Code of the Streets By Elijah Anderson In the article “The Code of the Street” by Elijah Anderson‚ he allows a glimpse of everyday life through the eyes of two completely different worlds wrapped up within one universe. He compares street families to what he refers to as “decent families”. Although the meaning can take on different perceptions to the eye of the beholder‚ the author described it as a code of civility at one end of conduct regulated by the threat of violence. Within these most
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The Street That Got Mislaid by Patrick Waddington Marc Girondin had worked in the filing section of the city hall’s engineering department for so long that the city was laid out in his mind like a map‚ full of names and places‚ intersecting streets and streets that led nowhere‚ blind alleys and winding lanes. In all Montreal no one possessed such knowledge; a dozen policemen and taxi drivers together could not rival him. That is not to say that he actually knew the streets whose names
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shocking‚ unexpected twist. “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” is an episode that informs society about the fear of prejudice and hysteria. In this episode‚ a loud shadow in the sky passes through Maple Street. The shadow is actually a meteor. Unexpected and strange things start to happen like the electricity and cars turning off. The people who live on Maple become very curious on what the meteor has done to the neighbors living on the street. A young boy named Tommy tells the adults that everything
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There are so many avenues for kids to take. Peer pressure is tough! Friends can take their vulnerable friends down the wrong path. No doubt about it. Life on the street is full of distractions. Many kids on the street do not have the love at home and when that happens‚ they look in the wrong places. Three boys‚ without fathers‚ working mothers‚ living in the hood of Newark New Jersey faced these very issues. Drugs‚ gangs‚ and prison were a reality for their friends. They flirted with this type
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the Streets Culture in urban communities‚ also referred to as inner-cities‚ are growing increasingly violent. In the article‚ The Code of the Streets by Elijah Anderson‚ he begins to take an in-depth look at the root of the evil. He deduces that economic factors‚ parenting and the troublesome environments largely influence the violent norms within this culture. Anderson notes that two groups coexist simultaneously in the inner-cities which he labels as the “decent” and the “streets.” Although
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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne one of the main characters in Hester Prynne. She is a convicted adulterer‚ and the story follows her starting in 1642 in a Puritan town. She and her illegitimate daughter‚ Pearl‚ along with her lover‚ Dimmesdale‚ and husband‚ Chillingworth‚ are the main focus of this dramatic tale. Through her actions and words‚ Pearl is a “device” to move the consciences of her parents to end their sinful situation. Pearl’s physical obsession with the scarlet A torments
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In his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne outlines the narrative of Hester Prynne‚ a young woman who is forced to bear an embroidered scarlet letter “A” on her breast for her sin of adultery. Alone in the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ with her husband in another country‚ Hester has sexual relations with a Puritan minister‚ Reverend Dimmesdale‚ and together they have a child‚ whom Hester names Pearl. After the Puritan community in which she resides discovers Hester’s sin‚ as she is unable
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An essential biological understanding of biology asserts that form follows function. The theme of focus is perception. Hester is the main character of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Her actions result in her public identification as an adulterer. As the novel progresses‚ her doings reveal character traits that are highly valued-yet‚ Hester remains branded by the red letter “A” stitched on the breast of her gown. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes literary devices to portray
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The protagonist of The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne‚ struggles with the perceptions placed upon her by the society of Boston. Although Hester initially rebels openly‚ she is not egotistical like Abigail and she eventually abandons overt rebellion for peace of mind and understanding of the self. While it is true that her affair with another man constitutes a sin‚ she remains a woman of virtue. In the puritan society‚ relationships are not supposed to be broken unless by divorce‚ even if the husband
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Of all the characters in The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne‚ the protagonist‚ is the strongest and most courageous. But‚ that is not to say that she is unsusceptible to change. Over the course of the novel‚ Hester remains unchanged in some areas‚ such as strength and honesty‚ but her beauty and social status vary greatly. One trait that defines Hester throughout the novel is strength. Strength in the mind and also in the heart is what makes Hester a striking person in a gloomy society. This strength
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