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    class, from the middle class. Allowing them to able to spend their money carelessly, and buy a bigger house. Another character that moved up the social hierarchy was Jake. He went from being a lower-class gangster, to being in the middle class. Jake changed his ways and decided to stop being a gangster, and by changing his ways his father trusted him with the money to pay off the church. Conclusion The film Madea’s Witness Protection is a great example of how sociological concepts in modern…

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    Galbraith's Freakonomics

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    In chapter 3 of Freakonomics, “Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?,” Levitt and Dubner discuss the idea of conventional wisdom. Galbraith, an economist, believes that “conventional wisdom must be simple, convenient, comfortable, and comforting--though not necessarily true” (Levitt & Dubner, 2009, p. 86). For example, an advocate for the homeless was quoted saying that over 3 million Americans were homeless, which would be 1 of every 100 people. This advocate later admitted that this…

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    The stench was overwhelming, foul meat, maybe, but Joey didn 't give a damn, he 'd been staking out a nightclub and searching for the weapon responsible for the murder of a stripper. Undercover cops were used to diving in dumpsters, he wiped the spoiled food off the butcher’s knife and bagged it, just another day on the job for the stocky built Irishman, a fireplug, with a relentless pursuit of bad guys. His back-up pulled in the alleyway, with the disposition of a talk show host, before his…

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    story lines till the end the audience is back in point A. Tarantino’s way of storytelling challenges the audience memory and makes us connect the causes and effects throughout the movie. This film represents different genres like boxing, musical, gangsters, redemption and even romance. Also, it references to other movies like Tarantino’s first movie Reservoir Dogs or The Assassin. The dialogue makes this film post-modern because usually in other films the discussions will drive forward the plot…

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    Jay Heinrich introduces us into the world of arguing and shows us how to execute the art of arguing. Jay Heinrich is a content and editorial consultant that specialises in persuasive engagement. He uses his knowledge of persuasive arguing to inform us on how to be successful in life. Heinrich uses what we know against us. He teaches us how to use our kindness to help win an argument and how to use others people’s kindness against them. Heinrichs shows us how to be sneaky with our approach…

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    In the story Our America, we’re trying to answer the question, are Tyrone and Johnny responsible for Eric Morse’s death? There is no right answer to this question since based on one's personal opinion and definition of responsibility. The universal definition responsibility is ”the opportunity or ability to act independently and make decisions without authorization.” In my opinion regarding this scenario responsibility matters because it's the answer to whether Johnny and Tyrone are guilty or…

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    Royal Mail Identity Fraud

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    public and the teller for their personal information, including their full name, date of birth, home address, email, passwords, etc., while the other one jots down their information on an iPad. After they collected all the information they need, the gangsters leave. Eventually, the man who gave out his money looks at his cash. This scene represents that personal information is more valuable than money. Synchronously, a message, “your identity is now your most valuable possession” is shown. Then,…

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    Kanye West Research Paper

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    American rapper, songwriter/producer, and fashion designer. Kanye West has had a massive impact on the music industry. One way Kanye has changed the music industry is that he changed the culture of rap by breaking the stereotype that all rappers are gangsters and that they all rap about crime, money, drugs, and women. Due to Kanye's revolutionary style and sound, many of the greatest rappers of today cite Kanye as one of their biggest influences. Michael Jackson admired…

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    designed to obtain some of the worst criminals such as Al Capone, George “Machine-Gun” Kelly, Alvin Karpis (the first ‘Public Enemy #1), and Author “Doc” Baker. Most of the 1,576 other prisoners held at Alcatraz incarcerated there were-not-well known gangsters. The main question is, did the Anglin brothers and Morris escape Alcatraz alive? They had gotten over 50 raincoats from other prisoners, some stolen and some contributed and they used glue from the workshop to attach them to make a raft.…

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    Runyon, immortalized the sad, driven, ambitious and in some cases the Criminals of New York. Runyon was able to show the world a glimpse of the secret world of gamblers, gangsters and their girls. The creators of the musical Guys and Dolls were faced with a serious question which was how to make unsavory characters into acceptable musical- comedy characters. The producers found the perfect solution, choreographer Michael Kidd…

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