Reputation is something that is immensely valued among humans. People care so much about their reputation that they will go to unimaginable lengths to keep it intact. This is shown in the short stories If I quench thee, and Slipper Satin also in the film Easy A and the short film Day Trip. the characters in these texts all gain a bad reputation for the decisions they make or the people they associate with. These characters in one way or another try to regain their reputation or decide to just live with it. However as humans we usually try to regain a good reputation because we care more about what people think about us rather than actually becoming good people. In the short story If I quench thee, Arthur Stern, an obvious man of wealth who reluctantly went to visit his daughter, Monica. He is shocked and displeased when a black man comes to …show more content…
When he arrives at his destination he chooses to enter a pub where it goes silent as the men who are in there realise he is a gang member. Presumably they go silent because of the reputation of gang members and that they tend to be violent people. Another example of gang members having this reputation is shown at the beginning of the video when he enters a dairy and the store owner immediately goes behind the counter and closes the access way to behind the counter. I believe the reason he does this is because he is wearing a patch and gangs are often associated with robberies and violence, therefore the store owner is frightened that he may harm him. I think this is an unfair assumption because he may not like the reputation he has because it is not based off of people's knowledge of him its based of their knowledge of the gang. This is similar to ‘If I quench thee’, ‘Slipper Satin’, and ‘Easy A’, as the gang member does not intend to have that reputation but has it anyway because of the way information spreads around
In both The Crucible and Conversion, people struggle to maintain a good reputation and to be viewed as acceptable by their peers.
Would you be willing to die to keep your reputation clean? Would you besmirch the good name of other people for your own gain? These are the questions characters from the Crucible had to ask themselves. In The crucible by Arthur Miller, Young girls went around accusing people of witchery for their own gain this caused many people to falsely be hanged on accusations of witchery, and for some people it meant tainting their name or be hanged, like in the case of John Proctor. Arthur miller shows us in the crucible that one’s reputation is one of the most important things in
People will always have something to say regarding what kind of a person you are whether it is good or bad. In the drama, “The Crucible” reputation was one of the biggest concerns for the people of Salem. Everyone was pointing fingers at each other, making accusations of being witches, or so-called “running with the devil.” If you use quotation marks, be sure to cite the source. If the marks are for effect, then italics should be used in instead. Reputation influences the actions and motivations of three major characters: Elizabeth, Proctor, and Parris. Use your thesis statement last, stronger effect and better organization. All three characters encounter some sense of being ambushed and their name goes down the drain. A person’s reputation makes or breaks them and always follows them till the day that they die. Their name and legacy lives on forever.
In the book “Gang Leader for A Day”, Sudhir Venkatesh, a sociologist in graduate school at the University of Chicago, did research in the projects with young men affiliated with gangs. The way he did it was so different because he actually presented himself in some of the most ghetto and dangerous projects. Sudhir Venkatesh first interacted with a gang when he went to a poor community asking questions. Venkatesh assignment was to get some information through gang members by asking them straight up questions, which they took offensive. Venkatesh learned that was not the way to approach gang members because anything bad could happen to him. After the gang members had him on lock down, because they thought he was a Mexican gang member, they told
In the video titled Rival Gangs Unite for Justice, a CNN correspondent is interviewing members of different street gangs, who have temporarily set aside their differences and attempt to bring a sense of order to the community. When asked if the destructive behavior was gang related, they replied no, they are the ones out there trying to keep the peace. Additionally, when asked if they were doing anything to warrant the police constantly stopping and searching them one gang member shouted, “Stereotypes!” and another stated, “That’s why it’s not all about the (gang) colors right now, it’s about the black man…we’re all united right now, there’s a bigger systematic problem we gotta deal with” (CNN). Throughout the interview they roll footage of
First let's focus on the fact that gang related crime is one of the most dangerous challenges facing society and law enforcement today. They are younger, more brutal, unafraid of consequences and becoming increasingly more vicious. Gang members work together as cliques, they commit all sorts of violent crimes including murders, rapes, robberies and kidnappings. "They live in aimless and violent presents; have no sense of the past and no hope for the future; they commit unspeakably brutal crimes against other people often to gratify whatever urges of desires drive them at the moment and their utter lack of remorse is...
The need to uphold ones reputation is prominent in the novel. The prevalence of this value system is evident in the way that Utterson and Enfield avoid gossip at all costs, for they believe it destroys reputations. The importance of reputation in the novel is shown when Utterson adamantly wishes not only to preserve Jekyll’s reputation but also to preserve the appearance of order and decorum, even as he senses a vile truth lurking underneath. This is why I incorporated this element into my
...ht to defend himself in the court. Moreover, the gang injunctions obtained in the target area should be defined clearly for gang members. It is important to make sure that the identification of the target area are easily understood by both the police and the gang members.
In “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, I found myself struggling to grasp the full intensity he portrayed. One intense subject he really pinpointed was reputation. Reputation seemed to be a major focus of almost all they characters in this literary work. Whether it be reputation as a good member of the Salem Massachusetts community, or reputation as most successful preacher, the townspeople seemed to revolve around reputation. Many townspeople including John Proctor, Reverend Parris, as well as Giles Corey. This was not always necessary a bad thing, as it kept them in check, but in this case, the longing for a good reputation overpowered many lives, literally. Too much want for a triumphant
In the crucible, I believe reputation and respect was interwoven in the term of the play the ‘‘crucible’’. Reputation and Respect can also be a theme or a thematic idea in the play, reputation is very essential in a town where social status is synonymously to ones competence to follow religious rules. Your standing is what enables you to live as one in a community where everyone is bound to rules and inevitable sequential instructions. Many characters for example, john proctor and reverend parris, base their action on the motive to protect their reputation which is only exclusive to them. People like reverend parris saw respect as what made them important or valuable in a town like Salem, this additionally imprinting to his character as a very conventional man.
reputation stained / With Tybalt’s slander – Tybalt, that an hour… / And in my
In the Crucible, Parris did not want to ruin his reputation because if he had not killed all the others who were accused of witchcraft it would have made him look really bad. Although, after they figured out that Abigail was faking the whole the thing. He still had to do what was right to protect his reputation. So this here shows how important and valuable a persons reputation is, in today's society. The people of Salem would
One way to prove this is by reading The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller. This play displays the effects of acquiring a bad reputation. Many characters from this play deal with a conflict based off a reputation they have gained. The characters with the most significant conflicts resulting from reputations are John Proctor, Reverend Parris, and Abigail Williams.
Reputation is the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something. A famous American poet once said: “Oh reputation dearer far than life”. James Russell Lowell highlights the importance of reputation by declaring it more important than even human life itself. This idea is also found in ‘The Crucible’ as many characters will be challenged between telling the truth and dying, or saving their reputation. In ‘The Crucible’, this theme beholds a key position in the unrolling of the story as an impression of control over the outcome of people’s lives is created by its importance.
Many stereotypes of gangs have been fabricated. The problem is that a majority of gang members do not fit these stereotypes, which, in turn, makes it hard for the to be caught (Klein). Traditionally they organize their group around a specific neighborhood, school or housing projec...