Al Capone
Al Capone is America’s best known gangster and the greatest symbol of the rebellion against law in the Prohibition Era. Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that sent Chicago its nickname the “Lawless City.” He was born January 17,1899 in the rough streets of Brooklyn, New York. In his early days he was part of two “kid gangs” one called The Brooklyn Rippers and the other called Forty Thieves Juniors. Even though Al was one of the brightest in his class he dropped out of school in the sixth grade at the age of fourteen. Between gangs he was at his hustle to earn as much money as he possibly could by being a clerk in a candy store, a pin boy at a bowling alley, and a cutter in a book bindery. Growing up with eight other siblings , life was tough for his parents to afford . His father Gabriel, just a barber at a nearby barbershop and mother, just a seamstress they couldn’t afford all that life could give. At this time, Capone was influenced by fellow mobster Johnny Torrio were he promised him the world. Capone fell into his little promise and led a bad life. He took part of the Notorious Five Points gang in Manhattan were he worked as a bouncer for peer gangster Frankie Yale. One day an argument aroused and that is were he received the famous scars on the left side of his face and became the infamous “Scarface.” In 1918, at the age of 19 he met a girl named Mary “ Mea “ Coughlin at a dance. They started dating and that same year she gave birth to their first born Albert “Sonny” Capone on December 4. That same year they got married on the 30th of December.
Al Capone lived in an Era where everything was at tumult, many gangs where basically owning the cities and the government couldn’t do anything about it.Eventhough, there were many other mobsters other than Capone, they didn’t achieve what Al did. When the cops did get involved in the gangs they caught most of them for the simple fact they weren’t as smart as Al. Cops couldn’t find any “dirt” on Al so they convicted him on his taxes. The historical problem that was risen during that era was mainly just gang violence. The way Al Capone contributed to this dispute or problem was by joining various gangs and increasing the rate of violence in Chicago. This encouraged many other “small” gangs to rebel against their cities and gain control just as the other gangs did in Chicago. What caused Al to actually become part of a gang was one that he lived in a rough neighborhood where gangs was what everybody knew and second, Johnny Torrio the man that influenced him to become a gang member just because he knew Al could become so much more. The only reason Al actually took Johnny’s advice was because he was young and just wanted the money that he knew no other laborious job could give. Al achieved key change by almost controlling all of Chicago’s drug income and big businesses .
Many people feared him and a lot of young kids wanted to be him. Everybody knew the amount of control that he had compared to themselves therefore nobody testified against him when the cops actually did get him in court. Al had most of the cops on his side so there weren’t many cops that you could actually call “good” or “straight“. Al motivated so many other gangsters and people in general to rebel to get what they want .Growing up in a rough neighborhood, Al barely had anything so he mainly toward his focuses on the kids that are living in the same type of predicament that he did.The people that lived his young lifestyle mainly took Al’s mobster and money getting ways as encouragement.
An important date that Capone is known for is The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre which happened February 14, 1929.This is an important date for Capone because this is when seven of Capone’s rivals were massacred in a garage. All of the evidence pointed at Capone and his henchmen, especially Llewellyn Morris Humphreys (Murray The Hump) and Jack “Machine Gun” McGurn. Everybody had the suspicion that McGurn was actually the one that led the whole operation. The talents that Capone used to manipulate people into believing that he really wasn’t the bad guy was his persuasive way of speech, and definitely the amount of power he had and a lot of people are timid of someone that has more power than they do. The long term change that Al Capone had on our history is the many gangs that are still going on in our modern day world .He really opened up the gang life to many people and many movies have contributed to him like “Scarface.” Many people have seen that movie but don’t know it is actually based on a real person.In modern day I have noticed that many teens look up to the movie scarface just for the simple fact that he got whatever he wanted by drug dealing and without an education .A long term change that happened because of Al’s actions where that much of today’s famous cities still have a high violence rate and most of that percentage is from gang violence for instance: Brooklyn, NY , Philadelphia, PA , Baltimore, MA and many other cities across the U.S.
