The Difference That Michael Acquired Throughout Season Four Of The Wire

Michael was brought up in poor project housing that was consumed by drugs, alcohol, and gangs. He was pushed in and out of foster homes forcefully being separated from his mother and siblings. As the movie showed in harsh flashbacks, Michael is deeply affected by the forceful separation from his mother. This constant absence from the mother or other supportive figures leaves Michael unable to make a secure attachment to any strong base. Erikson’s stage of trust versus mistrust is displayed due to Michael’s inability to count on the kindness and compassion of others which leads him to withdraw from his surroundings (p 248). This abrupt memory in life affects Michael in his idea of family and commitment. The harsh environment also kept Michael from attending school, and the times he did there was no support for him to even try in school.

As infants grow up to be adults, they succeed and surpass phases in their development that prove mental growth has occurred. These phases, such as learning to be independent and being able to make decisions on their own or being persuaded by others, are well explained within theories created by theorists and psychologists such as Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson. These theories were created to show a unique psychological outlook on ones’ personal developmental growth. One of the most crucial phases is the adolescent stage; this stage sees a growth and development in the biosocial, cognitive, psychosocial and moral aspects of an adolescent’s life. The Blind Side’s Michael Oher is a great example of someone who is experiencing the adolescent stage. Michael Oher is a seventeen-year-old African American who grew up in the housing projects in Memphis, Tennessee and was separated from his drug-addicted mother. As a result, Michael went from foster home to foster home until he was adopted by the Touhy’s. Throughout the movie, Michael demonstrated various cognitive and psychosocial developments. Even through his struggles and experiences, he was able to overcome the obstacles and become successful as a student and as an athlete.

Tony had started dealing drugs in those shadowy hallways of Murphy Homes before he was ten. By the time he was fourteen, Tony had built a fierce reputation in the neighborhood. Despite his skinny frame and baby face, his eyes were lifeless and hooded, without a hint of spark or optimism. Tony’s dead-eyed ruthlessness inspired fear. He spent much of his time in West Baltimore but had decided to try to open up a drug sales operation in East Baltimore as well.

Michael suffers great depression since his dog Ked died. Most of his family and other colleagues address him to see if he is through with Ked’s death, but really he was depressed all along. “I can't tell how sad i really am about Keds versus how sad i am in general”(Cameron 223). In addition, Michael gets sad of unusual things. “I can picture her eating a banana in her tiny office. This, too, makes me sad”(226). Michael gets depressed about Mrs. Dietrich being alone. Also, Michael gets heartbroken about other little things. “I think of her learning to write beautifully as a child and then growing up to be a guidance counsellor, and this makes me unhappy”(227). Michael is not just depressed of his dogs death, but every little problems in his life.

With his family and his passion for football, Michael has become more of a man. He finally speaks for himself as he did with the inspector lady and speaks for his family as he did when he beat up the gangsters that were insulting his “mother”. He is now more confident than before shown by

Through the use of low-key lighting, long-shot and dialogue, Hancock made me recognize the significance of friends and family by revealing to me the positive influence one young teenager can have on a range of people - in this case Michael is having a positive influence on Sean, his football team/coach and Leigh Anne. Not only did Michael influence these characters in a positive way, but they influenced him as well and changed him for the better. I'm concerned about the fact that our society is not improving instead it is becoming much worse with all the stereotyping that is rumoured. Avoid stereotyping others because you are not going to receive anything from it apart from putting others down. A million people did not believe in Michael at the start, but I am certain they changed their view on him

Two predictable events that would have taken place in Michael’s life are his successful music career and him leaving home.

