Avon Barksdale

William Shakespeare was one of the most important people in the 1500s -1600s, his work made a huge impact on the entertainment field in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon- Avon in Warwickshire and was baptized on April 26 1564 (The exact date of his birthday is unknown). In 1593, Shakespeare became a published poet when Venus and Adonis (one of his first written pieces) was published. In 1596, Shakespeare’s 11 year old son, Hamlet, passed away. This later inspired him to…

Known throughout the world for his wonderful works, William Shakespeare was a playwright, actor, and poet, he is also known as one of England’s most famous poets. He was born on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and today is recognized by almost all people. For the past four hundred years, his works have been performed all over the world. He wrote a total of 37 plays and 157 different sonnets that are categorized as histories, tragedies,…

Throughout the entirety of his life we see his creative genius in the beginning, middle, and end of his life, always expressing his genius in everything he did throughout his life. Early life, William Shakespeare, born in 1564, in Stratford upon Avon. The exact date is unclear due to the lack of birth records kept in that time era, but Scholars estimate by baptism records that the birth of the great William Shakespeare acquired sometimes…

not. To show this, David Simon included a scene in this series where D’Angelo Barksdale, nephew of the Kingpin,…

The fourth episode of The Wire was about trying to get more evidence on Avon. The opening was McNulty and Greggs in a courtroom hoping to get information from Marvin Browning about Avon. Marvin chose to go to jail rather than to give Avon up. McNulty goes through old cases and tries to connect them to Barksdale but he finds no concrete evidence connecting them. By the end we learned more about Clarke Peters and who he is and that he is “natural police”. In the book Social Inequality: Forms,…

Namond Brice is a middle school kid appeared in Season four. He is the son of Wee- Bey and De’ Londa. People respect the imprisoned Bey’s loyalty. Even after the organization is shattered by the arrest of Avon Barksdale, his sister Brianna Barksdale continues to pay the Brice family. This steady income means that Namond is much better off than his peers (Namond buys ice creams for his friends in EP1). Namond is also given a job as a runner in Bodie’s territories, but he doesn’t have it all. In…

In his book “Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City,” Elijah Anderson explores the idea that people turn to the drug trade because they are excluded from the mainstream economy. The shift from manufacturing to technology and globalization have both taken many jobs from working class Americans, and the low economic status, stereotypes, and lack of education keep them from other jobs. All people need some amount of security to survive; those who cannot…