the Outsiders there is alienation. One symbol of alienation in this story is money between the Greasers and the Socs. The Socs always show the characteristics of being rich because they’re always wearing madras shirts and pants. Like in the fight after Johnny died. They also drive blue mustangs and live in big houses. One example is when the mustang rolled up on Ponyboy with a group of Socs before he got jumped. But the Greasers don’t have that much money and wear worn blue jeans and white
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occasions positions the gang almost as victims‚ as if they never initiated any of the problems they took part in and they just found themselves caught up in them by accident. For example‚ when looking at the case of Anthony Hines’s murder‚ neither Jai nor Koby give any detail on their part of the story‚ saying “the only people they had to tell the story to was the jury”. The fact that they chose not to talk in depth about the event‚ whether it’d be to stick with the “gang moral code” or not‚ may
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Understanding Social Deviance Through Gang Gun Violence and Prevention of It Gang violence has been causing problems in America since at least the latter half of the 20th century. Many cities are subject to have large gangs and this by no means is a good thing. To name a few cities New York‚ Los Angeles‚ and Detroit have been known to be grounds for all different sorts of gangs. Whether it is a biker gang such as the Hells Angels‚ or an African American street gang such as the Bloods or Crips‚ all
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about two rival gangs known as Greasers and Socs they are divided by their socioeconomic status. The Greasers are a group of boys from lower class.Their gangs were like their families because they were there for them and cared about each other. On the other hand the Socs were the rich kids. They lived on the Westside and were always getting drunk and looking for fights with Greasers.This story is told in first-person narrative by protagonist Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy is a member of the gang known as ¨Greasers¨
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in a collective manner‚ these social groups could be normal clubs with one thing or goal in common. Gangs on the other hand are the same in many ways‚ they are a group of people with the same types of objectives and interests‚ but obtain their wants and needs in a illegal fashion‚ breaking any of the set rules or guidelines may also mean a beating or death because once you are involved with the gang you cannot escape it easily or without a scratch. Social institutions may not be associated with
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in hopes of outrunning his opponents. This is the case displayed by the central character Alex‚ an embodiment of governmental control and power surviving in an environment of political and social turmoil‚ in A Clockwork Orange. Alex‚ a self-imposed gang leader‚ experiences the Ludovico technique firsthand‚ a governmental experiment that effectively erases the moral choice that he had once possessed. Afterwards‚ he is left in a state of aftershock‚ terrified by the image of a single switchblade‚ and
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old boy who is a part of the “Greasers‚” a gang that exists to help each other in the east side of Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ lives with his two older brothers and encounters both sides of the bitter rivalry between the “Socs” and the “Greasers. The novel focuses on the conflicts that arose among both gangs. The book also centers on the narrator‚ Ponyboy‚ and his journey with the “Greasers” and the “Socs.” The three topics addressed in this engaging novel are the fight between the rich and the poor‚ the power
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The streets of Chicago have always been riddled with gang violence and poverty in African American communities. Dominic A. Pacyga’s novel Chicago: A Biography explores the obstacles faced by blacks during the evolving of Chicago through accounts of public housing‚ street gangs‚ education‚ and juvenile delinquency. The film There Are No Children Here tells the story of two boys growing up in a housing project in Chicago infested with crime and a shortage of money‚ guidance‚ and tranquility. Knowledge
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(2005) defines gangsters as member of violent group of criminal. Gang Identifiers and Terminology‚ Cantrell‚ Mary Lynn‚ Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems (1992) defines gangsters as organized crime that Bootlegging activities such as importing or making illegal liquor and speakeasies where alcohol could be illegally purchased gave rise to rivalry that resulted in hired gangs of criminals and gun battles. Thompson‚ Tony. Gangs: A Journey into the heart of the British Underworld. (2005) London
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going to find out the way he identifies himself with his target audience by using a specific language/content. Afterwards‚ I’m going to explore how these two factors would change if we completely switched the audience to Salvadorian members of the gang MS-13. This letter was published in
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