With Australia having no infrastructure to prepare for the large numbers of non-English speaking migrants, traditional families were being torn apart as they were struggling to adapt and didn’t feel accepted in an alien culture. Alienation of migrants led to violence and crime in a venture to find a new type of belonging due to both parents becoming the breadwinners and not being able to be present for the children. Children were being lost to the street, typically joining gangs to group together to find a new belonging. The ‘5 T’ was a gang meaning ‘young people missing love’ who were looking for a belonging in destructive places and ways. It was a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The repetition of the word nobody in the statement “Nobody cares, see? Nobody gives a toss” also emphasises the fact that society does not care for the homeless. Towards the end of the novel even Link comes to the realisation that he and other homeless
This meant that he had to be the opposite of what his father was; he couldn’t bare even being a hair alike. By this becoming his purpose Okonkwo lost many qualities, and moments of his life that made him become instead of respected; feared. Okonkwo had the inability to form any sort of relationship with his family, friends, and even including himself. “Okonkwo never showed any emotion openly, unless it is the emotion of anger. To show affection was a sign of weakness; the only thing worth demonstrating was strength” (pg 28).
Therefore, did the best he could by exceeding excellently at school and got into heath croft high, he tried his best to stay away from Sephy at school but Sephy had other things in mind which turned everything upside down. The situation turns worse when Callum’s dad dies. These issues build on top of each other inside Callum which makes him take decision to join Liberation Militia a group of noughts that want to make a change and will do anything even killing. The novel Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman Callum is a nought boy, a second class citizen in a world run by Crosses. Callum believes in change but, unlike his dad and brother, he does not believe that maiming and killing will do anything.
Although the whole film revolves around Henry (in reality Scorsese) and his life story, he isn’t a prominent figure in history or even a hero in the story. In fact I go so far to say that he’s a coward because although throughout the film he seems to be a tough guy who won’t open his mouth to the feds because he’s a “wise guy” he eventually cracks at the end of the film, where in fear for his family’s and his own life rats out his entire mafia family to the feds in order to go into the safety of witness protection.
The old woman and the intoxicated man did not help because they could not hear Andy because of the rain. Freddie and Angela both saw Andy. They saw the purple jacket and did not want to get involved with the “Guardians.” Furthermore, H.K. Nunzio says, Freddie and Angela “refuse to offer Andy help, fearing the rival gang would retaliate.” Even the cop thinks of Andy as a “Royal.” “Even the cop who sees the dead boy acknowledges that Andy is a Royal before he records his name and information” (Nunzio). Andy struggles with conflicts against the other gang and many of the people who walk past him.
When they join in a gang it’s really not even close of being cool but more like it’s just having pain and power. They get caught up with other gang members thinking that their family but its not nothing just straight fake respect. Only teens can see that joining a gang is like asking for a death wish really and their real family is all they need to be with and not being a gang. It’s not right for people to be afraid to go outside or to be scared of getting robbed and killed.
It is presumed that in the story, Steve was being pressured by older gang members to be part of a stick-up which resulted in a clerk’s murder whose name was Mr. Nesbitt(23). As a common teenager who is around bad influences, Steve was pressured to be involved in a stick-up as any other kid would too. Steve doesn’t like to look weak so instead he acts tough(81). Steve like so many teenagers do not like to look weak as everybody around him acts tough. Looking weak in front of surrounding gang members can be humiliating for Steve, so he acts tough.
Second reason is people use them in the wrong way. People use them to scare other people, rob people, pistol whip people and to fit in with the crowed. This is not good reasons to use a gun. Guns are meant to protect your self in an emergency situation. That is why we have so many different deaths in the world now because people are not using them responsibly.
They only see their immediate need for protection, becoming a part of a family or money and they fail to see that being in a gang will ruin their lives and dreams while stealing their future. The very entity that they believe is saving them and their future is actually killing them and stealing their lives. The crossfire of gang violence destroys the lives of everyone it touches, especially the ones who are initiated into these gangs. They are lost and confused young people who do not see a better future than the crime that surrounds them. Many of their futures do not contain a career and family, instead their future consists of incarceration or death.