Annotated Bibliography
Braudy, Leo. The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986). [Book Chapter] Leo Braudy…
Displacement and Immigration
In The Gangster We Are all Looking For by Lê Thị Diễm Thúy, displacement shapes every part of the narrator’s…
The American Gangster
In American Gangster by Ridley Scott, the film uses Frank Lucas’s rise to power to expose how race and systemic…
No way out of the “Box”
A common gangster story involves a rise to success after living a hustler’s life. For example, in “Billy Bathgate” by…
El Pachuco
The meaning behind El Pachuco’s character did not make sense to when I read “Zoot Suit” by Luis Valdez. It wasn’t…
Fashion Wars
I found the story stelling in “Zoot Suit” by Luiz Valdez beautiful and captivating but also hard to stomach because…
Family over Everything
While reading “The Godfather” by Mario Puzo, Michael’s character is introduced to the readers as the semi-outcast of the family…
Gangsters mean Business
In the 1920s and early 1930s, gangsters and businessmen had many similarities. The organizational structure of the gangster included a…
Meeting an “idol”
Gatsby is introduced to us through “The Great Gatsby”, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, as a mysterious character. We know…
Why are we “perceived” through what we own?
In the 21st century, we have reached levels of consumerism that would have been shocking to earlier generations. Trends emerge…