Also, the struggles of the harbor workers are shown as well. The film is centered on Terry Malloy who is pressured by Father Barry and Edie Doyle to uncover Johnny Friendly’s mob and their corrupt ways of running of the harboring business’ union, as well as the planned murder of Joey Doyle. Constantly throughout the movie, he is pressured by people to tell the
Mike joins the Marines after World War I begins. Tom and Matt quickly begin climbing the ladder in the bootlegging scene, and Tom starts to get more ruthless with how he goes about his life. Eventually, a rival gang attacks Tom and Matt, and Matt is killed in crossfire. Tom attempts to get his revenge one night and ends up getting shot. This is where his downfall begins.
But in reality, he killed him on Mafia Orders, which he received two years in Italian prison. After being released he then killed Vincenzo Capasso, who testified against him in the Parillo trial by slitting his throat. After killing him, Ricca assumed the name Paolo Maglio, and fled to the United States by way of cuba. On August 10th, 1920 Ricca arrived in New York City and Americanized his name to “Paul Ricca”. Paul Ricca’s rise to power began in Cuba when Ricca met Joseph “Diamond Joe” Espinoza who was a Chicago bootlegger and restaurant owner.
With the two criminals being from different areas of the world and born in different eras, it has a large effect on the style of their corrupt actions. Born in 1899, Al Capone was around many gang members as a young kid. He grew up in a tough neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. He dropped out of school and then began interacting with serious criminals involved in the mafia lifestyle. Al Capone got arrested in 1918 for disorderly conduct.
He sells drugs, shoots people, and bribes cops. The movie portrays a crime syndicate like a successful businessman showing Frank getting married with Miss Puerto Rico, wearing fancy suits, or living in an enormous mansion. A scene which shows the detachment between his personal life and business is shown when he shoots his rival in the head on the street. Right before that, he was having a conversation with his cousins. As the movie shows crime scenes caused by black men, the role of black community becomes very powerful in the movie.
Gangs of New York is set in 1863 at the Five Points neighborhood in Manhattan. Amsterdam Vallon is returning to seek revenge against Bill ‘The Butcher’ Cutting, who murdered his father years ago in a bloody clash between Bill’s gang ‘The Nativists’ with the Native Americans and ‘The Deadly Rabbits,” a gang of Irish immigrants lead by Priest Vallon, in response to the Native American gang. During the time that Vallon returns, lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerful of which is the Natives lead by ‘The Butcher’. The movie also takes place during the time of the Civil War and forced drafting into the military leads to some of the worst riots in United States history. Even though Vallon is surrounded by the violence and corruption of the gangs and war, he tries to establish himself and seek revenge for his father’s death.
When the revolution was going to its peak Trujillo's regime started to imprison people who were part of the revolution along with jailing revolutionaries were killed and suffered forms of torture. In the book it shows how he got to power and stayed in power. He did it by having a radar on nearly every person in his country. People would be scared to talk bad about him anywhere they went beyond their home. Even then Trujillos secret police could send his men to spy on a specific family or neighborhood.
David Berkowitz - The Son of Sam: David Berkowitz, better known as Son of Sam, is an infamous 1970s New York City serial killer who killed six people and wounded several others. His crimes became legendary because of the bizarre content in the letters that he wrote to the police and the media and his reasons for committing the attacks. With the police feeling the pressure to catch the killer, "Operation Omega" was formed, which was comprised of over 200 detectives; all working on finding the Son of Sam before he killed again. Berkowitz's Childhood: David Berkowitz, born June 1, 1953, was the adopted son of Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz. The family lived in a middle-class home in the Bronx.
Initially, Bigger Thomas was viewed as the main character in the novel, however, he soon served as representation for the entire Negro population, the Communists being arrested, raid labor union’s head quarters, and worker’s organizations in Chicago Black Belts of the 1930’s. During this time period, Bigger commits a crime; he has killed Mary Dalton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton who recently gave him the job as their chauffeur, and Bessie Mears, his girlfriend. Moreover, his irrational killings could be blamed on his background in a world of oppression. Bigger grew up in Chicago Illinois where a dividing line was established; the same region bound by two “different” parties—one white, the other black. At that instance, Jim Crow Laws dominate the region.
In both novels, the protagonists undergo personal development as they rise to power. In the novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo, the character Don Corleone is worshipped by his community. The author Puzo introduces initially a character named Vito Corleone, who becomes the Don and later known as the Godfather to the people. Vito Corleone rises to power when he plans to kill Fanucci, a member of a mafia group called “Black Hand”. Fanucci prohibited him and his friends for starting a business at his neighbourhood.