Misunderstood I have seen all types of graffiti; Latin Kings gang tags on rain road electrical boxes‚ to planned and beautiful wall art at Oak Street beach in Chicago. I’ve met people that paint graffiti illegally; I live in Chicago where graffiti thrive‚ so I feel it’s safe to say I’m immersed in the art. I appreciate it because I don’t assume all of it is corrupt‚ I see the message they are trying to convey. Recently‚ graffiti artists have come under serious attack by the media and authority
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Intro to Criminal Justice Broken Window theory References Bond‚ B. (2009 ‚ February 13). Research Boosts Broken Windows Theory. Retrieved October 2‚ 2012‚ from www.suffolk.edu. KELLING‚ J. Q. (1982‚ March). The police and Neighborhood safety: Broken Window. Retrieved October 2‚ 2012‚ from http://cptedsecurity.com. The “Broken Window” theory attempts to explain why neighborhoods become so bad over time. It basically says that if small crimes are
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In Sherman Alexie’s short story‚ “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ we see a clear depiction of Otherness between the characters‚ Victor and Thomas-Builds-the-Fire. This story is about a boy named Victor‚ who recently lost his father to a heart-attack. Strapped for cash‚ he is forced to rely on the Tribal Council to fund the retrieval of his father’s remains in Phoenix. However‚ the council is unable to meet his request and due to financial constraints can only provide one hundred
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Superman and Me. By: Sherman Alexie Essay by: Julia Thompson "When life gives you lemons‚ make lemonade." In the short story Superman and me‚ by Sherman Alexie it shows us how this metaphor is used without it even being said. Alexie unlike most Indian kids in 1998 had a passion to read. He got this urge to read from his father‚ someone that went out of his way to buy any novel‚ magazine‚ or book that he could get his grip on. Reading material was stacked throughout the house‚ Alexie would read
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The Broken Window Theory The broken window theory was introduced in 1982 by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling. This theory brings up the idea that any small act of mischief‚ if ignored will escalate into a larger and more serious crime. The theory implies that if you control an environment to be well ordered and maintained‚ that this could stop further acts of vandalism‚ and could de-escalate crime rates. Picture an empty building with a few broken windows… if no one were to fix these windows
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What You Pawn I Will Redeem I found Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” particularly interesting in terms of style and voice. The narrator seems very nonchalant about all of the events that occur in the story. The main premise is that the narrator‚ Jackson‚ a homeless Native American‚ finds his grandmother’s regalia in a pawnshop and aims to buy it back from the owner. He can buy the regalia back for a thousand dollars‚ so he sets off to try and make the money. The interesting thing
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Is Graffiti a form of art or vandalism? There are a lot of different perspectives on weather or not graffiti is a form of art or graffiti is just vandalism. In my essay I will explain to you why graffiti is a form of art‚ I will also show you how graffiti is just vandalism as well. First‚ Graffiti is a form of art because its a form of self-expression much like other kinds of arts. Artist use graffiti to show their talents. Although graffiti is used on public buildings and walls its a type
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The problem the main character (Junior) has is that he goes to a different school and does not know anybody. He is Indian but he wants to go the school with all the rich white kids 22 miles away. He solves the problem by standing up to the biggest kid in the school and making friends with the prettiest girls in the school. He earns respect that way. The story takes place in 2006 and 2007 mostly on an Indian Reservation in Washington called the Spokane Indian Reservation. The town is called Wellpinit
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In How to Write the Great American Indian Novel‚ the author Sherman Alexie uses imagery‚ synecdoche‚ and repetition to develop the central idea that Native Americans are stereotyped. Society gives them a stereotype where all Indians live their life a same‚ specific way‚ otherwise they aren’t considered Indians. For example‚ Alexie uses imagery to show a stereotype of every Indian man that white women have a deep love interest in. “White women feign disgust at the savage in blue jeans and a t-shirt
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Sherman Alexie Reading RR #1 As and Indian Sherman Alexie‚ from eastern Washington‚ expresses how he uses reading as a way to “save his life”. In his short story “Superman and Me”‚ Alexie tells us how he uses his reading to teach himself to write. He then goes on to inspire other young Indians. This young man from the Spokane Indian Reservation shows us that no matter where we come from we are able to go above and beyond. Alexie came from a middle class family. He states that one of his parents
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