Gone Baby Gone
During the film Gone Baby Gone directed by Ben Affleck there are many issues which arise. The issues are generated around the ideas of protect children in lower income areas. These children grow up around druggies, career criminals, and irresponsible parents. These areas are created due to the way most cities are laid out with some sort of ghetto or lower class neighborhood surrounded by richer suburbs. With rampant drug use, and people willing to do anything for a quick buck, raising a child in the area requires dedicated parents, and the finest morality. If the parent does not provide these factors, the child ends up with limited mobility, poor morality, and increased risk of crime; which can only be prevented if something …show more content…
In the article The Devastating impact of persistent crime on Teens some light is shed on how the cycle continues. “Many Teenagers isolated themselves or engaged in delinquent behavior such as using drugs, fighting and joining or assisting local gangs to survive their neighborhood’s violence.” (Hailey 1). Through the article it can be contemplated how the mother’s irresponsibility will transfer over to the daughter if nothing is done to prevent it. This is a very serious issue, and due to the complexity of ending a drug habit can really only be solved in one way. An organization like Child Protective Services, which as seen in the movie, police currently don’t believe in, due to how challenging it can be to prosecute uncaring …show more content…
This perspective translates to sympathy later on in the child’s adult life, due to the understanding of what they went through just to be alive. The issues generated by poor urban planning are very clear. The issues generated by segregation by economic class is not only harmful, but immoral. It has been shown time and time again that areas like these will translate into high crime rate areas which are unsafe to live in. Problems which arise from these areas can be covered up with government programs such as welfare, child protective services, and what not. But what is the point of covering the issue with a band aid when we know why the cut opens up in the first place? Their needs to more homogenization between rich and poor areas so that morality can be shared among the two. This can be provided through interaction between the classes, and ending economic
During the film Gone Baby Gone directed by Ben Affleck there are many issues which arise. The issues are generated around the ideas of protect children in lower income areas. These children grow up around druggies, career criminals, and irresponsible parents. These areas are created due to the way most cities are laid out with some sort of ghetto or lower class neighborhood surrounded by richer suburbs. With rampant drug use, and people willing to do anything for a quick buck, raising a child in the area requires dedicated parents, and the finest morality. If the parent does not provide these factors, the child ends up with limited mobility, poor morality, and increased risk of crime; which can only be prevented if something …show more content…
In the article The Devastating impact of persistent crime on Teens some light is shed on how the cycle continues. “Many Teenagers isolated themselves or engaged in delinquent behavior such as using drugs, fighting and joining or assisting local gangs to survive their neighborhood’s violence.” (Hailey 1). Through the article it can be contemplated how the mother’s irresponsibility will transfer over to the daughter if nothing is done to prevent it. This is a very serious issue, and due to the complexity of ending a drug habit can really only be solved in one way. An organization like Child Protective Services, which as seen in the movie, police currently don’t believe in, due to how challenging it can be to prosecute uncaring …show more content…
This perspective translates to sympathy later on in the child’s adult life, due to the understanding of what they went through just to be alive. The issues generated by poor urban planning are very clear. The issues generated by segregation by economic class is not only harmful, but immoral. It has been shown time and time again that areas like these will translate into high crime rate areas which are unsafe to live in. Problems which arise from these areas can be covered up with government programs such as welfare, child protective services, and what not. But what is the point of covering the issue with a band aid when we know why the cut opens up in the first place? Their needs to more homogenization between rich and poor areas so that morality can be shared among the two. This can be provided through interaction between the classes, and ending economic