Neighborhoods in the Bronx

Many of the African-American films of the 1980s depicted the community as violent and unsafe. Hollywood was not interested in filming the success stories of thousands of young blacks. And rather than dealing the realities of street life and black neighborhoods, many films portrayed the communities as gang-ridden and violent-- with frequent drive-by shootings and alternating chase sequences. This was because these over-the-top scenes resonated well with young black males in the audience, and…

Introduction: In my annotated bibliography, I will focus my scholastic research paper on the interrelation between poverty and education. Poverty and education are very well interconnected, where education is a primary source for social mobility but enabling those born into poverty to rise in society. The link between poverty and education can be seen at all educational levels. From the earliest stage, for instance, pre-primary education, poorer Americans starts at an ultimate disadvantaged.…

her mother. It's said her mother had lived by this mantra “ One day life is going to get better” sadly, she eventually died battling AIDS at the age of 42 while Liz was only 15. After due to Liz’s father no longer being able afford the roach filled Bronx apartment, liz was homeless living underground in the New York Metro 24-hour subway stations. This time of Liz’s life was tumultuous and what she describes “rebellious” however, it was during this time she had the revelation. Murray said "Like…

Moore] is all about. Two people with virtually identical lives, the only difference between them being the choices they made. Their choices made all the difference” (Keenum). The Other Wes Moore is a novel about two people that grew up in the same neighborhood, however, had completely different outcomes. The Author, Moore had the better outcome in the story and the other Wes Moore did not turn out so well. Throughout the novel, each off the Wes Moore’s had a tough tragedy by losing their fathers…

Forty strollers were double- and triple-parked on the main floor of the Fort Washington Library in Upper Manhattan. As another one came through the door, Velda Asbury waved toward a spot beside a book stack. STORIES FROM OUR ADVERTISERS Officially, Ms. Asbury is a library clerk, checking books in and out. But every Wednesday she doubles as a parking attendant during one of the New York Public Library’s most popular programs: story time. “Good morning, little people,” she called out, as the…

New York City From a New Yorker’s Point of View: A City Filled with Flaws New York City. The Big Apple. The City that Never Sleeps. These phrases always seem to catch the attention of many people. When New York comes up in a conversation, most people think about well-known locations like Grand Central Station where you can travel to upstate New York or other states near New York, or Times Square where the lights shine the brightest and there are so many different things to do like shopping,…

whose on-screen body language makes him a natural born leader, and the mannerisms help to boost his alpha male persona, which propels his characters to another level. Furthermore, he captures the personalities that he is projecting, from movies like Bronx Tail, Taxi Driver, to the God father, he explodes on the screen, but the one that captures his true persona is Goodfellas. Without a doubt, this is one of the utmost electrifying and dominating male characters out in Hollywood who…

will succeed from the get go. Barriers are present and they are significant obstacles that must be overcome with great strides. It is possible to become the top CEO of a huge company after coming from a school like Mike Rose, or “Alliyah” from the Bronx, or even the classrooms being studied by Anyon. According to John Taylor Gatto in “Against School,” people such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Benjamin Franklin all did not go through school as it is know it today (143). Although they…

Why do bad things happen to good people? If god is so powerful, why doesn't God prevent misfortune? All a test of fait? The questions that affect Jewish history the most throughout Judaism. Bothered by suffering and evil, Will Eisner's stories in the Contract with God Trilogy, really shows dark and tragic turns that any Jew can face. As Huston Smith put it, it was ultimately produced not only for the Jews, but all men that seek a passion for freedom. Will Eisner's powerful illustrations…

the segregation we still have today, where the larger part of residents are white upper middle class citizens. Bronx and Queens have a larger population of low income of Hispanics and Blacks. We then associate that coming from these poor neighborhoods automatically makes residents poor as well. The amount of funding that goes into these neighborhoods is less compared to the neighborhoods of higher classes. What we create is a scene where normal occurrences are really the results of building for…