54). Greed was a recurring topic in the factories during this time. Factory owners did not want to shovel money out of their own pocket for any extra expenses, such as safer equipment. Greed also constituted the reason why factory owners hadn’t wanted to unionize for fear of losing money and power. Mike’s death, from a blast furnace accident, left his wife and four children to carryon without him in the midst of the first world war; however, unlike Dubik only receiving 75 dollars for funeral expenses, Mike’s family received thirteen-hundred dollars for compensation along with a five-hundred dollar death benefit to pay for the funeral signaling a better compensation plan as time progressed (pg.
Beneatha is his sister and Travis is his son. During the play Walter and his sister Beneatha do not see eye to eye with their thoughts on the way the rest of the insurance money should be spent, they are getting insurance money because there father died. During the play Mama makes a decision to put a down payment on a house in an all-white neighborhood which is unheard of during this time. But there is money left after she does this and the family discusses what should be done with it. Walter wants it so he could become owner of a Liquor store, whereas Beneatha wants to go to go school to become a doctor.
War is a horrendous and terrifying event that occurs every day in different places around the globe. It’s caused by religious differences and arguments, political and communal decisions or opinions and cultural and social dislikes. Although war can seem easy and simple to escape from, the reality is that war is all around us whether it be physically violent and widespread throughout an area or country or verbally violent and small throughout a suburb or town. War is almost a way of life to some people such as through the eyes of soldiers or leaders involved with it, to the hysterical and life-changing effects it brings upon families, friends and loved ones. The Rug-maker of Mazar-e-Sharif gives a clear example of this as it shows and explains how from one side of the earth in Afghanistan then the horrible journey by boat to Australia to find refuge and safety from poverty, sickness but most of all, war.
Police Brutality Through out the years we have heard many cases of police brutality. There have been many civilian fatalities due to the inconsiderate amount of police brutality across the U.S, which is why I believe that the law should come down harder on police officers instead of letting them walk freely. There have been famous cases such as the Eric Garner case, cases such as these have happened frequently and last I think that the law should come down harder on police officers for abusing their power. On July 17, 2014 something tragic happened to a family man but not many of us know this because justice was never dealt in court. On this tragic day a father of two and happily married wife lost someone very dear and it was Eric Garner.
Bob Jones moved to Los Angeles from Cleveland because he was tired of being passed over for work while white boys were hired. Eventually Bob Jones does find work and has an important position as a Leaderman in a shipyard. In spite of his position he deals with racism at work especially from his supervisor. Easy Rawlins moved to Los Angeles from Houston after returning from the war and encountering an old friend. Mouse burdens Easy with the fact that he has committed a senseless murder.
Judge Camille: Young man why are you in my court? Zayne: Your honour my grandmother needed a surgery which was very expensive and my family couldn’t afford it. So I decided to do an illegal job but I got caught in the act. Judge Camille: Where are your parents? Zayne: My father died in jail and my mother is a crack addict but I don’t live with her anymore.
Jarvis Mckneil Justice in Sweat In all societies there is some form of government or law that regulates how justice is distributed. This story is about a hard working lady named Delia who washes clothes for a living to try to make ends meet for her family. She has been married for fifteen years to a man named Sykes Jones who basically is an ungrateful man that doesn’t appreciate his wife’s hard work. He is hated throughout the town for his flirtatious ways along with his arrogance. This man treats his wife like the scum of the earth but at the end justice will be served.
He has all the money he needs to make sure he can survive and he would steal some from the manger’s office during the war because he needs his family to live. At the beginning of the movie when Paul goes to one of his friends to get supplies and he sees the swords fall out, that shows that there will be something going on in the movie might be a war or people fighting each other. Paul knows a lot of people and he tries to get help from each and every one of them; which he does do it. During the war the most important thing Paul had was money, that’s what everyone wanted. He has secrets for everyone and knows how to make them happy and satisfy the best way he knows how to.
Chapter IV: ” My family all died and I came into good deal of money’’ (pg.70) It seem like Gatsby has had a whole lot of time to come up with a fake story. It seems realistic but why doesn’t he explain how they died? Why does Gatsby feel like he owes nick an explanation about his past life? Gatsby seems like a story teller He’s just trying to win Nick over but for what, what’s the purpose? 62 WORDS ‘’He’s a bootlegger, ‘’said the young ladies, moving somewhere between his cocktails and his flowers.
At 14, Capone started a fist fight with a teacher, was expelled, and never returned to school again. He ruled with a fist few crossed him for the fear of their life. Unemployed people did not care that the money he gave them was made illegally, to them money was money. Capone also supplied booze to the poor. Throughout the Depression, Capone helped people struggle through the tough times by supplying them with food, money, clothing and alcohol.