Gang signal

status in society some people do not care. Gang members care about their status than the average person. A gang member especially in MS13 cares about his or her status because the higher they are in status the more respect they get and the higher in their gang they can go. Status is defined in many ways, the amount of respect an individual gets, how much money they have, the cars they drive and even the amount of people they have under them especially in a gang. An…

How, if at all, did your perception of gangs change after watching the video and completing the reading? The video nor the book really changed my perception of gangs. Since I can remember I have been either watching shows like gangland or taking classes on this exact topic or something very similar. I have always been aware that gangs are in place so that groups of men can control different sections of impoverished neighborhoods as well as sell drugs or commit other illegal acts and make loads…

now that gang culture is a lot more than rebelling against the community. The reasons why gangs form is because children and teens are discluded from social interaction because of their background, their household is not loving, and they want some control. Gang people were like normal citizens walking down the street, until they started getting harassed. They just want to be in a society that accepts them for who they are in general. In Thrasher, he goes more in depth about why and how gang…

Gangs are nothing new. At the turn of the century (the early 1900s), many large police departments on the east coast had gang units to monitor the immigrant gangs who got together to protect their neighborhoods and to gather for social reasons. Gangs as most people think of them today were probably first recognized by the public with the inception of the Los Angeles gangs in the early seventies. Why do kids join gangs? The stereotype that comes to many people’s minds is that kids who join…

“Amigo Brothers” What is the Golden Glove Champions? Antonio and Felix both love boxing but they both have different boxing skills. Antonio and Felix are both seventh years old. They lived in the lower east side manhattan in the same tenement building. Antonio and felix both dreamed of becoming lightweight champions. When they work out, they both wear sweat shirts, shorts , towels and handkerchiefs apache style around their forehead. They both dreamt positive. they usually work out at” Boys…

everything in it’s path. Wildfires have destroyed homes and cities within days. A fire can represent two ideas: civilization and savagery. William Golding explains these ideas in The Lord of the Flies. He shows that the fire the boys use for a rescue signal, can also destroy or kill if it is given the chance. Although Golding has several symbols he applies to convey his message, he uses fire to express civilization to counterpart the idea of savagery. In The Lord of the Flies, Ralph makes it…

The Amigo Brothers “Yeah. We both know that in the ring the better man wins. Friend or no friend, brother or no…” said Felix, “No pulling punches. We go all the way.” said Antonio. Who was the real winner of the boxing? Antonio and Felix are both best friends who feel like brothers. “The Best man wins the match. “Antonio and Felix both are…

boy for long. He looked up and did something he might not have ever done before, he noticed the sky. It was full of twinkling stars! Interested, he wondered why they twinkled. That last cowboy movie he watched, the Indians used smoke to send signals. And in that war movie, the ships used a flashing light for communication. He couldn’t contain his excitement when he realized Martians were sending him secret…

land. The schoolboys had no existing supervision for them leaving their lives in the hands of each other. In trying to support each other in the fight of survival, they elected a leader being Ralph. Through his orders Ralph had demanded to light a signal fire to attract attention to the island, but sadly had been the reason for having burned a small group of the schoolboys to death. The boys enjoyed life without grown-ups…

hope, there is no reason to follow and rules. The signal fire is the hope the boys had of being rescued. When the glasses are broken, they can no longer start a signal fire and they lose hope. Without these civilized structures the boys turn to evil and savagery. To control evil, civilized structures must be set in place to follow. While on the island the boys set up law in order through the use of the conch. The boys find hope and power in the signal fire and piggy’s glasses. The hunting the…