Scarface

Though Alcatraz was a famous prison, it has an amazing story behind it. With its beautiful gardens to its famous inmates and mysteries, Alcatraz. It inspires people around the world drawing them to the famous prison. Alcatraz has a fascinating history about it’s origin words to how it became a prison. According to The Federal Bureau of Prisons, the word alcatraz comes from the spanish word “Alcatraces” and he word Alcatraz itself means “pelican” or “strange bird”. Alcatraz is the prison for the…

There are many examples that could prove that: Scarface, The Public Enemy, Quick Millions (1931) etc. (236). But there is a twist to that archetype after World War 2, when molls become femme fatales and with the resurrection of the gangster genre, they receive more depth since they have become a combination…

Hip Hop has altered to fit and to adjust to today’s society. My purpose is to inform my audience about the history of Hip Hop throughout the 1990s. Hip Hop is the culture of African Americans. The music speaks of the struggle of the African American community. Hip Hop did not affect the people and their ways. Society does. To start off, I will explain what Hip Hop is. Hip Hop is not only a genre, it is a culture. Within this new culture, Hip Hop has four subcategories. The Four categories are…

Dyadic Encounter My partner for this encounter was Monica Gomez, a 34 year old who has been working for the Livingston School District for 18 years, and has been a resource aide for 8 years now in Livingston, Ca. I have known Monica for about 19 years now through my sister. In high school her and my sister became great friends, and have kept that friendship throughout all these years. Not only did she become my sisters friend, but she also became my friend, and we see each other like family.…

heard the story of a person destroying himself/herself over greed or envy. In movies, we see people willing to die to earn the power that they seek. Daniel is the character in this film that this happens to. Like the protagonist of the 1983 movie “Scarface,” he wants what he doesn’t have which is greed and power. In this film, he does whatever he can to earn that desirable power that he wants. The director of “There Will Be Blood” (2007), Paul Thomas Anderson, uses a visual strategy like using…

Junot Diaz said that dismissing any opportunity for a person to be culturally represented turns them into a “monster” (goodreads.com). So, how does that apply to the media, specifically, Hollywood film? Recently there has been a growing outcry over the lack of complex minority experiences in award-winning films. As a result, more Black actors and actresses have been nominated in their respective categories. However, the same cannot be said for South Asians and Hispanics, who struggle to find…

I Have a Dream How long does it take for a man to achieve a dream and how far will he go to get what he wants? Jay Gatsby has been chasing his dream for years and he slowly went through the process of gaining wealth to be good enough for Daisy after he returned from the war. This reflects the same conflicts that F. Scott Fitzgerald went through when he was looking for a wife because he once was told that he was too poor to marry a rich girl. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald shows how Gatsby…

the police wouldn't snoop to far down into their business and risk the gangs integrity. That soon wasn't the case after many other rival gangs started claiming territory and Capone started to fight back very aggressively. Capone got the nickname “Scarface” after a fight with a gang member in which his face got slashed with a knife. As Capone made more and more headlines even president Hoover wanted Capone thrown in Prison no matter the cost. “Before being sent to Alcatraz Prison in 1931 from a…

consumption of any alcoholic beverage. Enraging many soldiers who had just returned home. The Mafia took advantage of this and built and undercover empire which traded all sorts of illegal drinks and even narcotics. With powerful gangsters like Al Capone “Scarface”, most of the money flow in the country was controlled by the mafia. Women also took a big part in this decade. Feminism grew more and more each day and ladies began to go against their past ideals. They cut their hair short, they wore…

The noir genre was similarly reactionary as its predecessor, romanticism. At the end of the 21st century, the progress and development of the society showed its unlimited abilities and the abandonment of the religious faith. Romanticism and its “eventual child”, gothic genre, was a reaction against the rapidly materializing world and the negation of its former ideals. The beginning of the 20th century faced similar challenges and certain disappointment in the big brave world. The emerging…