Al Capone relates to the NHD theme "The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies" because he is an individual that has shaped American gangs by his dispicable actions but without those actions our modern American life would have no gratifying point of view of a stereotypical 1920’s American gangster. We should care about this person today because he is one of the few famous gangsters that have effected American history in ways of the amount of violence that has gone on in past days.With his and a few others they have created a era of their own which is called the Prohibition Era. Capone is a celebrity of his own because of his many anonymous crimes and with the help of countless semi-fictional films that have been produced and based on his lifestyle. What Capone left behind is a standard principle of what being a gangster is. Capone contributed to the standard principle of what being a gangster is by showing how a gangster is supposed to act and respect a person of higher class.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Annotation #5
Al Capone Museum. Web Design and Development by Multimedia-Designs.com © 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 8. Nov.6 2008.http://www.alcaponemuseum.com/.
The prohibition Era started January 16,1920.Capone went into hiding because he thought that he would be tried for the murder of Mcswiggins,and was nowhere in sight for about three months.Capone then realized that he couldnt live his whole rest of his life in hiding so he came out.In 1926,when capone came out in hiding he finnaly negotiated his surrender to the chicago police to face the trial of the murder of McSwiggins.When trialed for it the chicago officials realized they had lacked sufficient evidence to properly accuse him of the murder.
The prohibition Era started January 16,1920.Capone went into hiding because he thought that he would be tried for the murder of Mcswiggins,and was nowhere in sight for about three months.Capone then realized that he couldnt live his whole rest of his life in hiding so he came out.In 1926,when capone came out in hiding he finnaly negotiated his surrender to the chicago police to face the trial of the murder of McSwiggins.When trialed for it the chicago officials realized they had lacked sufficient evidence to properly accuse him of the murder.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Final Copy {Ms.Melville}
George Orwell wrote the book "Animal Farm" in 1945 to criticize the dictators and blind followers in Russia.At the time the leader in Russia was Stalin and he was a dictator but gained so much power because many people blindly followed him. Eventhough “Animal Farm” was written around 60 years ago, it still has meaning for today’s reality. In "Animal Farm" the way charecters respond to stories has a strong connection to thier ability to surive.
First,Squealer masters the stories by twisting them to his advantage.One story that Squealer twist is the story of the beds.What actually happens is that they changed the ammendment to "NO ANIMAL MAY SLEEP IN A BED WITH SHEETS".Squealer twisted it and told the fellow animals that anything could be considered a bed it the sheets that are made by humans therefore they are the things that should be banned.Another story Squealer twist is the story of Boxer's death.Boxer was actually sent to a horse slaughterer and glue boiler.Squealer is able to twist this story and tell the animals "that the van was actually previously owned by a horse slaughterer the vet forgot to paint over it".One more story Squealer twist is the story of the windmill.He explains that "Snowball knocks it down" and all of the animals actually believe him.What really happened is that the previous night there was a horrible storm that actually blew it down.All through all Squealer is able to master the stories around him therefore he survives and thrives at the end.
Second, Benjamin is able to master the stories around him by not believing them.One story that was told all around the farm is the story of the windmill."Windmill or no windmill life will go on as it always has."The story was that with the windmill work would be easier or the animals.Another story that Benjamin doesn't believe is the story of Boxer's death.Benjamin is able to interpret what the sign on the truck says and tries to warn the other animals but they are so persuaded that Napoleon would never do something that horrid so they end up not believing him.Squealer tell the fellow farm animals that Boxer died happy in the hospital but Benjamin knows what he saw and still doesnt believe it.One more story Benjamin doesnt believe is the campaigns of the two Snowball and Napoleon.He believes that food will not become plenty if we pick Napoleon and labor will not be at ease if they choose Snowball.Because Benjamin doesnt believe the stories around him,he ends up surviving at the end.
Third,Boxer is not able to master a story but gets mastered by the story.Boxer believes anything that comes from Napoleon."Napoleon is always right" is one of the two phrases he lives by.Boxer believes the story of the windmill so he strains himself to work harder than before.
