Gangster

The U.S. has over 33,000 gangs with 1.4 million members claiming for a territory by doing crimes such as fights, racketeering, and principally by graffiti on the neighborhoods walls. Graffiti is used by criminal cliques to mark territory, send a message to a rival gang, and to communicate. They claim territory that belongs to a particular community that is composed by families and people who work hard for their living. When a gang mark his territory by tagging affect our community because they…

After the death of his mother, a sensitive boy is sent to live with his mobster father and to fit in he decides to enter a mambo contest, but his life with his father is jeopardized by his father’s gangster lifestyle. STORY COMMENTS THE BIRTH OF COOL presents as a character driven story that blends drama, music, dance, and humor. The script is driven by two goals. One is the actionable goal of winning a mambo dance contest, but moreover, the story is really driven by the inner, emotional…

will receive all of life’s answers, asks the audiences to sympathize with the unrepentant mobsters. We're asked to root for the cold-blooded killer known as Paul Vitti because, in this story, he is the victim. In this film Vitti is not an “insta-gangster” (Mafia Myths, 157) Sure once, he was able to kill and brutalize without hesitation, but now he is suffering from frequent panic attacks, and, from time-to-time, sentimental TV commercials cause him to…

Growing Up in the People’s Republic Weili, Ye, and Xiaodong, Ma. 2005. Growing up in The People's Republic. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. Growing up in the People’s Republic is a detailed account of two individual women’s generational struggle during the controversial periods of The Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution and the Cultural Fever of the 1980’s. Their case study tries to define their individual identity growing up in Communist China. Ma Xiaodong and Ye Weili’s lives allow the…

Drinking the Memory Away “First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you” (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”). This particular quote by made by Fitzgerald shows the powerful supremacy that alcohol can have over an individual’s body. F. Scott Fitzgerald was notoriously known for his intricate reflection of culture life in the 1920’s and 1930’s. With that being said, Fitzgerald not only wrote stories that reflected general aspects of culture life, but also wrote about his own…

ambitions, but he doesn’t forget to approach the emotional side. As he feels that the bond he shares with his friends is a treasure thanks to the emotional support these men provide for one another. And while it may seem that they are connected by gangster life, what connects them is their common desire for a better life. The final verse revolves around his relationship with a female friend. In this verse Tupac speaks greatly about love, but remarkably within the context of this song, never in a…

The Coldest Story Ever Told: Kanye West’s Undeniable Cultural Energy Kanye West, musician and artist, has optimized and originated many artistic styles that have led to current patterns in modern popular culture. West’s constant innovation in music and general reflection of the New School’s rejection of Old School ways has placed him the class of an icon among youths. In his three-decade span of activity in the music industry, West has evolved through eras of soul, electronic, alternative, and a…

The world today is growing exponentially as technology and minds are being developed. These developments, made primarily from the optimistic viewpoint for the world, has although, brought upon many problems. Among the growths led by these developments also include the growing crime rates. The increasing crimes have spread extensively and rapidly leaving no ideal place behind where its vicious effects have not spread its branches. From murders and rape to theft and trafficking, the world has…

In both documentaries, General Idi Amin Dada and The Act of Killing, the authors spent a considerable amount of time with the perpetrators of mass murder. In The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer gets access to the executioners, gangsters and paramilitary leaders who carried out millions of mass killings. In General Idi Amin, Barbet Schroeder spent time with one of the greatest mass murderers and the third Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada. Schroeder was able to document his firsthand account of…

John Dillinger – The Creation of the First Public Enemy #1 During the early 1930’s the Great Depression and the collapsing banking system was not the only thing being talked about by many Americans; or a constant topic for newspapers and radio discussions. In 1933 and 1934 John Dillinger was a hot topic among people; as well as a main headline for the news. Who was John Dillinger and how could one man cause so much chaos, in so many places, in such a short amount of time? Was he born with…