Al Capone

The New York Times describes the 1920s as a time “when gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession.” The Jazz Age was a lucrative era filled with consumerism and surplus, and Peter Brodie claims that in order to properly capture the essence of such age we must “look to literature.” When looking towards literature, multiple works come to mind, but F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby stands out amongst others. The Great Gatsby follows Jay Gatsby, a man with mysterious…

During the 19th and early 20th century alcoholism, drug abuse, and gambling addiction were one of the many issues that America was encountering. In order to preserve social morals and improve crime rates, health, and the hygiene’s of Americans during the 1900 hundreds, the U.S senate proposed the eighteenth amendment in 1917. Which made the production, transportation and sale of alcohol illegal. However, the nationwide prohibition did not begin in the United States until January 1920.…

Synopsis: Casablanca During the world war II a lot of people around the world were heading to Moroccan city Casablanca especially the people who are from countries that occupied by nazi. The people of Europe are trying to get out of their no matter of the cost. Rick Blaine is an american man that owns american cafe in Casablanca called Rick's. Ricks is a famous man in Casablanca. People know that Rick doesn't stick his Nick out of nobody. One day a man called ugrete comes with a letter of…

ow that El Chapo has been recaptured, there is a chance the infamous drug lord could end up in New England. "Just like all politics is local, I guess drug investigations are local," said Dan Linskey, the former Boston Police Chief. Linskey has watched the capture, escape and recapture of Mexican drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman closely; the case started right here in Boston. "The entire case started with a Boston police detective and an FBI agent in the Boston office. The detective had…

Momah Hugh A00018500 Essay 22nd February, 2016 Life and Times of Robert Capa. Robert Capa whose real name was Endre Ernõ Friedman was born on the 22nd of October, 1913 in Budapest, Hungary and died on the 25th of May 1954. Robert was a Jewish combat photographer and a photojournalist who photographed mostly wars. He photographed many popular war like the Spanish civil war, the second Sino-Japanese war, the World War II across Europe and many other popular wars which shuck the world. Capa had…

In Al Capone Does My Shirts, I think Gennifer Choldenko is illustrating the lesson that you should accept others no matter how they act. In this book there’s a character named Natalie who has autism. Some characters don’t accept her and some do. Natalie’s mom, doesn’t accept Natalie to be the person that she is. Likewise, she keeps celebrating Natalie’s tenth birthday. For instance on page 192, the text states, “‘She isn’t ten’ I say, my voice hoarse. My mother winces and turns away. ‘Yes she…

I decided to read the book Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko, because I have many friends who have read it and really enjoyed it. It is an historical fiction novel, written in 2004 for young adults, and it is a Newberry Honor Book. A major theme of the book is the impact of disability on family, because the main character’s sister has autism. Moose Flanagan has to learn to deal with moving because of his sister Natalie’s disability, as well as often feeling second to his parents.…

Donnie Brasco was an alias of undercover agent Joseph Pistone. Joseph Pistone was born in 1939 in Era, Pennsylvania and grew up in Paterson New Jersey. He graduated from Paterson state college. He left with a B.A. in elementary education social studies in 1965. He then worked as a teacher for one year before taking a position at the office of naval intelligence. He joined the FBI in 1969 after serving many other different roles. In 1974 there was an increase in truck hijackings. During that year…

In Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, there sits a maximum security prison where the worlds most dangerous terrorists are held. This prison opened in 2002 and has kept the U.S. informed about terrorists groups. Guantanamo Bay, currently one of our nations strongest statements to any terrorist group, and which has become necessary to continue running in full stride because of the danger from groups who wish to harm American lives. The fact about these terrorist group is they look to form terror and fear…

“Should national security override free speech?” Freedom of speech was first established in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution in 1791, and almost two centuries later, in the International Declaration of Human Rights, the UN recognised freedom of speech as a human right (reference). The question of whether or not national security should override the freedom of speech has been, and continues to be a controversial subject, particularly among governments and law-abiding…