City of God illustrates how wicked an urban city can turn into. How crime, population and pollution can rise rapidly in an urban city. Any city with a large amount of the population will have similar characteristics to an urban city like Rio. This film demonstrates how a small suburb turns into a massive urban city. Every city has a beginning, for the film City of God the urban city is Rio in Brazil, however in Rio, where there is so much poverty crime and drug trafficking is called the Favelas. This film is able to reveal urban crime and youth gangs, government establishing public housing, and the importance of education.
“The cities of Brazil are some of the most violent places in the world today. More people are murdered in Brazil than in almost any other country.” (Mehta 1) Crime rates tend to be higher in large
These homes are usually cheap to afford or even free. In Brazil these homes are called the Favelas. How the system works in these areas of Brazil are really strange. How it works is the government has the city around the area pays taxes, which covers the Favelas electricity and water. People who live in the Favelas do not pay for these utilities. In doing this it gives people living in these areas the opportunity to produce drugs, because they have no responsibilities. The government has little to no control because it is also corrupt. Not all governments are in the same circumstances as Brazil, however Brazils situation is a great illustration on how bad it can get in an urban city. Although Brazil is suffering with many issues coming from the Favelas, they do believe they are a diverse city. Nonetheless, there are articles being written stating differently, “Brazilians like to think of themselves as a multiracial society, but a walk around the favelas of the cities demolishes this myth.” (Mehta) This is just to prove how the Favelas are looked
In the story “Flavio’s Home” by Gordon Parks, he draws you into a world that is very descriptive and allows yourself to imagine what it would be like if you were standing there with him. Gordon was there with Life reporter Jose Gallo to find a father with a family to examine the poverty of that particular family in Rio de Janeiro. Instead they came across a boy named Flavio, they followed Flavio up the mountain to a leaning shack. Flavio was only twelve but had worked so hard from the time he could stand that his body had taken the toll. Gordon describes the favela of Catacumba, pale by comparison to New York’s Harlem and Chicago’s south side. In so doing this gives the readers in those populated city’s an idea of how much greater the poverty
Just as the Olympics were held in Brazil, we heard on the news the constant increase of violence in children, and the even higher increment in the organized crime events in this country. But few of us understand the cold, horrific, and the traumatic experience of living surrounded by violent children in organized crime gangs, as well as the characters of City of God. The director of the movie Fernando Meirelles purposely shows us the way in which young children in Brazil learn to become violent at a young age, eventually still young get involved in organized crime gangs and their drug business, as well as in the gangs’ battles over territory and power. The director succeeded in presenting his point of view by using a different variety of movie
Carolina told about two boys wandering the streets of the favela who were from shelters in the city. At the shelters, there were innocent children abandoned or orphaned, but also there were young criminals sentenced to stay there. Both groups were thrown together and treated as though they all had prison sentences. Carolina wrote, “I felt that in the State Shelter the children’s morals were lowered. […] What’s lacking? Concern for the unfortunate or money from the State?” (81). Whether it was babies dying in the favela, or children growing into poverty, the families of favelados were destined for misfortune. Carolina’s older children were still in school, but they contributed to the family income, as was common at the time, by going out to beg or to collect paper and scrap with her. Favelas of Brazil bred the destruction of innocence and children grew up quickly, such as when “the son of Joaquim went to school drunk” (130). Intersectionality of race and class was also pertinent. Racism and classism prevented poor, impoverished children from receiving any opportunities to improve their
City of God we would all think of a holy place to be in but on the controversy it wasn’t the safest place to be in. “But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.” Albert Camus Many young kids do not have a house to run to, a mother to cuddle with, a father to set things straight siblings to get love from. Reality getting involved in violence can make you but in the end break you. Power with violence can make you stronger five you more power but break you in a blink of an eye. Brutality of life is revealed in Rios slums in this Brazilian film. A powerful film that views violence, lack of education, lack of money in 3rd world countries
The movie Doubt is set in a private Catholic School in 1960s. Sister Aloysius is the principal of the school, and Father Flynn is the clergyman in the church. While the movie deals with some moral dilemmas such as doubt versus certainty, rigidity versus openness and so on, the central theme of the story pivots on accusation on Father Flynn of child molestation. The story has a hanging ending where Father Flynn is proven neither guilty nor proven innocent. Based on the contents of the movie and my own analysis, I believe that certainty plays a bigger role in accusations and I believe that Father Flynn had been falsely blamed and I am also against the rigidity of the society.
