some of the concepts that Anderson talked about in the book. I will then define general strain theory and social learning or differential association theory. Lastly, I will explain how general strain theory and social learning theory or differential association theory explain some of the behaviors that were seen by the individuals in the book published by Anderson. I will point out some of the individual’s behavior and demonstrate whether it may lead to crime or whether the behavior was learned in any way.

By far the most interesting topic to me the semester was The Code of The Streets by Elijah Anderson. After reading this, I started searching for solutions in my head. I refuse to believe that this is “how things are”. It’s unacceptable. The “eye for an eye” and “snitches get stitches” mentality that the people who live in black inner city communities is very troubling. What’s even more troubling is the fact that it’s due to their lack of faith in the justice system, rightfully so. These people are living in a world where they believe that the police are against them. The police, who are supposed to be their protectors are, in many cases, doing the opposite. However, I don’t believe that police officers are the enemy. I do think that everyone,

Developments in digital technology are expanding our understanding of “writing.” To the extent that technology is available and appropriate, by the end of their first

order to change the message. The map shows a message of how literacy is shaping people’s lives

One major weakness of Anderson’s article is that he labels families as either “decent” or “street” and nothing in between. After reading Code of the Streets, it becomes obvious that Anderson believes if a family has one characteristic that aligns them with the “street” then they have them all. There is no category for parents who want their children to be able to defend themselves, but also make sure they have their homework done every night.

Whether an artist sits at a work desk or steps up to an easel, they all have a common goal; to create a message. Some express their message through visual mediums and others through text. Each type has its pros and cons but certain messages are more accurately represented by a specific medium.

Chantry tells about how his design team can use art as a language, talking to the viewers without them even realizing this fact. Many artists like Chantry use their skills to make signs, such as election signs to try to convince someone to vote for their candidate. In this article it established that the written language started as an art,

When you skim the pages of The Atlantic newspaper (1994 edition) and view the article ‘The Code of the Streets’ published by author Elijah Anderson curiosity will stimulate your mind to reflect on the critical time periods and the chosen words to describe the society. The purpose of this paper is twofold: to engage readers in the theoretical arguments and to stimulate the mind to ask sociological and criminological questions regarding the information present in ‘The Code of the Streets.’

In the lyrics ‘Tonight the Streets are Ours’, written by Richard Hawley, Richard Hawley represents the side of those alienated by the system, such as the majority of society, against those in a position of power within the system. This is because majority of society’s actions, are limited due to authority and political aspects, which causes boundaries to society freedom in their creative rights, therefore causes alienation. An example to support this is “And these lights in our hearts they tell no lies.” This lyric conveys the idea of alienation, because alienation is caused by majority individuals of society’s determination of, wanting to succeed their achievement, such as the burning passivity we experience internally towards our goals and

In the next room I came across a very unique and interesting collection of pieces. If you especially like or have any interest in calligraphy, then you are going to love what Hongmo Ren has done. Calling it REN-script, Ren has created what he calls a calligraphy and linguistic “experimentale.” Consisting of seven English and six French pieces, he has combined the art and beauty of calligraphy with writing of equal stature. In ten of his pieces he elaborates on the beauty of nature during various seasons and includes a complete verse from the Book of Genesis. The rest of the pieces are large single word depictions again in calligraphy with intricate detail.

In the year 612 A.D. the first verse of the Qur’an fell upon the prophet Muhammad. This is known as the “Night of Destiny” and is sacred to all Muslims. The verse states: “Read, in the name of the Lord who creates, creates man from a clot! Read, for your Lord is most generous; [it is He] who teaches by the means of the pen.” (Mandel 7) It is from this passage that the origin of the reed pen, also called the “qalam’ in Arabic became the proper tool for Arabic script. The Muslims revered the use of natural writing and believed it was the beginning of all knowledge, both spiritually and scientifically. It was from this belief that transformed Arabic Calligraphy into a noble art form. From the beginning of Islam, Arabic writing was very imperfect and primitive, but over time it gradually evolved into compositions abundant in “hands”, also known as “styles” or “characters”. (Mandel 7) However, one must wonder