Hart’s memoir, he has an obvious intent to persuade his audience to seeing his point of view. He shares stories and facts with the intent to shape his audience’s beliefs. And the intended audience is Americans that are well aware of drugs, and their pre-conceived notions. Because of the content, Hart excludes younger Americans who wouldn’t understand, as well as people from other countries, as the exact drug laws don’t affect them (although they might have similar laws in their country, or the United States’ influence might impact their lives in one way or another). Context is another aspect to why the audience is who it is. The context is that the audience knows the rhetoric that surrounds drugs and drug addicts. It’s also in the context that the media only shows what the people want, which means that Hart’s moderate stance on drugs was not published when a more sensationalized version that paired better with pre-conceived notions was available. These intricacies play into “why” which, as one could guess, play into

The television show “The wire” is a show about brutal gangs in downtown Baltimore, and police who work all night, every night in order to catch the drug slingers, and murderers. Throughout “The wire” the show primarily focuses on the male characters and doesn't give much attention to the women in the series. Although the women seem to be like they are not a big part of the show but they actually serve a great deal of meaning to the plot of the show. The show displays many different types of women from cops to thugs and it is hard to find two women alike in this series. In a stereotyped filled world, people will judge you based on many things and determine how you will grow up and turn out in life off of those few pieces of your life.

Jude Hassan and Chris Herren were both in different situations with a drug addiction. Both of them had their addiction take them to a whole new different level in their lives. Jude Hassan, in Suburban Junky, was just a sophomore in high school when exposed to marijuana. While Chris Herren was just a freshman star basketball player at Boston College, he was exposed to cocaine. Both of their “small” addictions turned their whole lives up-side down when they were introduced to heroin. Jude and Chris didn’t really admit to their addiction until it was almost over.

The TV series Shameless is based on a family that lives on the South Side of Chicago. The show is based off the dramatic and chaotic life of the Gallagher family. The family of six children depends on the oldest sister, Fiona, to take care of the family due to the absence of the mother and their incapable alcoholic father who comes and goes as he pleases. The unstable family has to cope with the struggles faced with having little money and learning how to take care of themselves and also each other. In this paper, I claim that the show Shameless represents the stereotypical ideas of the poor class through the main character Frank Gallagher, for he is portrayed as a lazy, alcoholic father involved in criminal activities. In the following pages, I will provide research and background information that have examined class stereotypes in media. Then, I will explain the claims that I found in the TV series. I will specifically focus on the class stereotypes of laziness, addiction, and criminal activity that emerge through the character, Frank, throughout the episode.

The Wire ran for a total of 5 seasons that spanned over for more than fifty episodes. Its content and impact was comparable that to other crime driven dramas such as the Godfather, and the Sopranos. Instead The Wire still had its unique take on not only just being an interesting drama, but on crime as well. The Wire does not focus on huge case or problem set early on like the aforementioned movie and show; The Godfather and The Sopranos. Instead, The Wire constrains to a more complete and whole analysis on Baltimore, where most of the action takes place, and the crime and the rise and fall of criminal operations and organizations. This unique reason is the reason why The Wire depicts very important social factors upon crime as well making it

With the introduction into gang life comes opportunities for wealth, women, status and power all with the convenient diffusion of any criminal or moral responsibility. Like any society, the secret world of criminal gangs has its own set of stringent expectations and rules that must be followed. In E. L. Doctorow’s Billy Bathgate, the secret world of Schultz’s New York gang empire is revealed through the eyes of the young protagonist, Billy Bathgate. During a time when the grave effects of the depression had trickled down into nearly every community, the opportunity to partake in the privy, elite, prosperous network posed by Schultz was the manifestation of all that Billy could hope for. In his short

The wire is a show that mainly focuses on the major crime scenes and the characters related to drugs in Baltimore. In the third episode of ‘The wire’, when D’Angelo sees Bodie verbally abusing the drug addicts, he says “Everything else in the world gets sold without people taking advantage, scamming, lying, doing each other dirty. Why it (drug trade) got to be that way with this?” But Bodie, Poot, and Wallace respond as if he has told them something totally absurd. Unlike other people in the Barksdale gang who are content with their lives, D’Angelo Barksdale – the nephew of Avon Barksdale – becomes progressively ambivalent about the drug trade.

The character I chose to analyze is Norman Bates. Norman Bates originated as the main character in Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Psycho". In the movie "Psycho", Norman is a middle-aged who runs a motel. He is a psychotic serial killer with many psychological issues. More recently Norman Bates became the main character in a television show called "Bates Motel." In the show, we see Norman in his teenage years. This is where we see Norman's psychological issues begin to develop. As a teenage Norman, we also get to see more of Norman's relationship with his mother.