“Good Night, and Good Luck” is a 2005 American drama film about how United States (US) was plagued by the threat of communism, creating a tense atmosphere within US in the early 1950s. Fear of communism was inevitable and Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin exploited those fears. CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow and his producer Fred W. Friendly challenged McCarthy and aimed to expose him of his agendas. Although their actions brought about many consequences, the two men persevered in their stance and eventually brought down McCarthy successfully.
With urban population growth, both ecological and industrial consequences directly affect those in poverty and the urban poor. Slums usually develop in the worst types of terrain, and lead to flooding, landslides, and fires that destroy thousands of people’s homes. Yet population growth and the amounts of waste created by urban civilizations are also pushed on the hidden faces and locations of those on the outskirts of the cities. “If natural hazards are magnified by urban poverty, new and entirely artificial hazards are created by poverty’s interactions with toxic industries, anarchic traffic, and collapsing infrastructures” (Davis 128).
67. Politicians, responding to the nations fear of crime, have attempted to outdo each other in being “tougher of crime”. This attention toward our nations fear of crime has resulted in the addition of police officers, the building of more prisons, extending the death penalty to cover sixty federal offenses, and mandating longer sentences. The homicide rate in the United States was more than twice the homicide rate in Canada and many times that in other countries. However, the victimization rates for assault and robbery were lower for Americans than for Canadians, Australians, and Spaniards. Outbreaks of violence have occurred throughout history starting with the post-Civil War era. This was eventually followed by organized crime and an increase in the murder rate throughout the 1930’s. During the 1950’s crime rates decreased only to increase once again in the 1980’s. Today crime rates are down whether Americans choose to accept this or not. Murder rates are well below the record setting 1930’s and violent crime has decreased 33 % since 1993.
The graph on the previous page explains how the number of crimes increase as the community population increases although when it gets to 1,000,000 people or over its goes back down. The city with the largest population’s violent crime rates goes down by 23%, and its its property crime and vehicle thefts decrease by 32%.
Look at the whole picture, Damian Platt, researcher, activist and author, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil states that more official and unofficial social structure, political and poverty areas should be addressed. Focus on prevention, focus on hotspots, treat violence as a public health concern, avoid repressive policies, be proactive, focus on gun control, understand that violence is going virtual, intervene early, find the balance between repression and prevention, keep in mind the impact of drugs, intervene early, and address economic inequality which is central to reducing crime and violence in the long run. Be aware of the link between organized crime and terrorism, be smart and remember all the details when it comes to organized crime. 24 ways to reduce crime in the world’s most violent cities
By simply review, I will say, "City of God" ("Cidade de Deus") is the story of a boy who lives in a "favela" what is the word of slum in english on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The "favela" is like a shantytown witch called "Cidade de Deus" in the film. And from the beginning to the end, throughout this stylish movie both the boy and the favela grow.
IV. Film Plot: This film pretty much is all about the advances in American technology and how it affected the space race against the Soviets. It revolves around the Mercury 7 crew and test pilots competing with Soviets for the race to outer space.
These areas are so heavily populated lack of infrastructure is limited so citizens are forced to improvise plumbing and electricity. It is easy to provide these services throughout the Favela because of over crowding. The houses are built on top of each other crowding very small areas leading to unsanitary conditions, poor nutrition, and pollution, and disease. Favelas are habitually crime-ridden and have been influence by gangs immersed in illegal drug activity. Crime is a way of life for many in these dual areas, it’s the main way to provide for their families.
Blau, J. R. & Blau, P. M. (1982). The cost of inequality: Metropolitan and violent crime.
In the United States there are specific areas that have been overwhelmed by the infestation of crime and violence and it appears to be at its peak in areas where poverty is high. Therefore, in this essay I will examine the connection between poverty and crime and attempt to prove relationships of the two. The link between poverty and crime is not a new discussion. In fact it has been an extremely controversial subject among many over the years. There have been arguments made stating that poverty does not have a direct link to crime based on countries that have very high poverty, however ...