Italian American

people using their status and skin color as a way to marginalize and violently disadvantage minorities. Southland integrates violence as a reflection of LA’s racial turmoil, whether it is police corruption, Japanese Internment, or even when African Americans speak to white women. The very first line of the novel introduces the death of Jackie Ishida’s grandfather, Frank Sakai. This is one of the many…

Ernest Hemingway, took her words into account as he created many “illuminating moments” for the reader. These instances act as casements to solidify the meaning and theme of the novel. Hemingway tells of an episode like this in which an American driver on the Italian front, Frederic Henry, jumps into a river to escape the pain and depression of the war that seems to engulf everything in its path. He will do anything to relieve the mental and physical pain brought on by the battles and spend his…

cops are chasing the Italian mob for having illegal alcohol and still got away. The next scene Joe and Jerry were in a live band playing at a funeral party. That was Chicago at its best, having illegal alcohol at the underground parties that were owned by people like Al Pacino and the mob. Another scene was towards the end when the Italians charters all got together in Florida to talk about the finance situation and mention that they did not pay any taxes. That was also the American life back…

Sal has a pizzeria which has been around for over 25 years without any problems. The people around the neighborhood loved him until Buggin out questions his wall of only Italian American and no Black celebrities. He started a riot and this lead to a huge scene in which Radio Raheem was choked to death by police officers. This is an issue that still exists today, such as the Eric Garner case which he was strangled to death from…

When people hear the term Mafia or Mob, they may often think of the violent and ruthless tactics they used to get what they wanted. What many do not realize is that, from the early to mid-twentieth century, the Mafia had a hand in many aspects of American culture that people still enjoy today. Prohibition arose out of the Progressive Era at the end of the eighteenth century. In an attempt to reach a more virtuous society, it was concluded that alcohol was a major obstacle as it contributed to…

J.M is a 65 year-old, White American, German descent, upper-middle class male. He is married and father of three (three boys and a daughter; ages 30 33 and 35). He got married three times, and he has been married with his last wife for five years. He was born and raised in Wisconsin, and never lived in another place. He enrolled a couple of universities and departments, but he finally decided to go to the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He still works in a company as a high-level…

The 1930s was a time period of economic recession, war, and agricultural disaster. The 1930s was a also a period of high crime. The murder rate was at 9.7, the highest in American history and burglaries were also at an all time high (“Crime 1920-1940”). The United States crime rate spiked in the 1930s mostly due to Prohibition, and led to the rise of the Mafia and other famous gangsters because of lack of respect towards law enforcement and the government, and triggered rise of the FBI (“Crime…

increasing the population significantly, and they are harming American economy. Most of these claims relate back to the idea that immigration issue is primarily about numbers and less about culture. The economy is always the main focus when The closing discussion you made concerning the use of hyphenated-Americans such…

African Americans were the first people to experience the effects of the Great Depression. The Black Shirts, a Klan-like group in Atlanta Georgia, paraded and held signs that stated "No jobs for niggers until every white man has a job." (The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow; The Great Depression). African Americans were beaten and killed because they had jobs. It was believed that whites should hold jobs, and not blacks. Anti-black violence took place in the 1920s. Lynchings increased in the South.…

the most accomplished, influential literary figures in American history. Hemingway earned both a Nobel and Pulitzer awards for his work, but most importantly wrote some of the most persuasive literary work of the…