...Film Review: Street Fight The film Street Fight follows the story of Cory Booker and his campaign towards being the mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Corey Booker is a young, 32 year old city councilman, and a Yale graduate. In this 2002 campaign Cory Booker faces a tough rival: Sharp James. Sharpe James is a local man who grew up in Newark. James was in the army, he was a former high school teacher, but most importantly James has been in office since 1986, equaling sixteen served years as mayor of New Jersey’s largest city. This documentary presents major tactics used throughout this political campaign, all of which deal with the major problems in the community: power, race, and poverty. In this documentary, the problem with power is simply that Sharpe James has too much of it. Pablo Fonseca, the former head of code enforcement for the city of Newark, clearly sums up how powerful Sharp James is: “If you’re...
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...Stop Violence An effective peacemaker is someone like Ameena Matthews because she helps kids to not get in trouble with her great sense of humor. A boy Dee was caught up in a fight that happened in the street. Dee was getting beat up by the other gang member then shortly Dee’s sister appeared in the scene with a knife in her hand trying to get revenge. Ameena happens to be around the accident of the fight deciding to take Dee with her and away from where the fight had happened. Ameena tries to help Dee by making him forget what had happened, making him laugh and cracking jokes about the way he fell. This evidence makes Ameena Matthews a peacemaker because she helps out the kid to not get into more fight. One day in the afternoon when Ameena is visiting a family of a little boy who had gotten shot in the streets, she runs into a group of thugs and she decided to walk up to them trying to talk some sense into them saying: “This is unacceptable for me to be holding this young man’s obituary. Schools, churches, your mama’s house, your cars, those are safe zones. When I was about your age, I was making some real stupid decisions. And some stupid calls, that was costing me my life. Blood on my hands, and my head. Stop.” Ameena has previously been in the streets, on drugs and has gone through violence at a young age so she tells these thugs things because she’s lived it from past experience. Ameena will keep being a great peacemaker because she talks to other gangsters to try and make...
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...bass were used to create this piece in different parts of the song. Coleman has been criticized for playing out of tune, but this is one other way for Coleman to “play outside” which was what he aimed to do. The photo I chose to associate with Coleman’s song is one that represents chaos, crowd, and conjunction. It is a photograph that was taken on May Day in NYC in 2010. Thousands of workers and immigrant laborers took to the streets to celebrate May Day, demanding rights for those “who toil in the sun”. The message in Manhattan was delivered with bullhorns and drums. Their voices and fight were echoed by millions of workers around the world, from Havana to Berlin and Istanbul. The issues were the same: more jobs, better working conditions, higher wages and decent health care. In the photo, we can see an extremely crowded NYC street. There are so many people harboring the streets that it looks as thought there is no space to move. Similar to the photo, the music has beats and rhythms that crowd one another allowing for no room or space. The street signs, cars, and colors in the photo add to the confusion and chaotic scenery. In the song the instruments sound confusing and bumptious. In my opinion, it is painful to listen...
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...Insert Title Here Being called a Bastard child Not something to you want to hear Because this is not true This not what I am Even with my gray bricks And unpaved streets I am different The city is starting to prosper And I was going to grow Become a main part of town But then Streets became walled off Including me And there was no one to fight No one there to defend me So I was left in the shadows And so people think of me As being nothing but a bastard child And to them I say Again This is not me People have been hurt People have been raped People have been murdered But still not who I am Some people They think That I am just a the last resting place for their hopes and dreams People can always call this street home No matter what And to the women who lived here They have become a part of me Even if they are not in here physically Their spirits will forever be here And this is what I am A place to be remembered But not for the bad But for the good So all people can see That I should be remembered As will those women who came here With hopes and dreams And tried to succeed I have seen many come and go But no matter who stays and who leaves They always leave a part of them A part that will always stay And this part is good And will remain good As long as they believe That no matter what They can have the life they choose And this is who I really am Showing women that no matter what They can live the life that...
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...a period of time, it is in the human nature to fight it. International wars, Civil wars, hunger strikes and public demonstrations are all good examples of this, and they are a part of our daily global lives. It happens all the time. The masses will always object to what does not seem fair. It may take years, but it will come. This is also the case for the main character of Low Visibility, Laura, as well. She has been humiliated and oppressed for many years, and suddenly she breaks free, to be herself. . The story Low Visibility by Margret Murphy is a fictional story, which deals with many themes, such as (domestic) violence, love, hate, oppression, and right and wrong and the story is told by an unintrusive and omniscient 3. person narrator who tells the story as it unfolds. The plot takes off in medias res, as we’re thrown into a sequence where Laura’s husband John is watching TV and we’re given no introduction. The structure in the story lets us jump a bit back and forth between two settings, as we are shown what is happening in the streets though Johns television, which is a metafictive device, while we’re also following the main characters in the apartment. Furthermore the structure itself also leaps between the narrator’s storytelling, and different dialogues, mostly between John and Laura, but direct speech is also used by a shop looter and a TV-reporter. As already mentioned, the story unfolds two places: the streets and John and Laura’s apartment. The setting indicates...
