Switchblade

because he wins all of his fight never once it tells him he loses a fight he's a good fighter. He fights with his gang and never loses when he's with his gang. Mainly because he ready to fight when ever because he has back up. And they always carry a switchblade just in case they need it. Dally never had to use his because he's a good…

1. The strongest empirically supportable claim that I can make for the significance of race/ethnicity in criminal justice proceedings is that there exists a “racial empathy gap.” Recent studies have shown that both blacks and whites hold an “empathy gap” towards blacks that can influence the punishments minorities receive in schools and within the United States criminal system. To begin, there must be an examination of what this “racial empathy gap” is. What multiple studies have shown is that…

The movie “The Outsiders” is based off the book by S.E Hinton. Where a group of kids from the east side of rural, Oklahoma have hard lives. From their parents being dead or not even caring about their kids, Because of this these poor kids from the east side have made friendships that can't be broken. Which the soc’s are jealous of because they don't have any feelings or emotions going through them because their parents are barely home. So basically The movie started off when Ponyboy got jumped…

Andy reach a boiling point after Bender antagonizes Clair. This eventually leads to a confrontation between Bender and Andy. A possible contributor to the aggression between the two can be inferred from the fact that Bender was armed a concealed switchblade, inducing the “weapons effect”. Later, it is also revealed that Bender’s father is abusive and that Bender has a very poor home life. Consequentially, part of Bender’s aggressive tendencies likely stems from observational learning from his…

The Baltimore Police Department arrested Mr. Gray under the allegations that he had possessed an illegal switchblade. While Mr. Gray was being transported to the police station he fell into a coma, and was taken to a trauma center where he died seven days later due to spinal cord injuries. A medical examiner concluded that due to the injuries that Freddie Gray…

The Price of Prejudice Reading old books in seventh grade would not be the most fun activity for most of us, but The Pearl, To Kill a Mockingbird and "Twelve Angry Men" would be an exemption from that category. Each story has racism, which causes the reader to pity the victim and detest the offender. Also in all of the books, the main characters go through a very life threatening and life changing attack, which makes the characters change substantially. Furthermore, all of the stories teach…

want to anything like him. Other example of Jim having his masculinity and pride being tested is during the two bouts against Buzz Gunderson. The first one involves a knife fight between the two in which Jim at first hesitated with battling with switchblades but then provoked to engage when The Kids call him a chicken. After the duel, Buzz challenges Jim in a game of “Chickie Run”, a game in where whoever…

Greasers and Socs are stereotyped. The Greasers are the poorer people that live in the ghettos on the east side and they also slick their hair back with grease. The Socs are the rich people that live on the west side and have everything they want, good grades, cars, and the ability to get away with almost anything. The greasers are stereotyped as the violent hoods and criminal, whereas the Socs are seen as the smart, athletic kids. When talking about, The Outsiders, stereotypes influence and…

supposed to be helping them. In the article “A FREDDIE GRAY MISTRIAL”, Wallace-Wells wrote, “Gray said he couldn't breathe and ask for an inhaler, but he was not giving one. Instead, Miller and Nero searched him, arrested him for possession of a switchblade knife and held him down as he began to flail and scream; they then put him in a paddy wagon, handcuffed but without a seat belt” (2). Gray was targeted by this police; they punished him for have a little knife on…

The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, is a story about a gang of friends known as Greasers and their rivals, the upper class Socials. Two of the Greasers get into a fight with a group of drunken Socs, and Johnny, one of the Greasers, ends up killing Bob the Soc in self defense. Most of the events of the story occur as a result of Johnny’s actions. There are many examples throughout the novel that prove how Johnny plays the role as the “sidekick” to the other Greasers throughout the story,…