The Great Gatsby is a book based on two rich areas: West egg and East egg. Jay Gatsby just wanted money and wealth because he thought he can buy everything in this world including Love. All of Jay Gatsby’s wealth was a plan so that he can attract Daisy towards himself. Gatsby has done illegal work and committed crime to achieve his success. Gatsby throws parties at his mansion and anyone can attend and has servants to do things for him and others.
When Prohibition came in 1920, jazz was thought of as immoral. Jazz clubs had to be kept from the public eye. Speakeasies, which were clubs that illegally sold alcohol, were formed and kept hidden. There was no proof that there was alcohol at these clubs, so they couldn’t be shut down. Many performers played at venues like this because many people would go there to get alcohol, and enjoy the music.
Cocaine Kids showed how society views most drug dealer, with stereotyping them as gangsters with big gold rope necklaces, fresh kicks, and nice cars. It was a bigger chance that the Cocaine Kids would get caught because of where they lived, the areas that they stayed in promoted drug use. There was more of a risk of being caught for drug dealing that is why certain extensive procedures were followed in Cocaine Kids. It was to the degree of the market almost having its own “miniature society with institutions, laws, morality, language codes in behaviors of its own.” (Williams, pg.2). A person would think people with money would be looked down upon because they buy these illegal drugs but there is less stigmatizing because they have disposable money.
The Mafia appeals to all members of society making it trans class dimensional. This happens because the Mafia appeals to those at the bottom of society and offers them more opportunities in the illegal realm than they could have in the legal world. Both groups sought to bind themselves with politicians and influential members of the state through coercion, bribery and other illegal means such as exchanging votes for public resources and exemption of prosecution. Ironically, the financial and commercial world welcomes the Mafia due to the fact that they launder great amounts of illegal funds by investing them in legal activities. Some rituals practiced by both the Sicilian Mafia and American Mafia are the
Both of these poems were written around the same time. It was a political time of social unrest but, it was a pivotal time for this country. “We Real Cool” is truly musical almost comparable to jazz or even the beat generation’s poetry or prose. Jazz has an unmistakable syncopated beat or rather off the beat. I listen to this one musician, and he raps over live jazz in the studio.
It seems that the more crimes a rapper commits, the more he is held up as a true thug which allows him to sell even more CDs(because he has proven his hardness to the streets). But just think of the message this is sending to our society. Not only does it promote vanity, but it sends the message that if you commit illegal crimes, then that proves you are a thug and that you are "hard" just like the rappers. This is a very dangerous way of thinking because it not only puts the person in danger, but it also puts many other innocent people in danger of being murdered, beaten down, robbed, or even rapped. Any music that sends this kind of message should not be allowed, even if it is an expression of "free speech."
Jazz became so popular during these times, because life in America back than was rough for a lot of people. Some jazz was sung about these problems and how people dealt with them and their opinions on life. Other types of jazz were played to bring excitement to people’s everyday lives and give them a time where they could dance and enjoy life. One of the first types of jazz that contributed a lot to the jazz we know today was ragtime. Ragtime was big during the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s and originated in the southern United States.
By the mid-1800s, saloons, dance halls, gambling dens, and houses of prostitution were common. The Hole in the Wall Saloon was a prime example. Crime was so bad in the Fourth Ward that police were afraid to respond with less than six or more officers (Asbury, 1927). I. Arnold Rothstein, the American Napoleon of Crime J. Starting out as a successful gambler, Arnold Rothstein earned the nickname The Brain for his keen organizational skills, criminal versatility, and clever leadership.
Legalizing the drug would upset few but in particular drug cartels with a control in the market. As I said earlier the demand could be met by the government regulating the product causing cartels to fall out and be non existent. With all of those reason I believe that crime declining is the biggest.too many people are being killed over the
Changes in Hip Hop Subculture The history of Hip hop subculture has come a long way and has made many changes along its way. Hip hop as it may seem started off as being positive and coming from the heart and having meaning to now people becoming a part of it and not even knowing the real meaning of its background. Now, it is said that many people are in the “rap game” just for the love of money and not because it’s something that they really love to do. Hip hop started in the late 60s early 70s in the Bronx, New York. Clive Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc, is the credited as being the pioneer of hip hop in the United States.