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...brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools", said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed In the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls" And whispered in the sounds of silence IMPOSSIBLE DREAM To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear the unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go To write the unwritable wrong To be better far than you are To try when your arms are too weary The reach the unreachable star This is my quest, to follow that star No matter how hopeless, No matter how far To fight for the right Without question or pause To be willing to march into hell For a heavenly cause ...
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...friends And this is where the fun begins What would it take to afford a little break from this boredom little Ha ha ha ha Holler back for a planned attack on this unsuspecting town We may be lookin' pretty but we make an awful sound It's you and it's me and that's all we'll ever need And yeah we'll tear up the streets and we'll dance until we bleed And then we'll sleep when we're dead cause we'll take over this town And paint it 9 shades of red gettin' down is what we're up to tonight And now security is havin' a fit Cause nobody is givin' us shit And as the perty get cloudy yeah we start to get rowdy Screamin' rah rah rah rah rah And if we gotta deal with the cops Try to shut us up and say the fun stops God we gotta keep grooving while your mouth keeps moving Mr. Blah blah blah blah Holler back for a planned attack on this unsuspecting town We may be lookin' pretty but we make an awful sound So now we gotta get up and shout Until everybody kicks us out Or till the lights come on and the fights go on It's everything that we're all about So now we gotta get up and shout Until everybody kicks us out Or till the lights come on and the fights go on It's what we're all...
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...The physical layout of Pompeii was a lot like that of a modern day city. If you were to look at Pompeii from a bird’s eye view you would see a grid pattern. Like many of our streets today, the width of each street in Pompeii quite often varied. The streets of pompeii ranged from 8 feet to 23 feet wide, some streets only wide enough to let a donkey loaded with baskets pass through, and others, accessorized with high pavements and gutters, that could let multiple carts and people pass through all at one time. Because of this layout, houses were divided into blocks known as insulae. Larger houses could take up entire blocks, but most insulae had a few houses. These houses usually contained elegant gardens, statues, fountains and many columns....
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...by Margaret Murphy the main character is called Laura.Laura is, because of her husband who has been repressing her for a long time, a very insecureperson. She does not have the courage to fight back when he gives her orders. In the text it says,that she used to be a spirited person who “could make the whole room laugh” but because of hermarriage with John that energy has slowly left her. John wanted to marry her because of her spiritbut day by day she drifted in to the sad and hollow frame of mind John himself was trying toescape from.Laura has no liberty in their marriage and John sees her only as an object. In every healthymarriage there is love, but it does not show in this marriage. Perhaps there was a little spark in thebeginning but that love is certainly gone. He hurts her both physically and mentally and of courseshe is not satisfied with this but she has become afraid of him and does not dare to go in his way.If she does oppose him he either yells at her or hits her. She feels as if she is invisible and she feelsthat no one can see that she is suffering. She is very troubled and it seems that only a small thingwould push her over the edge into madness.In the story, Laura and John are watching TV. They are watching the news about the riots that arehappening in the streets. In the streets all kinds of violence and crime are happening. People areclearly furious about something. John does not feel the same way, because if he did he would ofcourse be out there with them. Shops...
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...respectful young lady by bringing my pride and joy Emmanuel in to world; he changed my life to give him a better future. My mother would tell all her friends about Emmanuel and how special he is to her. Her favorite story is the day Emmanuel was born. For some odd reason my mother and Emmanuel became real close after he was born. I asked my mother how Emmanuel made an impact on my life. My mother responded by saying, she don’t know how I graduated high school when I barely went before I had Emmanuel, but after I had him she made sure I went every day. My mother also talks about how I use to run the streets, get into fights with anybody, getting arrested more than 10 times and doing things that a girl my age at the time shouldn’t been doing. She would always want me to do well but I never did. She says when Emmanuel came into my life my behavior started to improve; I stop hanging in the streets, and I did my best of staying out of trouble and having my son grow up without me. My mother says that she is proud of the person I am becoming. She is also happy that I’m furthering my education, having a job, and getting ready to move out of state pretty soon. She is also happy that I have Emmanuel in my life because of him I wouldn’t even be doing none of this...
