Olmos Masculinity

Gangs have a lots of love for each other. “ Randy was supposed to be too cool to feel anything, and yet there was pain in his eyes .I'm sick of all this. Sick and tired. Bob was a good guy. He was the best buddy a guy ever had. ”. This quote shows how much Randy loved Bob and the bond between the two guy Bob was

‘The novel, ‘The Outsiders’ shows that being part of a gang can give you a sense of family and belonging’.

Determined to help his audience - people who stereotype against and do not understand gang life - find commonalities with gang members, Fr. Boyle shares his experiences with gangs in Los Angeles. At the beginning of the novel, Fr. Boyle articulates his thesis and expresses his purpose for sharing his experiences when he states, “Though this book does not concern itself with solving the gang problem, it does aspire to broaden the parameters of our kinship. It hopes not only to put a human face on the gang member, but to recognize our own wounds in the broken

Qualitative descriptions suggest that, for many, gang membership represents 104 Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice / May 2005an opportunity to enhance social capital as a means to cope with a multitude of problems. Although on balance gang life appears to be neither very rewarding nor satisfying (Hagedorn, 1988), identification with the gang is solidified in response to conflict—often with other gangs—as members pursue their individual and collective interests.

“American Me” is a fictional film having a factual basis, starring and directed by Edward James Olmos. Released to the national theater circuit in 1992, “American Me” depicts the life of Rodolfo Cadena, a ranking Carnal (gang member) in the prison gang La Eme, also known as the Mexican Mafia. To therapeutically approach the salience and pervasiveness of gang membership, including its allure and reinforcers, would be a challenging task for any human service practitioner involving accuracy of assessment and effectiveness of treatment. However, endeavoring to find and implement such therapeutic

The Book, My Bloody Life, the Making of a Latin King by Reymundo Sanchez is sad, horrifying and eye opening. Consequently, it makes a person think about the role of society and the social reasons or theories that can explain involvement in gangs or gang activity. I think there may be several theories used to explain involvement in gangs, but I think the best theory used to explain why there are gangs is the “control or social bond theory”. Sanchez illustrates several instances of this theory throughout his book. I will discuss some of these instances and show how they are an example of control/social bond theory.

Who is willing to die just to be part of gang? In the book Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez, the author tells a true about his past and how he was involved in gangs and a lot of violence during the time. Once Luis joined the gang, the leader forced him to commit terrible crimes that harmed not just other people, but himself. I believe that gangs and violence should be discontinued because they cause a rift in communities. For example, Luis loses a lot of his friends due to the brutality that he played part in. Eventually, Luis had the chance to escape the affiliation because he was shot by their rival gang known as The Thamos. Surprisingly, Luis survived the attack and he went forth with changing his life by becoming a journalist and getting

This book was different than other literature that had been produced, because Duran was able to get closer and inspect the deeper characteristics of gang life and gang members themselves. This is something that other researchers in the field are typically not able to accomplish. He took on the perspective of investigating what role racial oppression had with the development of gangs. His perspective and his ex-gang membership background allowed him to be more trusted by all the gang members that he interviewed for this research.

Adolescents are the majority in the gangs, and it is because the older member allure them into the lifestyle. Gang culture has major effects in neighborhoods. The fashion and the money are two attributes that attract the adolescents. For initiations, young men are involved in violence, drugs, and all sorts of crime. These attributes are deeply attach to the gangs. Because of these attachments it is difficult for kids to break away from gangs, or it is complex for kids to engage in productive activities. Moreover, aside from the crime, the culture is enticing. The colors, the details of the thread, and the logos allow for the fashion to be presentable. The money gives access to many things that is not accessible to someone who is employed in a minimum wage job. The notoriety of the culture allows for the gangs to be alluring. In Scorpions, Walter Dean Myers tackles gang issues in ways of doubting gangs and admiring the arts.

Gangs affect everyone lives especially the people in the gang because other members make you do things that you don’t want to do or that is dangerous towards you or yourself. ‘The Last Spin’ by Evan Hunter is a short story about two boys from opposite gangs that were forced to settle an argument over territory. They did this by playing an extremely dangerous game (Russian roulette). What they didn’t expect though was that they would become closer by having conversations in between shots and finding things that they have in common. They don’t realise this for long however because there was a

In the "Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" Dominican masculinity in the Dominican Republic plays a major role throughout this novel, men are portrayed as a player, sleeping with plenty women, or as having power and are charming, physically attractive and violent at the same. But for Oscar, he was the complete opposite to that Dominican norms. As he struggle all through the novel in search of love. Dominican masculinity and the use of violence in some Dominican men, Oscar life struggle and the generational curse call "fuku" are some of the most important issue I came across throughout this novel. As he was known as the nerd guy, who never get a love back from ladies he was falling in love with.

One of the sad parts about the documentary is that you see little kids who are sucked into these gang circles. They watch what is taking place and even if they don’t intentionally intend to become a part of a gang they somehow end up being a part of it by association. Not only are little kids being affected by gangs, but also families. We see a case in which two brothers are part of rival gangs and constantly argue with one another. Although, they have a caring mother it is not stopping them from having the conflicts they do with each other. Another sad statement made by one of the gang members is that you have to live day by day. You don’t know what the future holds for you so you have to survive the moment. As Eddie mentioned within 30 hours

O’Brien narrative depicts the most traditional form of masculinity, a man characterized by physical strength. O’Brien emphasizes the physicality of a man and soldier by giving simple accounts of the items that the soldiers are carrying. This tangible burden becomes a symbol of male masculinity and a soldier’s requirement to physically survive. Militarized depictions of weaponry and battle-ready accessories become displays of virility and aggressive individuals. Consequently, the male figure can be viewed as a warrior and protector. Weaponry become a way of disconnecting from humanity. To each solider these items become a symbol of self-sufficiency. In male isolation, autonomy is vital. They cannot express themselves emotionally; therefore,

I thought this was interesting because It was kids instead of adults. So in a way in these film shows that gangs start with kits and they grow up to be members with more respect in the gang. Also when the main character killed the guy that raped him I feel that is the reason on why he got the power and respect that he had in the middle of the movie. Also there is a part of the movie where they mention that the kids look up to the gang leaver. 3.

Joanou’s (2006) Movie Gridiron Gang relates to Hard and Lazloffy (2005) information regarding youth involved in gangs’ memberships. According to Hard and Lazloffy (2005) the amount of youth involved in gangs has amplified considerably over the years, which has also contributed to the escalation in homicides, aggravated assaults, rapes and other forms of violence types of adolescents’ crimes rates. According to Joanou (2006), most of the adolescents inmates at Camp Kilpartick where gang members that committed some type of crime that involved violence. Also according to Hard and Lazloffy (2005), most young teens join gangs because they offer a buffer against violence, but the buffer against violence comes with the price of them having to commit crimes, which creates an unending vicious cycle of violence, and this cycle of violence is seen throughout Joanou’s (2006) movie.