Outsiders Essay Did you know that rival gangs have faced many of the same struggles? In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton there are two rival gangs‚ the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers live on the Eastside of town and don’t have a lot of money. The Socs live on the Westside of town and are very wealthy. There are three problems that both gangs face: drinking and smoking‚ having parents who do not care about them‚ and rivalry with the opposing gang over a variety of issues. First of all
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gene has been demonstrated to be related to aggressive and violent behavior. In fact‚ humans with a low-activity form of the MAOA gene are much more prevalent in populations with a history of warfare. These individuals are also more likely to join gangs and to use weapons in committing crimes than other persons” (Hickey 48). Beaver and Schwartz believe that the theories proposed over the past half-century have focused entirely on environmental explanations of criminal and antisocial behavior. The
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’hanging around’ in gangs and generally trying to grow up too fast. It is in the ’coming of age’ movie genre. The opening sequence reflects the close bond still shared by the two main characters (Gordie and Chris); as we see from the headline that Chris has been shot dead. The young boys wanting and trying to grow up quickly is shown in the tree house; they have decided upon a secret knock to gain entry to the tree house‚ as if they are part of a very important secret gang. The whole film watches
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is pretty obvious what message Michael is trying to bring across‚ the song is about gang violence and about making the right choices. During the video shoot of the song “Beat It”‚ Michael was interviewed by Tom Joyner‚ and he stated that “the theme of the song is about two gangs who are coming together to rumble and Jackson’s objective was to spread the message that we turn the other cheek‚ we don’t fight.” This basically means that if we know when something is not right‚ we should ignore
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pastor working in Los Angles‚ which happens to be gang central‚ decides to turn an awful predicament into something that will help his community grow. Guy Burgess from Beyond Intractability says‚ “Conflict is the engine of social learning.” Father Boyle created something great: Homeboy Industries. Homeboy Industries is an organization to provide counseling‚ job training‚ job placements‚ tattoo removal‚ and love to the young adults that are affected by gangs and all that it comes with on the daily. In Tattoos
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The Sharks a Puerto Rican gang wore more traditional style spanish clothing that always incorporated the colors red and black. The Jets a rivaling white gang wore clothing time appropriate for a 1960’s teenager‚ like collared bowling shirts‚ and plain t-shirts. The Jets also kept with a color scheme of blue and white. One of my favorite scenes
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to be in the street than be at home. He had become the new kid on which led him to be subjected to the neighborhood bullies. He quickly learned how to defend himself threw fighting. He was fighting neighborhood bullies at age six. Learning how to fight at age six is a bit ridiculous. As a member of the black male species living in the ghetto he would either become the prey or the predator. With the lack of parental guidance he had become immersed in the violence-taking place in Los Angles. He
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Organized CrimeMy personal perception of organized crime before this class is that it is a term used to describe the crimes that are committed by major criminal organizations like the mafia or cartels. When I hear the term organized crime‚ I automatically think of the mob putting out hits on their enemies or the Mexican cartel smuggling drugs across the borders. My personal perception of organized crime is largely based off of the movies that I have seen. Movies like Goodfellas and The Godfather
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arrests the Zoot Suit “gang” during the dance for the Sleepy Lagoon incident where Henry Rena and his friends were accused of murdering José. While situated in jail‚ the Pachuco tells Henry to not give up and fight back for his friends and family. In the Zoot Suit play‚ it shows a conversation between Pachuco and Henry‚ “Pachuco: Forget the war overseas‚ carnal! Your war is on the homefront. Henry (with the new resolve): What do you mean? Pachuco: The barrio needs you‚ carnal. Fight back! Stand up to
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pretty all the time. It was a temporary joy when she decided to love the American sharks gang member Tony. Her love lead to many major problems that she might have been able to avoid if she loved a man who was a Puerto Rican‚ this will let her family feel safe having him around their young daughter. Therefore‚ love sometimes brings you more trouble than you might expect. We might
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