Robbery Essay

Vincent Van Gogh once said, “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” Comparably, in “The Base Stealer,” the action is someone going through the fundamentals of stealing a base in which mask the overlying metaphor of the small things occuring in a event led to a more important one. Although the literal meaning is interpreted as someone doing small things in order to steal, it gives the idea that many small steps towards a goal in mind leads to a event with fluctuating…

What is the best way to steal? Over many years, thieves prearranged many plans on how to get away with theft. This is how some of the history’s most creative crooks made off with millions. On December 22, 2000, the criminals who robbed the Stockholm’s National Museum in Sweden had known exactly what they were after in their well-planned theft. A machine gun will get you the haul, a bomb will distract the police, and cars with flat tires cannot respond to an alarm. Their distraction tactics were…

Anders life through a flashback. Anders was shot in a bank while being caught in a robbery. To say the least Anders had a very difficult personality. Some would also think he was crazy. As he always said what was on his mind no matter what. Anders had a somewhat good life with a very outspoken mind which ending up costing him his life. Anders was a very outspoken person no matter the situation. During a bank robbery everyone was told to be quiet. The bank robbers barged in and said “keep your…

(O’Reilly, 2015, p. 192). While still recovering from injuries, Jesse helped plan the first daytime bank robbery committed during peacetime. The robbery netted over $58,000. One bystander was killed, and Jesse sent a letter of apology to his family (O’Reilly, 2015, p.198). Thus began a fifteen-year-long crime spree that ended only when Jesse James was killed. Jesse and his gang went on to commit robberies all over the west- Kentucky, Iowa, Missouri, even Minnesota. One particularly…

It was an era where sheriffs and cowboys had the same level of power, and gunslingers road around ensuing that a shootout or robbery was going to occur at any time. People did not feel secure with their justice system. They became forced to carry a gun with them at all times just to ensure their safety and the safety of their business. The Daltons gangs first train robbery in February 6, 1891 marked the beginning of the Dalton legacy. Frank Dalton the Deputy Marshall in a small town in Kansas…

Train robberies, the Civil War and a damsel in distress. These are the major plots of Buster Keaton’s The General. The General premiered in 1926 and was written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman. The film stars Keaton as train-loving, everyman, Johnny Gray and Marion Mack as Gray’s sweetheart, Annabelle Lee. The General monopolizes on the success of chase films such as The Great Train Robbery to create a film that seamlessly combines drama, action and comedy. In fact, these three…

If I told you that there could be as gripping of a western film as ‘Hell or High Water,’ in today’s pop culture, you would tell me that I was crazy. The stellar performances of two unstoppable bank robbers, Chris Pine and Ben Foster, and a Texas ranger out on his last case before retirement, Jeff Bridges, make this dream a reality. Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster, and Chris Pine star in a revolutionary movie that was created to bring back a culture of western films. It is bound to be a classic western…

there are at least three pros if this bill is passed. First of all, if the rate of arm robbery is reducing, the citizen will feel more secure. Second of all, if this prison term is double, it will keep the ex-convicted from committing the same crime over and over again. Lastly, if we can reduce the rate of armed robbery, we can reduce the people financial and mental…

The male case is a first time federal offender and was sentenced to 2 years for 4 counts of robbery and 3 counts of the use of an imitation firearm. Robbery is considered a violent offence, but the issue with this it is generalizing all robbery as violent. The victims of the robbery only received minor injury of hitting, slapping and striking. Mild psychological harm to victims where their was no victim impact statement and where the victim even refused medical help. In my opinion, a person…

In The Great Train Robbery, the social classes in London are very defined, and despite the fact that trains and railroads brought them together, their lives are still very different. Pierce has to come in contact with people from wealth and poverty, so, because of that, the distinctness between both lifestyles is shown. When Pierce needs to gain access to Mr. Trent’s key, he has to stalk him in order to find out his habits. By doing that it is revealed the lavish lifestyle that the Trents live.…