Bodie Broadus Essays

Per Reporter: Marlon and Quanta are using drugs (unknown). Marlon forces Quanta to use drugs; if she doesn’t he’ll physically abuse her. Jeremiah, Jamiyah and Jamarlon witness the abuse; Jaylon, Jeremy and Jada are usually away from the home when the abuse happens. The drugs are not manufactured or sold. It is unknown if the children have been physically harmed due to Quanta or Marlon being under the influence. The children are not properly cared for. If there’s food in the home, it’s not much. The

hegemonic ideals that they portray. For example, the two officers who arrested Bodie (J.D. Williams) embody hegemonic masculinity in many ways.While arresting Bodie, the black officer, Ellis (Seth Gillman), said “one thing about Kema, she’ll put a hurtin’ on you like a man” this implies that men are the toughest people and that when a man hurts you it is like nothing else that could ever happen. Another example is when Bodie, Ellis, and Herc (Domenick Lombardozzi) were in the room playing pool, Herc

After years, Bodie finally realizes the chess lesson. The lesson to learn is that the “king stays the king” and that never changes, everyone must know their proper moves, and their pawns are very much replaceable; which in turn determines every institution The Wire portrays:

Preston “Bodie” Broadus is a working class African American boy from Baltimore. Bodie was raised by his grandmother since he was 4 years old. His mother died when he was 4 so his grandma had to take over caring for him. The only other family that Bodie had was an older brother who was also a ganster but died when Bodie was younger. Living in the poorer part of Baltimore Bodie is around a lot of gang activity and crime. Bodie is a low-level drug dealer slowly working his way up the ranks. Throughout