Gangs Of New York Sociology

Upon reading the first few sentences of the paragraph, one can easily assume E. B. White has inhabited New York once before. His capability in drawing three New Yorks established his familiarity with the city and its various versions. This is implied when he states, “There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born there, who takes the city for granted and accepts for its size, its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter--the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something” (White). Coming from the perspective of the author, it adds an authentic value to his words and description of the types of people who live in New York. The individuals who exist in each of the version contribute to New York’s remarkable essence

Film makers use many historical events to spark up and idea for a movie. One historical event that is commonly used is war. One advantage a film maker has when using war as a movie plot is that there is already a lot of drama in war. This may seem like a good advantage for the film maker, however focusing on all of the drama of war leaves much of the actual info. When watching a war movie, you may feel like you have an understanding about the war, but when you really compare a war movie to an actual war you find that there is a lot of factual information left out. One may ask why would directors and film makers leave out the facts of war and focus on the drama? After reading The Faces of Battle by John Keegan and reviewing war movies

Gangs of New York, directed by Martin Scorsese, vividly depicts the experience Irish American immigrants endured when first arriving to New York. This film is a look at the intolerance towards Irish immigrants, the Civil War, and African-Americans in the Five Points neighborhood. The tension and discord amongst the citizens of New York from the Five Points would thrive as gangs fought for respect, land, and power.

The film Gangs of New York is set during the American Civil War in Manhattan's Five Points district, a slum neighborhood. The story mainly focuses on young Amsterdam Vallon and Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. There are numerous characters who help shape the film's story. These characters include Jenny Everdeane, "Priest" Vallon, "Monk" McGinn, William "Boss" Tweed, Johnny Sirocco and McGloin.

First, in the opening of the movie, we see a battle that give a sense of brutality, the brutality was there to show the shocking realty of civil war. However, the purpose of the movie is to show the loop of inequality and injustice that have very tragic consequences and shaped the structure of the inequality in American societies on the earlier time. In addition, it approve the idea that blacks and whites had equal rights. As Lincoln says, “Slavery, sir, is done.” It is very simple idea to accepted now, but back then it took 150 years prove.

While carefully reading through this reading, one idea in particular stood out to me over everything else. That idea is Adam Gopnik’s view of the “Old Times Square, New York” being superior to the newer, more modern Times Square. Gopnik tends to speak in past tense throughout the reading referring to the mostly to the older Times Square and comparing it to the current day Times Square.

The Lower East Side formerly once joined with the East Village is home to many working class families, many of whom are foreign born. Over the past 50 years, this neighborhood has gone through many changes, both negative and positive. Located in Manhattan, the Lower East Side is surrounded by 14th street, the East River, Bowery, and the Brooklyn Bridge. This area today has faced gentrification and has also faced many housing developments that threaten the character of the community. The LES has gone from once considered a slum to be one of the trendiest neighborhoods today in New York City.

You can clearly see this film was backlash from Birth of a Nation. It made a stance and questioned all stereotypes in the other film. It had a good balance between good and evil. The producer crushed all the stereotypes in Birth of a Nation, and shows you what it would look like if the south did free the blacks. The film really focuses on even with freedom, even with education, wealth and rights; there are still similar struggles blacks had to go through. No matter what they did to progress.

New York is a city that works in mysterious ways, having a strong presence on those who walk its streets daily. It's a city with character, touching those who live there or taste its enigma and yearn for seconds after the moment is gone. Although the journeys this city can put at people’s feet can vary from person to person, in many cases the path that some walk can end up being very similar. This was the case after reading “Tehran to the B Train” by Roxana Sabari and “My First New York” by Colum McCann. These two articles are both taken place in the big city, and when compared side by side, it can be shown that they both show many qualities, such as the location, the struggle both authors go through during their time in the city, and the realization

A few strengths that caught my attention in the movie were how Lincoln pushed hard to pass the 13th Amendment and how the movie made clear to me how people white, black, Democrat, or Republican felt about Lincoln’s proposal. Lincoln was persuaded to create the 13th amendment when African American soldiers fighting for the union complained to President Lincoln about their pay and how it was $3 less than what white soldiers made. The soldiers go on to tell Lincoln that one day they hope for them or the next generation to become generals or captains of the army. During this time, President Lincoln was on his second term with the Civil War in its fourth year. I think this made Lincoln realize that something had to be done to allow enslaved African Americans to be free and also it made him realize we’re all human, and we deserve to be equal.

Sociology is the study of humans and their social behavior since everyone is different in characteristics, the way they think, express themselves to others and the things we do. Sociologist are able to study a certain group of society and analyze their behavior because they want to see how our environment influences our way of thinking and inspiration. New York City is a place which is heavily populated by diverse cultures, religions, nationalities, race, and different morals. New York City is a place which is always busy and has 24 hours shops open for tourist, students and workers. Is a diverse city but is still relatively small. Everyone in New York are busy with their life such as work, school, raising a family, going to church, or shopping.

I could not really wrap my head around the brutality of the events both the murders and the events that followed, or the way the nation handled the events. This movie provided an in-depth look at how the FBI investigation of the case was handled and how the suspects felt no remorse which made my blood boil. The men who killed James, Michael and Andrew did not even acknowledge that they had done anything wrong. They acted like they had done America a favor when in reality they are an ugly part of American history and they case affected us in a way that we are still trying to recover from today. Focusing on this time period helped me understand that the southerners were, in fact, people of their time who were accustomed to the policy of segregation.

Hi Stephanie! I agree with what you said regarding slaves being a huge part in building this country. In the film they talk about the only other thing that was more valuable than an African American slave was actually land itself. Besides land, slaves were the most profitable because they paid very little for them and would work them until they could no longer stand it. It was really difficult to imagine how cruel these slave holders were, in the film they also talked about some owners having to borow slaves from family or friends because of how badly shaped their slaves were after repeated beatings. People are outraged by certain behaviors that happen now, but when we think of how disgusting people would act against other human beings in the

The time period is the Civil War, and the country is so divided that eleven southern states seceded and created their own, Confederate States of America. Abraham Lincoln became president prior to the war in March of 1861 and the differing political standpoints of the North and South caused southern states, such as South Carolina, to immediately start secession once the new president was elected. It surprised many people that Lincoln won, especially since he wasn’t even on most ballots in the south. The country was diverged over the legality of slavery, as well as tariffs, trade, and states rights, causing the Civil War. The film was created to show the struggles of the war, and not on the battlefield, but in the government. It portrays the battle and

In my opinion this movie was a great movie to open eyes to how bad slavery was or could have been in certain circumstances. This movie was really an eye opener for me, there have been several different movies that have showed how African Americans were treated years ago during slavery, and in general. Most movies also show how African Americans would be used as slaves around Caucasian homes as a norm to perform chores for their owners who purchased them. I believe this movie shows people how things really were back when slavery took place. A lot of movies would leave out most of the scenes that were in this movie, but it’s not always good to hide the truth of how horrible some of our history was. This movie went into great depth showing a lot