most of the illegal activities and ran them in plain sight. Eliot Ness was chosen to lead a task force to take down Capone and his whole operation. Ness’ group would soon accomplish this mission and come to be known as “The Untouchables” (Gale, 2002). Ness and his Untouchables achieved much in the way of fame but more in the way of justice. Their many successes and ultimat... ... middle of paper ... ... pressure off him. The book would go on to spawn a few television series and a movie, all
The Untouchables The author of this book was Eliot Ness. He was a prohibition agent given the special assignment of cracking down on the Chicago mob and illegal liquor sales. He was six feet tall, 180 pounds. Graduated in the top third of his class in both highschool and at the University of Chicago. Both his parents were from Norway, and he was raised in the traditional way. His reasoning behind writing this book was to tell the inside story of what really happened with the Capone mob. He worked
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Title The Untouchables is a fascinating film directed by Brian De Palma. This film demonstrates how the law of prohibition impacted Chicago. The Untouchables does a great job with accuracy toward historical events but there are occasions that stretch the truth to bring excitement to the audience. In the film there are two different groups that control the city of Chicago, mobsters and the law enforcements. Al Capone (Robert De Niro) is the leader of all the mobsters in Chicago, his job is to look
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born among a certain race, or there is a different way of living within a specific group of people? This feeling of discrimination is one that no individual wants to feel. For the Hindu people, formerly known as “The Untouchables,” this was what they had to live with. The Untouchables, now called the Dalits, are the most oppressed community in India and have been denied civic and human rights throughout the decades. The Dalit population is located all throughout India. India is a country south of
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alcohol was not involved in any of them (Cyriax, “The Untouchables”). During his time investigating Capone, it was documented that Capone was so frustrated by his inability to bribe the man that Capone raged and shouted that he would kill Ness himself, however, the mob boss was unable to accomplish this, and the prideful man was reduced to a sitting duck, as his sales declined and he could feel the Feds coming closer and closer (Cyriax, “The Untouchables”). Finally, after using the one