The ability to understand stories has a major impact on the ability to survive in “Animal Farm”.Since Squealer has the ability to twist a story he survives and thrives. Because Benjamin doesn’t believe any of the story told by anyone, he has an ability to survive at the end of the story.Since Boxer cant understand stories and doesn’t have the ability to understand that they are full of lies, that has a major impact on his survival skills.
First,Squealer masters the stories by twisting them to his advantage.One story that Squealer twist is the story of the beds.What actually happens is that they changed the ammendment to "NO ANIMAL MAY SLEEP IN A BED WITH SHEETS".Squealer twisted it and told the fellow animals that anything could be considered a bed it the sheets that are made by humans therefore they are the things that should be banned.Another story Squealer twist is the story of Boxer's death.Boxer was actually sent to a horse slaughterer and glue boiler.Squealer is able to twist this story and tell the animals "that the van was actually previously owned by a horse slaughterer the vet forgot to paint over it".One more story Squealer twist is the story of the windmill.He explains that "Snowball knocks it down" and all of the animals actually believe him.What really happened is that the previous night there was a horrible storm that actually blew it down.All through all Squealer is able to master the stories around him therefore he survives and thrives at the end.
Second, Benjamin is able to master the stories around him by not believing them.One story that was told all around the farm is the story of the windmill."Windmill or no windmill life will go on as it always has."The story was that with the windmill work would be easier or the animals.Another story that Benjamin doesn't believe is the story of Boxer's death.Benjamin is able to interpret what the sign on the truck says and tries to warn the other animals but they are so persuaded that Napoleon would never do something that horrid so they end up not believing him.Squealer tell the fellow farm animals that Boxer died happy in the hospital but Benjamin knows what he saw and still doesnt believe it.One more story Benjamin doesnt believe is the campaigns of the two Snowball and Napoleon.He believes that food will not become plenty if we pick Napoleon and labor will not be at ease if they choose Snowball.Because Benjamin doesnt believe the stories around him,he ends up surviving at the end.
Third,Boxer is not able to master a story but gets mastered by the story.Boxer believes anything that comes from Napoleon."Napoleon is always right" is one of the two phrases he lives by.Boxer believes the story of the windmill so he strains himself to work harder than before.
The ability to understand stories has a major impact on the ability to survive in “Animal Farm”.Since Squealer has the ability to twist a story he survives and thrives. Because Benjamin doesn’t believe any of the story told by anyone, he has an ability to survive at the end of the story.Since Boxer cant understand stories and doesn’t have the ability to understand that they are full of lies, that has a major impact on his survival skills.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Annotation #4
Just Wow:Al Capone's Life http://just--wow.blogspot.com/2008/06/al-capones-life.html Nov.3.2008
SUMMARY: Before going to alcatraz Capone w
as a master mind at minipulating his enviornment especially the atlanta penatentiary.Capone was rumored to have been pimping prostitutes before reaching pruberty.Many people gave him the nickname "Robin Hood" of that Era.By the year 1929 at the age of 30 Capone's net worth was around 62,000,000 dollars.During his years serving in alcatraz he made several attempts in
annotation #3
Al Capone:gangster http://www.essortment.com/all/alcaponegangst_rwdl.htm NOV.3 2008
SUMMARY: February 14,1829 the famous ST. Valentine's Day Massacre took place.what happened in the famous part of history is that seven of the rivals of Capone's in a garage.The authorities finnaly convicted him for carrying a illegal gun so they gave him a year of imprisonment.By the time he got out the authorities got him on another crime that was about his taxes.he never payed his taxes.Al capone was then sent to Alcatraz. He was sentenced for 11 years.The most notorious gangster in history was going to jail for tax evasion.Al Capone changed the American history by giving the modern day the basic aspect of a 1920's Gangster.Without the actions of Capone life in modern day wouldnt be so strict in laws that deal with possesion of weapons and the consequences of murder.
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