In season four of the Wire, we are introduced to four thirteen-year-olds: Namond Brice, Dukie, Randy, and Michael. Of the four central boys, we are introduced to in Season Four of The Wire, I find Namond Brice to be the most intriguing. Unlike the three other boys, due to his imprisoned fathers prior gang affiliation and loyalty, he has the illegally obtained financial resources, which make his involvement in gangs less motivated by financial reasons, than the other boys. Moreover, despite the resources at his mother’s disposal, both she and his father seem to be pushing Namond into a being involved in the gangs, and his mother even tells Namond’s father during a prison visit that he is not going to work (being a runner). Additionally, …show more content…
These ‘mentors” include: Bubbles who is the man who sells items from his shopping cart, Cutty, who runs the gym, the drug dealers, Namond’s incarcerated father, Namond’s mother, some of the police, and the teachers. There are multiple messages that these boys get from these “mentors”, few of them positive. In terms of Cutty, he seems to be trying to show the life outside of the gangs through boxing. However, I think that Cutty’s attitude and towards women, not allowing them to be taught in his gym, and his constant flirting with the women who surround him, send the boys the message that women are dispensable. Also, Cutty’s statement that he does not teach women, because they are real traditional here reinstates the common belief in the streets that to be a man you must be powerful, know hot to fight, and be strong, and that women should stick to more traditional roles. As strange as it sounds, I find Bubbles to be one of the few adults who seem to be sending the best message. While the fact that Bubbles does drugs, he tries to help the young man with him improve himself and even helps him enroll in school. Additionally, when he finds out that he is cutting school, he tells him that school is his job and that he needs to go, a statement that I have heard many times from my parents. Moreover, he tries to steer this young man away from life on the streets, despite his drug addiction and even tries to hide his drug use from the young
Still, through this, the mother sees the children, especially her own son, as fairly innocuous, only posturing as men, but still calm, like "a room full of small bankers". They may be men, she seems to say, but they are gentlemen, and harmless at that. The macho posturing becomes more tangible and tense when one older boy says to a younger one "I could beat you up". This statement puts the reader and the speaker on guard, aware that a change is taking place. One can almost see the mother perk up her ears.
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In the article “Bros before Hos: The Guy Code”, by Michael Kimmel he writes about many different standards and ideals that young men must live up to, to be accepted in today’s society. The article talks about genders, at different ages sixteen to twenty six and how it is directed towards anyone that wants to know more about genders and how it can relate to masculinity and men. It was also based off of a book that he had written in the late two- thousands. According to (Kimmel) young men must live and abide, by a set of rules known as the spectacular “Guy Code”. The “Guy Code” was created to help understand why young men feel and act the way they do, and how masculinity may be perceived in their cultures. The code has been instilled into many young men around the world by their peers, family, and media at the age of four, or maybe even when a child has developed somewhat of a understanding. Being taught how to be masculine at a very young age is important to teach your child, it helps them discover who they are as a person, and who they are supposed to be perceived as, and how to find their inner virility as a young male. Kimmel also uses exemplification to help explain how the “Guy Code” is a collection of attitudes, values, and many traits that are together to help compose what it really means to be a man. The code lets us know how men are not suppose to cry, and how they are not suppose to be or act like sissies. But how men must be very
Life in the Inner-City In the novel “Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City” written by Elijah Anderson, Elijah discusses how socioeconomic problems affect the choices that youths in the inner-city make. Elijah asserts in order not to be harmed, individuals need to understand the code in these areas. An important key point to remember from this novel is that violence happens because of the social disorganization and socioeconomic issues that surround these cities. Issues like poverty impact how people live their lives.
Crossing the Wire is an award winning book about a young boy's journey across the Mexican border and into America. Although Crossing the Wire is not based on a true story, it expands on a very real problem that many immigrants face.The story captivates the idea of what it's like to be an illegal immigrant whilst having a family to provide for. From the viewpoint of Victor Flores, the main character, we see the difficulties Victor has and how he works his way through them. There are many lessons to be learned from the novel, three of which are: having endurance, thinking through tough decisions, and putting family first.
