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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Maggie and Wangero (Dee) are sisters. Maggie still lives with their mother in the family home. Wangero has moved on and lives in the city. Wangero has changed her name from Dee to get more in touch with her heritage. After years of shunning her African American background‚ Wangero now wants to embrace it. Wangero is used to getting her way. Her mother has never not given her everything she‘s asked for. She’s educated‚ clothed‚ and has grown into an attractive young woman. Maggie on the other hand
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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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Samantha McCoy English 1102 Ms. Bell 6/17/2015 Maggie Character Analysis Today I will be writing a character analysis on Maggie from the short story Everyday Use by Alice Walker. Maggie is a quiet and shy individual that is always being looked down upon by other people. Throughout the story she is shown to have “no confidence or self-esteem. One occurrence that motivates her is the burn scars she got from the house fire several years ago. “Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes:
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5. Explain how literary techniques‚ including foreshadowing and flashback‚ are used to shape the plot of a literary text. So far I have read a fourth of the book. The book is very good with its uses of outstanding descriptions of the setting and the excitement of adventure. So far the book has been a page turner. The book uses literary techniques such as flashback. The book is manly about a young man that is fresh out of college and gives everything he has to charity then hits hicks all the way
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going through an identity crisis and changes her name to "Wanegro." On the other hand‚ Maggie is a shy young girl. At such a young age‚ she is still suffering from a tragic event. Maggie is intimidated by Dee; solely since Dee carries many accomplishments and her appearance. Soon after‚ Dee remembers the quilts made by her grandmother. She attempts to obtain the quilts and her mother decides to give the quilts to Maggie. The quilts are a symbol of customs in their family. In many different cultures there
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Thesis: Does Maggie Tulliver reach all stages of Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development? Stages of Moral Development of Maggie Tulliver Premoral: It’s hard to pinpoint Maggie Tulliver in Kohlberg’s first stage of moral development. Naturally‚ it would seem every person starts in this stage before our minds begin to advance in development. However‚ the times we see Maggie get in trouble for being disobedient‚ she has disobeyed without seeming worried about whether she gets caught or not. She seems
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Imran Hyder 4th Period English An Unknown Girl An Unknown Girl is written by the poet Moniza Alvi. Moniza Alvi is a renowned Pakistani-British writer. Her mother is British and her father is from Pakistan. She was born in Pakistan and later moved to the United Kingdom. This could reflect why An Unknown Girl is about the struggle Alvi or The Unknown Girl has trying to relocate her cultural identity and cling onto it in a nation where the culture is slowly drifting away and being replaced by western
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In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker there two sisters named Maggie and Dee. They are described through their mother’s point of view throughout the begining. Although the two sisters grew up in the same household‚ the conflict of the story reveals that they end up having different point of views about their heritage. When Dee came home to visit her mom and sister‚ a conflict appears over two quilts that were passed down by Grandmother Dee. They have different personalities‚ appearance‚ experience‚ and
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The Unknown Girl By Moniza Alvi The title ‘unknown girl’ may suggest that the poetess is in search of her roots‚ culture‚ traditions and heritage. She is unknown to her country‚ the place from where she belongs. She is trying to find out more about her home-country. This poem is a first-person narration from the poetess’ point of view. It us a free verse‚ autobiographical poem which is written in a single stanza containing many local dialects‚ for instance‚ ‘bazaar’‚ ‘hennaing’‚ ‘kameez’ and
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