Essay About The Gang Chapter

Picture Manhattan in 1860, a time before the city had been dolled up and gotten ready for the silver screen, before the glamour and allure took over. Amsterdam Vallan (DiCaprio) is a young Irish man that migrates to the USA at a young age. Amsterdam’s story takes place in Five Points District of New York, a filthy and dangerous part of the city before it was deleted form history. As a young boy Vallan witnessed his father’s murder at the hand of William Cutting or Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis) during one of their many gang wars. As Amsterdam’s story progresses along side The Butcher they become inseparable, but Amsterdam had ulterior motive. Ultimately, Amsterdam attempts to betray his new found ally in order to avenge his father’s death.

   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.      

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

For my final paper I am going to talk about a program that in my eyes is a great way for our youth to receive different views and healthy choices when it comes to avoiding and confronting gangs or gang members. Gang Resistance Education and Training, abbreviated G.R.E.A.T., and provides a school-based, police officer instructed program that includes classroom instruction and various learning activities. The mission of the program is to provide a range of activities to our kids to keep them away from gangs or related activity as well as educate them on competency, usefulness, and personal empowerment which will prevent them from

“Gangs have morphed from social organizations into full-fledged criminal enterprises” (Thomas, 2009, para 5). Gangs are highly sophisticated and more dangerous then ever. The number one reason to join a gang is money; and 95 percent of gangs profit comes from drug dealing

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.

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.

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

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.

“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.

They all stared at the door with its beatifully pieced together glass. until Mystique finally spoke up. "Issomeone going to open

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!

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”.