Ponyboy, Johnny, Sodapop, Darry are all a part of the unruly gang, the Greasers. S.E Hinton is writing these characters as rebellious young men, with a harsh background, who takes their anger and hardship out on gang fighting. These roles play an important part in this book because it shows that even though they nothing physically, they have a heart stronger than gold for each other and others mentally. Hinton use these characters to show prejudice leads to wrong conclusions, violence and oppression because these “poor” young men are getting beat up by the rich Socs who have never felt the feeling of being in poverty. “ You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you’re in a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don’t stick up for them, stick together, make
Many times gang members need have someone to encourage them, so they discover who they really are. Luis, an ex gang member, gets a job at Homeboy Industries and is able to provide a shelter for his daughter to live in, “Luis was a human being who came to know the truth about himself and like what he found there” (Boyle 77). The opportunity that Luis was given by Father Greg helped him find himself, he completely changed his life around, he went from selling drugs to working at Homeboy Industries. Gang members need an opportunity to find who they really are and what they can accomplish.
Orange is The New Black provides insight as to how a prison sentence can affect the relationships had before entering the prison culture as well as the effect that can be had on your significant others. The following essay will discuss the process that women may experience when entering and adjusting to the prison life,
Being born into the gang life proves that nature verses nurture and the family has an impact on what an individual will become. Many things run in families from illnesses,
Because, the question did not specify it any special television show I choose criminal mind TV show and I will talk about the show not about any specific episode. Criminal Minds is an American police procedural television series created by Jeff Davis starring Mandy Patinkin and Joe Mantegna. It beginning on September 22, 2005, on the broadcast network CBS, and produced by Mark Gordon Company in association with CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios. Criminal Minds is originally at the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) based in Quantico, Virginia. According with the show's plot, Criminal Minds deviate from many procedural dramas by concentrating on profiling the stereotypes of criminal, called the unsub. The show focal point of the line
Those classes are called the Greasers and the Socs. Obviously, Ponyboy is in the Greasers class. Greasers are thought of as the poor kids; they always have it rough and can never catch a break. They’re usually the ones that get into the most trouble with the law. The Socs are presumed to be the rich kids; who always have it made and live on the high side of town. Ponyboy’s self-worth comes in where he doesn’t feel like he fits in. He likes to read, observe the sunrises and look at the colors of the sky. Those characteristics don’t fit in with the typical Greaser boy, so Ponyboy doesn’t see himself as valuable to the gang as he sees everybody else because he sees every member as playing a specific role to the group, but he doesn’t understand what role he plays and if he means anything to the
Children between the ages 7 to 12 are exposed to many television shows. These television shows, play an important role in children this age by opening their eyes to new ideas, cultures and to new places. As a 5th grade teacher, I was surprised to hear how many of my students were excited about the return of The Walking Dead on February 14, 2016. Before today, I had never seen this show, but I knew it was not appropriate for 10 and 11-year-olds to watch.
themselves to set as an example for the children. He goes on by saying that government should send good messages to young people and its better to advocates early drug education programs and create a good environment in the schools.
Dennis Reynolds, of the show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, is a narcissistic man in his early thirties. Raised by stepfather Frank Reynolds, a successful business man with unethical methods, and mother Barbara Reynolds, a selfish woman who only married Frank for his wealth. Dennis and his twin sister Dee were raised wealthy but were often misguidedly taught to not seek affection through materials. For example, every Christmas Frank would buy gifts for his children only to destroy it while the children watched. Dennis attended the University of Pennsylvania to become a veterinarian while minoring in Psychology. He often tries to use his Psychology minor to his advantage, an example being his attempt to psychoanalyze his friends whilst berating the actual psychiatrist and mocking her for attending a subpar university. His academic studies were unable to translate into a career, however he is co-owner of the bar, Paddy’s Pub in Philadelphia. Dennis along with his sister Dee, father Frank, and two friends Mac and Charlie, use the bar as a hangout spot often concocting schemes and shenanigans. Though the bar makes very little money, Dennis maintains his lavish lifestyle with his father’s money often wearing high-end clothing, driving a Land Rover, and getting into sticky situations while placing little care on the financial ramifications. Dennis is vain, narcissistic and has been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. He cares very little for others unless it is
Porter reminiscences about his childhood experiences and how he and other boys were to strictly follow a set of rules that make a man a “man.” No crying or acting weak in front of other men, for instance, would be idealistic for a strong man. Porter even recalls meeting a teen football player who was deeply saddened and wanted to express his emotions. The teen, however, was in front of his guy friends at the time and he just could not express any emotions in front of them because he would seem weak and girlish. Peer pressure and conforming to society has pressured the boy into falling into the trap once again. The teen learned to be tough since everyone else was tough and did not cry. This story is similar to Pollitt’s statement on how “people aspire to what is possible and conform to what is necessary.” The teen aspired to become a strong man but knew he had to conform to society in order to do so. Pressures from other kids and parents play a huge effect on stereotypes. The teen, if he did not conform to society, would be considered an outcast. People ccannot handle the fact of being called an outcast or abnormal.