America face challenges daily that help them grow into a productive member of society. In the book‚ Edgewater Angels by Sandro Meallet‚ the story is set in the projects of San Pedro‚ California‚ a heavily gang influenced town that is a part of Los Angeles. The book exposes the youthfulness of Sunny Toomer‚ a mischievous teen always faced with the decision between right and wrong in a neighborhood where you can get jumped for walking on the wrong side of the street. Sunny is just trying to find
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Ifeanyi Nwagbologu February 3‚ 2014 English 1102-402 Analytic Writing White Lies in L.A. Dagoberto Gilb’s short story‚ deceiving titled “Love in L.A.”‚ paints a portrait of a hilarious event involving a minor car accident on the jam-packed Los Angeles freeway. When first reading the title‚ you automatically start making assumptions that this story has something to do with how a couple finds “Love in L.A.”. This story has nothing to do with love‚ in fact it has nothing to do with a minor car accident;
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fantasy seen’’. ALAN SEGER The chapter looks at the roles different groups of intellectuals played in constructing or deconstructing L.A mythography starting with the booster era. It also looks at attempts to establish authentic epistemologies about Los Angeles with Louis Adamic’s initial efforts in the Debunkers period. The Boosters Over a 35 year period from 1880 - 1915 L.A. emerged as the largest city in the west with a population of close to a million. The growth‚ production‚ population and income
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Apart from a single reference to the gang’s presence in Los Angeles‚ there is no mention of the MS-13’s origins in southern California‚ and the U.S. government’s role in facilitating its emergence and spread. Salvadoran migrants‚ whose very residence there was owed to U.S. support for El Salvador’s brutal military-oligarchy alliance‚ created the gang in the 1980s as a form of self-protection. U.S. deportations of members helped to internationalize the gang‚ which now has a strong presence in many
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For Sport Film Analysis assignment I decided to analyze a movie named Goal! The Dream Begins‚ which Is a film about a young Mexican that goes by the name of Santiago Muñez‚ who lives in the not so good part of los Angeles‚ is given a chance to achieve his dream of playing professional soccer by trying out for an English club team named Newcastle United when he is spotted by a talent scout with contacts with Newcastle united. In the Film Santiago Muñez is portrayed as a an overachiever who even though
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Behind Physical Voilence Joseph Rodriguez’s photographs gave us an opportunity to explore what the Cholos‚ “low life” in East L.A.‚ is really like from the insider’s perspective. Why the life is so different within the four- block neighborhood‚ called “inner city”‚ comparing to the rest of the American cities. In the inner city‚ the majority resident is Mexican-American kids‚ aged from ten to twenty-one. The drop out rates from schools and the unemployment rate are extremely high. Also the
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Explain the birth of gangs and how they impact society. Discuss the economic value and the detrimental side of gangs and their related business practices. Wednesday December 4th 2013 In the United States today there are over 1.4 million gang members‚ these gang members come from poverty and join these gangs for protection from other gang members or to survive on the streets. A street gang is a group of members with identifiable leadership and internal organization‚ identifying with or claiming
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In the United States there are six major prison gangs that are recognized nationally for their participation in organized crime and violence. They are as follows from largest to smallest in member size. There is the Neta‚ Aryan Brotherhood‚ Black Guerilla Family‚ Mexican Mafia‚ La Nuestra Familia‚ and the Texas Syndicate. By definition a gang is a group of people working together or a group of persons working to unlawful or antisocial ends; especially: a band of antisocial adolescents. The
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that represents american ideologies. Hollywood and its well-known sign actively represent dreams‚ evolution‚ and a place where hard work can get you in life‚ entertainment‚ and a consumer/capitalist attitude. Just a few minutes drive from downtown Los Angeles‚ Hollywood is home to what is also known as the film capital of
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Influences Imprisoning the Streets Prison. Gangs. These two words are separate entities‚ though they are often associated together. This is because of the social view and perception that our society has on both gangs and on prison. Now it is not that this association is wrong or a bad thing. The fact is that in America‚ there are gangs‚ street gangs‚ prison gangs‚ and prison street gangs‚ all influencing each other and being influenced by on another. This paper aims to decipher exactly how
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