Sociological Character Analysis: Randy In The Wire

Sociological Character Analysis: Randy
From a sociological perspectives as to why Randy gets in trouble so often this could be related to his race, his lack of real family and growing up in the system, his lack of education, and his lack of money. In the Wire you see the teachers and principal use this against him by threatening to call his foster mom unless he gives them the information they want, such as, who has been graffitiing school property. His lack of money is what reluctantly drives him to do things he might not want to, such as, delivering a message to Lex which led Lex into a trap though Randy did not know that it was a trap till after the deed was done and he was given more money for his part. This is an example of sanction, a reward for following the norms, though alternatively a
This leads to him telling her he knows about a murder. This deviance from the street norms can lead to major consequences for Randy. Within Randy’s life you see a lot of Karl Marx’s conflict paradigm. Especially because of his street relations such as his friends and the drug dealers and his other relations on the other hand such as, his foster mother, his teachers, and the police. From growing up in the system and being on the streets he has adopted the street norms and learned how to make quick and easy money and to do what’s necessary to protect himself, usually on the streets this means staying out of others business, never snitching, and seeking revenge from those who have wronged you. You see these aspects in Randy’s life from beginning of the season, when his friend Dukie is harassed by the other rival children he comes up with the plan to seek revenge on the other neighborhood kids by filling water balloons up with urine. Later he plans to catch homing pigeons to sell to Marlo for his pigeon coop and he also has a business of selling products to the kids at school and the drug dealers on the corners, while illegal this is a