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...Orange County according to the Orange County Department of Education in 2010 to 2011. Roughly there are mothers who are around in their late twenties with two children to support. According to familyhomelessness.org, there are 84% of families experiencing homelessness who are female-headed. Majority of these homeless women did not receive a high school diploma. Also there are 42% of children in homeless families who are under the age of six. Knowing these facts, it should show the society that this is a social issue and it is something that the society should not take lightly. Children living on their own is horrifying experience for them. For every kid out on the street, they cannot find the happiness and hope if they don’t have a chance to live a second chance in life. These homeless kids should not be left out on the streets, but they should have a safe place to live. Homeless children face multiple hardships through physical and emotional health. Children who live in poor environment are more exposed to getting infections. According to familyhomelessness.org, children who experience homelessness are sick...
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...Low Visibility (Short story) The main character in the short story is Laura, who is married to John. Laura does not have anything to say in their relationship and is mostly just controlled by John, who always gives her orders. John has suppressed Laura for a long time, which has resulted in her becoming very insecure. Because she is so insecure, she does not have the courage to stand up for herself or fight back. It is even like she has forgotten how to do so. If she resists John, he yells at her or beat her up. Before Laura met John she was a person with great energy and spirit. She was a loving person and she had good humor “Once, she was a girl who could set a room to laughter.” John wanted to be with her because he though that her energy, humor and positive lifestyle would spread to him, but instead he changed her. John took away both her spirit and energy, and the spark that maybe was in the beginning of their relationship, is long gone. An example of how there is no romance in their relationship is when John holds his hand on her lap and starts pressing it, that is his form of foreplay because he does not know how else to do it. “John digs his fingers into her thigh and she bites her lips, but doesn’t move” John has changed Laura into an unhappy, sad and frightened woman. She has become afraid of John and that he might hurt her, if she does not do as he pleases. She does not even dare to speak anymore, because she does not know what she can say, that will not make...
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...higher up her thigh. This is what he considers foreplay, and it indicates that there is no romance what so ever, in their relationship. Therefore Laura has become submissive. She barely speaks, and has become full of fear. She was a completely different person before she met John – “Once, she was a girl who could set a room to laughter”. And it was because of her good spirits that John wanted her; he thought that he himself would become happier if he was with a happy person, but instead he smothered her happiness and joy. He “held her too tight” and she became a hostage in her own life. The riots in the streets are very violent. The people throw bricks and Molotov cocktails at the police, and every time they hit their plastic shields, and the police have to shuffle back, the crowd roar in triumph. There was also an incident with a delivery car. It came down Upper Parliament Street, but when the driver saw the mob, it set in return. It hit a pothole and lost control, causing it to smash into a wall. The driver was then dragged out of the vehicle and started beating him up, while some other set...
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...and wasn’t running but walking down the street with his friend. An on-duty police officer recognized the teens walking from the description the dispatcher had given him. It was reported by some eye witnesses that Michael had been harassing the police officer and banging on his squad car window. Keep in mind Michael Brown is 6”2 and the police officer described the experience of Brown standing over him to be “Like a toddler holding onto Hulk Hogan.” The police officer said he felt as if Brown was trying to imitate him in a way. The boy that had been reportedly walking down the road with Michael had taken off to running after he had handed him the cigarillos they had just stolen from the store up the road. The boy told police he ran because he saw them start to fight and the bullets being shot. Michael did not live to be able to state his version of the story, but his autopsy spoke it all. His autopsy revealed that Michael had been fighting the police officer and that the officer had fired the gun more than 3 times and hit Michael. Michael had been shot a few times in the arms and in the top of his head. The police officer never told of how he was able to bet the bullet to shoot Michael directly in the top of his head, because of Michael being so tall and the police officer being very short. The officer claimed that he had told Michael and his friend to get on the sidewalk because they were holding up traffic walking through the streets. The officer said Michael had started being...
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...Introduction Mass culture would have most readers and viewers believing that the Post-modern American male is a simple creature. Common stereotypes margin male satisfaction in a minimal setting – a Lazyboy armchair in a lounge with a flat screen TV playing ‘the game’ along with primal banter regarding women. More often than not, this is washed down with a beer. With this array of comfort and leisure we are inclined to believe that male lifestyle has reached its peak on the timeline of satisfaction. This was until David Fincher took Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club and made it into a big budget Hollywood blockbuster. With the male demographic being the hardest to pinpoint in the literature sense, David Fincher’s adaptation helpfully put Palahniuk’s thoughts into the cinematic forefront. This increased the popularity of Palahniuk’s other works and placed him in the cannon of Post-modern American fiction. It is the issues of modern masculinity that grasps critics’ attention more so than any other Palahniuk themes. It is very apparent that masculinity has changed as a natural progression of modernisation. This dissertation will analyse masculinity as it is depicted in Palahniuk’s writings and explore Palahniuk’s intentions and beliefs. I will interpret the responses of select critics in order to gain some understanding of what Palahniuk deems to be the ideal model of masculinity in the modern world, beneath his post-modern twists, transgressive characterization and...
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