It seems, as evidenced through his writing, that he whole-heartedly believes the police code of silence to be a detriment, not only to criminals, but to the officers themselves. The code of silence is powerful and can literally shape an officer's career. Quinn emphasizes the “silence” in the term. He states, “Asking us to talk about what we have seen or done under cover of the Code is like asking a complete stranger to share their most intimate fantasy. It's not going to happen.
For example, at the drive-in, Johnny managed to raise his voice to Dally—which had been Johnny’s most helpful “stand over” man as well as idol—telling him to stop harassing the two girls, Cherry and Marcia. Due to the new boldness of Johnny, Dally had been shocked and therefore stepped away as told. Fortunately, Johnny’s intervention on the girls’ behalf pleases the girls, and they talked and walked with the greasers. On the other hand, this interaction between the female Socs and male greasers sparked the anger of the Soc boys and motivated them to attack Johnny and Ponyboy. When he and Pony were later jumped by the Socs in the park, Johnny had the nerve to use his switchblade to attempt to scare off the Socs.
I believe because of their novelistic writing style, it made it easier for us to understand the brutality of what happens behind bars. Life without Parole is not just a simple textbook explanation, showing that corrections officers are abusive. It goes into gruesome detail about how it can be so awful behind bars that people begin to mutilate themselves commit suicide. II. Victor Hassine &Ronald Cotton The question of whether Victor Hassine was arrogant (putting himself on a pedestal) was raised in our class discussion.
“Brooklyn Cop” Critical Essay By Jacqueline Douglas “Brooklyn Cop” by Norman MacCaig is a poem that describes a character in lots of detail by using effective sounds, imagery and word choice. The aim of this essay is to show how cops are really treated. I will do this by underlining the poet’s techniques and word choice throughout the poem. The poem starts by describing a cop who patrols a violent area. The poem goes on to explain little about his life at home.
He reads an excerpt of “Dover Beach” to Mildred and her friends, and this can be an extremely dangerous thing to do because he has a book. It takes extreme courage to break the law at all for the purpose of a good cause, which is what Montag was doing. ‘Behind each of these books, there's a man. That's what interests me.’ This quote can mean several things, but what sticks out the most is that Montag is actually trying to read them instead of just following everyone else, and burning the books. All throughout the book, Guy Montag stands up for what he believes is right and not like the dystopian government that takes place during that time.
There is Actus Reus and Mens Rea in this as he committed a guilty act but he also used his guilty mind to commit the crime. When Andy was shouting at Harry and his innocent boyfriend, he had the attention to shout at them to scare them therefore this is assault as he succeeded as they were in fear of. However, the Actus Reus started after the ill feeling was there. As soon as Andy started to shout at Harry, the Actus Reus was there but Mens Rea was also there as Harry and his boyfriend were in fear and they didn’t know what Andy was going to do next. On the other hand, to humiliate Harry even more, Andy threw a bottle and again there is Actus Reus and Mens Rea in this offence Andy has committed.
An example of peer pressure at Trinity is shown in the quote “I’s all out of cigarettes steal, borrow, get me a packet of luckies”, the quote expresses both psychological threat/abuse. The corruption in power of those in positions of authority and trust, in this novel serves as an allegorical statement about the abuse of power in the world. Another idea that Cormier explores to teach us about human nature is resistance is difficult while conformity is easy. Jerry Renault experiences many types of abuse and pressure by the
He explains the fear he felt when he heard the term since he was homosexual himself. He felt threatened and targeted immediately upon hearing this word. In time he realized the teenagers using the word did not even notice his existence. It was then Jonathan realized that it is not the prejudice words that are dangerous; it is the violence the stereotyped to represent. Jonathan explains that the time and energy wasted on sorting out these various contexts and then trying to eliminate the words takes away from actually eliminating physical violence and criminals.
In the beginning of the novel, Amir is juvenile and cowardly in many ways. For example, sometimes he talks Hassan "into firing walnuts with his slingshot at the neighbors one-eyed German Shepherd"(3). This quote shows that as a child, Amir often instigated trouble and was immature. Amir is also cowardly by not saving Hassan while he is getting rapped. " I had one last chance to make a decision.
If they dealt with being isolated by other boys because they didn’t feel comfortable around you. If they dealt with being jumped. And being called a faggot. And wanting to commit suicide. Maybe they would understand how strong we really are.