As a child Nnamabia found his way into a lot of trouble and for the most part he got away with a lot of things. This was not entirely his fault, his mother let him get away with everything he did. In fact, when Nnamabia was only seventeen he stole his mother 's jewelry and staged as if a robbery took place at their home. He thought he had it all figured out although his family suspected that he was the possible suspect. His mother and father were soon to prove that he staged the robbery before he got drunk one night and told them it was him. she acted as if he had not done anything . After a while he began to be a troublemaker when he was in college. Nnamabia and all his friends would do anything to have a little fun even if it was not the …show more content…
Soon they were introduced to the cults which were the gangs of the city. Every cult wanted to be the toughest in the city, causing many of them to lash out against each other. Nnamabia and his friends decided to join one of the cults in the area. However, It was not as easy as they thought it would …show more content…
His nose was bleeding and he felt like his ribs were broken but he pushed through the beating just to prove that he was tough. Later that night he and his friends robbed an older gentlemen as he was walking to the store around the corner from his home. They really did not need the money but decided to use it to buy drugs and brew for the night. Tonight was the night they were going to celebrate their arrival into one of the cult gangs. After nnamabia joined the cult gang he began to be in and out of prison. The first time he was arrested was at a local bar where some of the cult members drank and watched the games. Nnamabia and some of the crew members had robbed a liquor store a couple days prior to his arrest. The policemen were hot around town because of all the gang violence and crimes being committed. However, of course nnamabia was getting drunk at a bar when the town was swarming with cops. With drinking and watching the game came drunk men and arguments and Nnamabia let his temper get the best of him that night. He had bet one hundred dollars on the game between him and a rival team fan. When his team lost he was furious, and the rival team fan was not making it any
The Minoans society wasn't really an economic social society. In the archeological records, we find that the houses "poorer" parts of their towns were rather large and plush. Women were regarded rather highly in their society, many of their paintings are depictions of women. There is little evidence that they were war like, nor did they appear to go on military expeditions. This comes from the lack of weapons in the burial sites, there aren't any warrior tombs, nor are there paintings of war; which is something that was dominant in all other cultures at the time. They were mostly traders, as in merchants. They traded throughout Greece, Ionia, the Levant and Egypt. Their cities weren't strategically located, meaning
The different groups of friends were completely different from each other. There was the group that wanted to be popular and get all the girls with a party, and there was a group that had all the music records that the other needed. That was the group that was trying to make money as well. Both parties also wanted girls. The fact that these two groups had seemingly presented themselves as gangs shows how much they wanted to be apart from each other. The gangs symbolized the separatism of the youth. The catch to their separateness is that they really needed one another to get what they wanted. The one group needed music and the other group needed money. They ended up making a deal with each other, which was conspired by Bacc. The fact that they were able to come together like that symbolized that they really should be together.
The book emphasizes the idea of how difficult it is to leave the gang lifestyle. There are frequent cases of relapse by individuals in the book, who were once out to again return to gangs. This case is brought by what gangs represent to this in the book and what leaving entails them to give up. The definition of gangs presented to the class was, three or more members, share name, color, or affiliation, or must exist in a geopolitical context. To members associated with gangs, this definition can include your family members, neighborhood, everyone that they associate with. Take for example Ronnie from Jumped in by Jorja Leap it states,” Ronny’s role models are gangbangers. His family is a hood. His mentors are older homies in county jail.”(102). Ronnie and other gang members like him do not
Firstly, his story corresponds to the initial idea listed within the Byzantine poem. The poem is about aging and of how the
For the children of the projects, the pressure to join a gang never waivers. Quick cash and protection are hard forces to resist in a world of poverty and violence. However, the children's role in these gangs is inferior to that of the leaders. At first, the concept of joining is quite attractive. According to Lafeyette, one of the two brothers profiled in the book, " 'When you first join you think it's good. They'll buy you what you want' " (31). However, " 'You have to do anything they tell you to do. If they tell you to kill somebody, you have to do that' " (31).
...ad noble intentions and was completely loyal to the state, but in the end he is only human and his main weakness was his poor judgment.
Karl Stern is an artistic, lanky, beat up, Jewish fourteen year-old boy whose only refuge is drawing cartoons for his younger sister and himself. All that changes in an instant when he meets the boxer, Max Schmeling in his father’s art gallery. In exchange for a painting, Karl will receive lessons from the world renowned fighter and national German hero. Suddenly he has a purpose: train to become a boxing legend. As the years go by and he gets stronger, both physically and emotionally, so does the hatred for the Jews in Germany. This new generation of anti-Semitism starts when Karl gets expelled from school and grows until his family is forced to live in Mr. Stern’s gallery. Though the Stern’s have never set foot into a synagogue and do not consider themselves “Jewish”, they are still subjects to this kind of anti-Semitism. They try to make the best of it, but Karl can see how much it affects his family. His mother is getting moodier by the day, his sister, Hildy, hates herself because of her dark hair and “Jewish” nose and his father is printing illegal documents for some secret buyers. On Kristallnacht the gallery is broken into and the family is torn apart. Karl must now comfort his sister and search for his injured father and his mother. With the help of some of exceptional people, he manages to get over these many obstacles and make his way to America.
In his time with the gang, Billy observes how loyalty and appeasing the boss are fundamental rules for survival within the network of a gang, while changing oneself is a necessarily ability for survival and later how the dangerous lifestyle itself has its own rule: once in a gang always in a gang. Gang members may be divided from the rest of society—abiding by their own laws and lifestyles—but human nature’s inherent, essential need to adapt and survive within a situation or group will always be an integral part in their ever changing identity.
The kids became gang members for many reasons. Some needed to find what their place was in the world, and they needed to know who they were as human beings. Joining the gang gave them a feeling of being involved in something and made them feel better about themselves. They felt that as a gang member they received the attention, emotional support, and understanding that they couldn’t get from their actual family members at home.
Anton was a child when the Nazi collaborator, Fake Ploeg, was assassinated on his street. Consequentially, his family was killed and Anton buried his grief deep within himself, not wanting to evaluate his feelings and work through his grief. Even into his adult life,
They were gangsters that caused problems for the community. These gangsters would go up to kids and try and jump them into their gang. For them, the more members they had, the more “territory they had.” One problem that major cities around the world have is gangs. Most of these gangs are made up of juvenile delinquents looking for trouble.
In the book The Outsiders the people joined the gang for protection from the Socs who liked to jump them like in the West Side Story the people join for there protection against the other gang from kicking them out but they also join to protect their place to live. They both are in Gangs for protection but unlike The Outsiders where the gangs are divided by social class, the gangs in the West Side Story are divided by race.
Gangs have become a harsh reality in today's society. But despite what one might think, gangs illustrate many communication theories. This is done through the power gangs possesses, "gang warfare", and the trust between gang members.
conducts monstrous acts, the reader still views him as a victim of circumstance in a society that
Masculinity is a type of manliness encouraging the presentation toughness dominance. One way to insert dominance is to maintain forcefully(Flores,2013). Gangs are socialized into having a set of values including toughness, smartness, and excitement. They gain status in their peer group through showing these characteristics through delinquent behavior. A lot of gangs are created to against another gang. Man vs another man to find out who is the strongest. Weapons, money, and power played a key role in gaining a reputation and maintaining respect.