initiation is “jumping in” or getting beaten by all the gang members and/or committing acts of theft or violence. In 2011 the National Gang Intelligence Center of the Federal Bureau of Investigation asserted that "There are approximately 1.4 million active street‚ prison‚ and outlaw gang members comprising more than 33‚500 gangs in the United States." In this paper you will read about gang types and gang structure‚ why people join gangs‚ typical gang activities‚ gang violence‚ and how gang members identify
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better. Usually people think of heroes as people who fight crime in movies or comic books‚ but those people don’t exist in the real world. In our world‚ anybody can be a hero like police officers‚ firefighters‚ doctors‚ or people you walk by on the streets. A hero is not someone that hurts another person or does bad things‚ but they help people. A hero doesn’t always fight crime or always have an opposition. They don’t even have to work with people; they could be designing a product that helps many
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It is a well-known fact that many metropolises nowadays are faced with a growing problem of traffic congestion. Many people attribute this matter to huge volume of private vehicles and a ban of private wehicles has been proposed in many cities as a remedy for the problem‚ however‚ whether this can be an effective measure is still a topic of debate. In my perspective‚ a ban of private vehicles alone is not an ideal approach to the large volume of traffic‚ only a long-term plan incorporated various
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whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited‚ not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall - it’s wet. ” (Banksy 85) Graffiti is a global form of expression that is untamed but uses similar methods as advertisements‚ yet is illegal in most cities. Street art is a way of spreading your
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Confessions of an Embarrassed Soldier Tim O’Brien’s personal short story‚ “On the Rainy River‚” evokes an inner struggle to serve‚ or to “run” to Canada. O’Brien shamefully expresses his own horrific tale of compromise of the draft in the summer of ‘68. At 21 years old‚ “young‚ yes‚ and politically naive‚” he feels “moral confusion” for the decision he has to make. O’Brien’s use of first person narration in his old age‚ evokes a sense of embarrassment which he feels for choosing to fight in
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Reactions to “Black Rook in Rainy Weather” by Sylvia Plath I an infrequently lost for words. I like to think of myself as quite an eloquent and articulate speaker and writer‚ but there are times when I feel neither. It is ironic that the very subject of this poem‚ a lack of words‚ or rather a lack of inspiration‚ is exactly what is holding me back from writing the things I would like to write. Although I know how this poem makes me feel and I know the emotions it conveys‚ I cannot bring myself
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“On the rainy river” is a short story that wonderfully depicts the showing of the time in 1968 where men were sent letters in the mail that drafted them into the war with a mentality that men are stronger and cannot show fear or emotion. These men had a feeling of shame and unmanly which imposed them to sexism towards the women in the society. A 21-year-old man by the name of Tom O’Brien was drafted into the American War in Vietnam merely one month after graduating from college. Tom speaks of his
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Identify and describe three strategies you can use to manage your time. Create a Prioritised to do list. To do this‚ first you must identify the goals or current tasks and list them. Then you must prioritise them on a scale of 1 to …. (1 as the most important)‚ considering urgency and difficulty. Create a work Schedule. This is a list of tasks that have all been allocated a timeframe in which to be completed or contributed to. These schedules can be reviewed and also set out on a daily‚ weekly or
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what they feel is right‚ this is simply untrue. People will always follow societal norms because they are the backbone of society and what people feel most comfortable doing. A piece of literature that exemplifies this On the Rainy River by Tim O’Brien; a short story that describes the events that occur after a young man is given a draft notice for the Vietnam War. Throughout the story he struggles with whether or not
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This essay describes how material things on a street I know help to create both winners and losers. The street chosen is Chatsworth Road‚ a busy street leading into the town centre eastbound and to the Peak District westbound. A winner can quite simply be described as a person or thing that wins things (The Oxford Popular Dictionary‚ 1990‚ p939). In the context of this essay‚ a winner could be described as a person or group that benefits from material aspects of the street being examined. A definition
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