In both short stories, “The Cop and the Anthem” By O. Henry and “ The Pedestrian” By Ray Bradbury, both authors used character and conflict. in the short stories, the characters used have a lonely personality to them which causes conflict between misunderstood police. The conflict, both involves something or someone missing in their life, though neither do not mind and going through with life somehow. The story of “The Cop and the Anthem” is about a man named Soapy trying to figure out how to get into jail since he was homeless and need a place to go for the winter season. He tries his best to get thrown in jail but never does succeed. However, when he finally gives up, a policeman sends the homeless man to jail for the 3 months; just long enough to be saved by the brutal winter. In the story of “The Pedestrian”, Mr. Leonard Mead has no one to be with him. He drowns in his sorrows by walking on the street at night. For the past ten years, he had been walking on the same route every night. He pasts by other families’ homes and wishing he could have the same. A police car comes by and assume Mr. Leonard Mead was doing illegal actives. The car sends him to the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies. Both O. Henry and Bradbury used character and conflict to communicate the theme of the short stories. The central idea of the short story, “ The Cop and the Anthem” is to let fate happen and bring you to what you desire most. O. Henry uses the literary elements, character and conflict, throughout the story. “ He was filled with sadness. He was still free. Was he going to remain free forever?” This shows the character of Soapy determine to get thrown into jail to stay away from the cold, three month winter. The conflict, preventing Soapy from succeeding for a trip to jail, was he was too desperate to go to jail, and the police did not believe him. “And Soapy, sick at heart, walked slowly away. He had failed two times.” and “ Soapy felt a hand on his arm. He looked quickly around into the broad face of a cop.‘What are you doing hanging around here?’ asked the cop. ‘Nothing,’ said Soapy. ‘You think I believe that?’ said the cop. Full of his new strength, Soapy began to argue. And it is not wise to
Fahrenheit 451 is a classic book read by many generations. It is known as a science fiction bookabout the future. The author of this novel is Ray Bradbury, who loved writing since he was a little boy. Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451 was published in 1953. Bradbury died in 2012, but he lives on in the words of his 50+ books he had written. Fahrenheit 451 , which was previously titled The Fireman, is his most well known book, and even though only 190 pages, it explains almost everything happening in the book. Fahrenheit 451 will live on for many decades.
“Pulled Over in Short Hills, NJ, 8:00 AM” is a short poem from Against Which by Ross Gay. The poems literal meaning is quite straight forward, taking the reader on a trip to experience the situation through the eyes of the narrator, who had been pulled over early in the morning by an intimidating police officer. The narrator could either be a man or a woman in this case because it was not specified throughout the poem. The poem vividly describes his/her fears and the impact that the presence of the police officer has. Gay does not spend much time on the setting because that is completely the title’s
Many people know of the police officers of today’s world and that it is their job to enforce the laws set by their government, but not many people know the history of your typical everyday United States police officer or how they came about. The idea for neither your everyday police officer nor his or her department they work for or how a police department operates, originated in the United States. Over the years though America has made changes and adapted its system over the years to make it more suitable for its countries beliefs and practices.
Juan Ramon Jimenez once said, “If they give you ruled paper, write the other way”. This quote shows the challenge of authority, like Montag and his society. Just like challenging the normal, or doing the opposite of what seems to be right by “writing the other way” on a lined piece of paper, Montag chooses to challenge authority by reading, remembering, and comprehending books, instead of burning them. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury takes place in a dystopian society in the twenty-fourth century and the main character is Guy Montag. He is a fireman whose job is to burn books and start fires instead of putting them out. Moreover, he lives in a society which just listens to government propaganda and follows whatever they are told; the citizens do not think deeply about aspects in life but rather focus on mind-numbing activities, that does not take any deep thought process. Books are banned but Montag takes the risk to start to read books, hoping they will bring him happiness in the dark world he lives in. In his journey he has three mentors who help him, Clarisse, Faber, and Granger. The protagonist, Guy Montag, changes as a result of the conflict within his dystopian society and this change connects to the novel’s theme of government censorship over its citizens.
African Americans in modern America have bound together in unity against inequality to help end the unnecessary murders and unjust police beatings. However, where did these tensions between police and African Americans begin? This question can be answered by looking at the history of police in America and why they were originally established. Police first came on to the scene in 1704 when Carolina established the nation’s first slave patrol that would turn into what we know today as the modern police. The slave patrol had the duty of searching for runaway slaves and returning them to their masters. Therefore, the original reason the police force was established was to deal with black slaves and it seems as if some officers today still hold that as their job title. However, this was just the beginning to the negative police encounters that many African Americans would have to endure. With the ratification of the 13th amendment and the freeing of the slaves the slave patrol became what is known as modern day police. During reconstruction the police began a war to create a new form of slavery, this form of slavery was known as convict leasing. Although, the 13th amendment legalized the enslavement of anyone convicted of a crime it seemed as if it was only used against African Americans. This new method of enslavement sky rocketed the rate of African American arrests and created new laws in the south such as the pig laws which sentenced anyone who stole a pig to 5 years in
Mead is walking down the street around midnight like he does every night but this night something weird happened to Mr. Mead a police car stops him and orders him to put his hands up. He answers a series of questions about his life. This car is the only remaining police car in the area. The car tells him that he is being taken to a psychiatric center because of his regressive tendencies. His behavior is not acceptable in the society no one walks anymore. Because he was just taking a walk at night he was detained and taken to a psychiatric center because it was odd to take walks in the time period. He conforming to society and because of this he is being punished and thought to be a psycho because he's just walking. This relates to The Anthem because of the conforming Idea its a society where everyone is conforming and there one person that is different and punished because of
In Anthem the Council wants everyone to be exactly the same with no individuality. The Council enslaves everyone physically and mentally. This makes everyone feel like everyone is the same and no one has a different life than anyone else around them. On page 19, it says “ We are one in all and all in one. There are no men, but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever.” The Council’s plan for that is to brainwash the society to think they live in a perfect world where whatever choice the Council makes is fair.
