Stanley Williams

Stanley Tookie Williams III was born on December 29, 1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the age of six he moved to South Central's West Side neighborhood in Los Angeles. He was known as a fighter and running the streets of South Central's Westside. He attended John C. Freemont High School but was expelled and never graduated. The Crips started when the Baby Avenues were formed by Ray Washington in 1969. Tookie joined him in 1971 and formed the West side portion of what is now known as the Crips

“Stanley Williams – Murderer, Thief, Philanthropist.” This was how a bibliography website described the occupation of Stanley Williams. It was very bizarre to see those three strikingly different words in the same sentence because they don’t normally belong together. Stanley Williams was not at all what anyone would classify as normal though. He grew up with very bizarre living conditions. Stanley Williams was born on December 23rd 1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father left the family early

The Character of Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire     Animals are, by nature, passionately instinctive; that is, when reacting to a situation, they do so forcefully and spontaneously. Therefore, we can think of passionate instinct as an intense, innate reaction to a particular situation. Animals also lack what we call ‘inhibition’ -- the suppression of a natural drive, instinct or feeling. For instance, when a skunk senses danger, it will not restrain its natural, defensive reaction and

Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams In the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, author Tennessee Williams does a wonderful job developing the character of Stanley Kowalski. To me, his character seemed most like that of a true person. On the other hand, Stella, Stanley's wife, is mainly displayed as being the loving type, and because that is basically the only character trait she displays, it is difficult to really understand her as a person. The character of

A Streetcar Named Desire The opening scene of "A Streetcar Named Desire" begins with an interpretation as Stanley being a good guy. Stanley portrays himself to be loyal to all of his friends and loving to his wife Stella. Blanche DuBois is introduced into the play when she comes to visit her sister Stella whom she has not seen in a long time. Blanche quickly becomes the protagonist in the play as all of events unfold around her and lies that she constantly tells are eventually shed into light. "A

The Character of Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire     A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, is a classical play about Blanche Dubois’s visit to Elysian Fields and her encounters with her sister’s barbaric husband, Stanley Kowalski. Stanley Kowalski is a very brutal person who always has to feel that he is better than everyone else. His brutish actions during the play leave the readers with a bad taste in their mouths. Stanley Kowalski’s brutality is clearly exemplified in several

“The gun is too old, it’s going to misfire,” mused Stanley as he fingered the trigger of his pistol. It was a small and weak gun that had been in his possession for many years. “I’m too nervous, I won’t be able to pull the trigger, let alone aim this thing,” he thought to himself in horror, his apprehension wreaking havoc on his nerves. Stanley Williams was not the type of man to usually handle guns, he was a boring man, and he lived a boring life. At age 47, he worked as an accountant for a local

nothing wrong with what they have done then it has not played a role. On page 12 in the Stanley “Tookie” Williams and the Problem of Redemption story in Morality play the reader can tell that Williams has felt remorse because he wrote books to help teenagers so they do not make the same mistake as him. Redemption should play a role because a person can do something wrong and fix it the next time. If Williams redeemed himself by writing books to help others. Although,

Stanley Tookie Williams III Stanley Tookie Williams III was born on December 29th 1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana to a younger mother at 17. The family was abounded by his father in 1959. Shortly after his father leaving the family him and his mother boarded a Greyhound bus headed to Los Angles in hope to find a better life for them both. As I young child he found it more interesting to be in the street than be at home. He had become the new kid on which led him to be subjected to the neighborhood

Similar language techniques are employed within both texts, traditional violence is physical or verbal; the extremely aggressive and taboo word or dialogue majorly portrays the effervescent violence. Williams employs aggressive descriptions of Stanley’s actions: ‘He hurls the furs, then jerks open a small drawer’. Using such words emphasises the tension and anger that permeates the scene. The verbs applied have specific qualities to graduate even more violence; clipped consonants, which intensify