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In David Simon’s The Wire, a stunningly accurate portrait of oppressive institutions in Baltimore are explored from multiple perspectives, including the police force, government, and the street drug trade. The visuals created by Simon are meant to be a realistic portrayal of Baltimore, one that depicts the members of the drug trade as complicated people, not just evil caricatures, and where the wrongdoing of the police and government are shown. Moreover, the show has become one of the few applauded

status through posturing and fighting.” (Harding 2010:29). An example of this pressure to follow this code of the street can be seen in the fourth season of The Wire. In one of the first episodes of the season, after walking out of Cutty’s gym, Namond Brice is met by a wild-eyed Sharrod, who tells Namond that he needs to “back off” his corner. Not wanting to appear weak, Namond shoves Sharrod, unaware that he was high and carrying a gun. In another episode later on in season four, after Michael explains

The segment of The Wire I have chosen to analyze begins at 54:14 in episode 13, season 1 and runs through 103:34, comprising four different locations and eight scenes changes. Two main elements hold these scenes together as a coherent segment—camerawork/editing, particularly at the beginning of each scene, and thematic material. Thematically, each of these scenes exhibits a passing of torches. We see the changes of power that are developing in the police department and on the streets: Lt. Daniels

At it’s heart, “Cell One” is a coming of age story about a young man learning to value mature, fair, nonviolent behavior as a form of communication and order as a way of life. Nnamabia has lived his entire life in a culture where vicious boys are the most popular, both in their Nigerian town and seemingly in American rap videos where gangs and other illegal behavior is regarded as a path to living a life full of fame and wealth. Being a typical adolescent boy, Nnamabia wants to seem like he’s part

Per Reporter: Ebony has a drug problem, but is in denial about it. Ebony uses marijuana on a daily basis around the children. Ebony may possibly use other drugs due to her weight loss. Ebony also uses alcohol a lot around the children. The drugs are accessible to the children. The children have been in 4-5 different states this year. Ebony has been back and forth from Rodney’s (victim’s father) home to other places. Ebony returned to Rodney’s home a year ago from Vegas. Rodney witnessed Ebony using

Edwin Hardin Sutherland, an American criminologist, developed the theory of differential association in 1947. He created this theory to attempt to explain why crime was determined by various factors such as age, race, broken homes, urban or rural areas, mental disorder, and social class (Sutherland 136). His findings led him to believe that these factors affect crime because they can increase or decrease the probability that persons will associate with others who present definitions favorable to

Hennessy Garcia Humans naturally form their own institutions such as a family, system of government, business, etc.… Institutions/groups are deceiving and get away with a lot. For instance, cigarette companies advertise a product that can cause cancer. However, it seems that no one blames the company for selling it. They will blame the individual for smoking it. It is easier to blame the individual for making terrible choices, but it is ignorant to solely believe that individual is at fault for

In season four of the Wire, we are introduced to four thirteen-year-olds: Namond Brice, Dukie, Randy, and Michael. Of the four central boys, we are introduced to in Season Four of The Wire, I find Namond Brice to be the most intriguing. Unlike the three other boys, due to his imprisoned fathers prior gang affiliation and loyalty, he has the illegally obtained financial resources, which make his involvement in gangs less motivated by financial reasons, than the other boys. Moreover, despite the

Sora Kim WRIT 123 Prof. Viti due 20 Mar. 2015 Dear Prof. Viti, I really hope this essay was more organized than the last one. I tried to talk about how Rawls and Avon were actually quite similar, even though it doesn’t really seem that way. I’m still a bit sad that I couldn’t include the part about Rawls being in the closet (it simply wasn’t relevant, and there wasn’t enough evidence to prove my hunch correct). I organized the essay in a way that analyzes Rawls first, and then talks about