Anthem is one of the best books you’ll ever read, if you like a good struggling books. It is about this man called Equality 7-2521 that lives in a society that does not believe in individualism. It is all men are one, that there is no “me” or “I” only “we” and “us”. Growing up Equality 7-2521 was a very bright individual, he was always faster and more intelligent child but this was not good. For this he would always get scolded and even whipped, because is not to be more than his others. He was also ridiculed for being tall, which was a sin to be different than the rest.
Anthem by Ayn Rand is a narrative about a young man, named Equality 7-2521, who lives in a collectivist society. This book is about the personal journey of Equality 7-2521 in a future version of our society. In this novel, the reader reads about an environment in which everyone is considered as one, meaning that no one is meant to be an individual. Each person in this society is assigned a certain job to benefit their “brothers” and is expected to follow a certain order throughout their lifetime. Helping their fellow members is also an important rule to their society because it promotes the concept of selflessness. Anthem by Ayn Rand portrays three different themes that the reader acknowledges; selflessness, order, and equality.
Freedom, does anyone really need it? Ayan Rand and Lois Lowry both wrote great dystopian books. Both these books show how humans need freedom to live. Anthem is a great book to show freedom. The Giver is a great book to show how even a great life has pain. Both books show how life needs freedom.
Leading up to the establishment of the Chicago Police Department, the first rank of “constable” was created in 1830. Authorization of Chicago’s very own police force occurred on January 31, 1835. On August 15, 1835, the Chicago Police Department was born. The department’s mission reads, “The Chicago Police Department, as part of, and empowered by, the community, is committed to protect the lives, property, and rights of all people, to maintain order, and to enforce the law impartially. We will provide quality police service in partnership with other members of the community. To fulfill our mission, we will strive to attain the highest degree of ethical behavior and professional conduct at all times.” Orsemus Morrison was elected Chicago’s first constable; he was assisted by Constables Luther Nichols and John Shrigley. The three men served and protected a population of about 3,200. In the year 1837, the Municipal Court of Chicago was created. It had co-jurisdiction with the Cook County Court within corporate limits of the city of Chicago. Between the years 1838 and 1854, the Chicago P.D consisted of very few collection of officers, constables, and part-time night watchers to maintain the quickly-expanding city.
Jean-Michel Basquiat emerged from the punk scene in New York as a street-smart graffiti artist. He successfully crossed over his downtown origins to the international art gallery circuit. Basquiat’s work is one of the few examples of how an early 1980’s American graffiti-based could become a fully recognized artist. Despite his work’s unstudied appearance, Basquiat very skillfully and purposefully brought together in his art a host of disparate traditions, practices and styles to create a unique kind of visual collage. His work is an example of how American artists of the 1980’s could reintroduce the human figure in their work after the wide success of minimalism and conceptualism.
If Tom heard, he made no acknowledgment. His eyes remained dull, his expression vacant. Somewhere, in the midst of the chaos that was the harshness of reality, he had managed to build a protective wall, a refuge in his mind where he was no longer a victim, no longer a weak, pathetic excuse for a man. He was Tom Hanson the cop, the loving son, the loyal friend; he was a man free
Patrol accounts for the biggest portion of police work in most police agencies. The terms “patrolling” and ”on patrol” generally refer to what officers do while not handling calls for service—officers do this mostly in patrol cars, but sometimes on foot, on bicycles, on horseback, or the like. While on patrol, officers may look for traffic violations, suspicious behavior, disorder, and unsafe conditions. They may also look for opportunities to interact with the public in casual or more formal situations. This is all considered patrolling.
When you hear the words ‘police officer’, what is the first thing that comes to mind? The people that protect us from the bad guys, right? Well, that might be the stereotypical answer, but is that really what we all think? Most would agree that in today 's society, the words do not have the same positive correlation anymore. It is actually almost the complete opposite. Police officers and others in the criminal justice system have created a poor reputation for themselves from the actions they have taken. Crooked cops seem to be the headliners of countless news stories. Now, that is not to say there are not any stories of people of the law doing their jobs to the best of their abilities, but lately, those stories are like finding a needle in a haystack, abnormal. It is not hard to search for a story on a legal personalities questionable conduct. Now, here 's something to think of: if these are the people that know the ins and outs of the law and are put in their positions to help protect us, why does it seem like us citizens are the victims of their actions in a greater part of these stories? How are we supposed to put our trust in these so-called notable people if they are the ones putting us in danger? The people within our criminal justice system are corrupt by brutality, drugs, money, and just overall abusing their powers.