Whitey Essays

This paper will be talking about one of the most famous gangsters of all time. James “Whitey” Bulger. This paper will be talking about how he ran South Boston “Southie.” It will also be talking about how he ran the underworld of South Boston. Whitey Bulger was born on September 3rd, 1929, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was one of six of Roman Catholic Irish-American pParents. James Bulger got the nickname “Whitey” for his white-blond hair. Bulger was a troublemaker as a child. He even lived out his

Intro and Case Highlights Whitey Bulger's criminal history has raised many questions on the lack of communication amongst law enforcement agencies. As a result of this lack of communication between the state police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bulger was able to further his elusive criminal activities. In an effort to combat the Italian mafia, Agent Connolly from the Federal Bureau of Investigations tried to persuade Bugler to assist the agency with putting an end to the reign of the

Among much of the controversial theme gangsta culture made popular, fast money was one of them; hustling had already had its roots tracing back to Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Regarding the practice of hustling, Julius Lester’s Look Out, Whitey, explained: “Today resistance manifests itself in what whites can only see as the “social ills” of the ghetto, i.e. crime, high school dropouts, unemployment, etc. In actuality, many blacks have consciously rebelled against the system and dropped

1. Born into an Catholic Irish-American family of six children and two low class working parents, James "Whitey" Bulger didn't waste any time before ensuing his career in crime. Growing up as a young kid Whitey always had dreams of "running away with the circus" and he did just that at the age of 10. He began to get into street fights and stealing and quickly at the age of 13 was when he was first charged and arrested for delinquency and stealing. Things would only escalate from here. He is pictured

Criminal Behavior James Joseph Bulger III (better known as) Whitey Bulger’s criminal behavior started early on in life. Whitey ran away to join the circus at ten years old. According to Biography.com, “Whitey Bulger was first arrested when he was 14 years old, for stealing, and his criminal record continued to escalate from there. As a youth, he was arrested for larceny, forgery, assault and battery, and armed robbery and served five years in a juvenile reformatory. Upon his release, he joined

Quinn Whitey Wells is truly the definition of a chracter developing overtime. The novel All your Perfects', written by Colleen Hoover, apprises the reader about the characters life in a very dramatic and intricate way through the lens of a “Then” and “Now” perspective. Quinn is a perfectly imperfect character who wears her heart on her shoulder. She is portrayed as having a very narrow-minded, closed off, and depressed mentality. From start to finish Quinn is still just as narrow-minded at the end

James “Whitey” Bulger could just be considered another troubled soul caught up in the wrong things, but he is one of America's most notorious and ruthless mob bosses. From 1975 to 1990, he served as an informant, tipping off the police and giving information about La Cosa Nostra, an Italian gang, while building his own crime network. After fleeing Boston in 1995, Bulger landed on the "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list and lead the FBI on a sixteen year manhunt. Hailing from South Boston, Whitey entered

Black Mass, the Johnny Depp fronted biopic about the life of notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger, has been one of the big successes of the fall season so far. It opened strong at the box office, raking in a$31 million in its first week, and has put Depp in serious conversation for the best actor trophy at next year 's Academy Awards. The movie is clearly a bonafide success, but how different would Bulger 's story be if Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were the ones who told it? The pair have long

Introduction Music has always been a way for communities to come together either with small tribes or giant temples. It is not only a way to come together as a society but it also controls society. “If you want to measure the spiritual depth of society, make sure to mark its music,” (Plato) and this is true because music, just like religion, can be highly influential in effecting society. Music has been a major expression of cultures back to when humans started to populate the world. Musical

In Massachusetts, Whitey Bulger is a household name. Whitey Bulger was a mafia legend, notorious drug smuggler and in the 1970s and 1980s, he was the hero of South Boston. Bulger took control of the infamous Southie Winter Hill Gang in 1965, and slowly began to control all crime rings within South Boston (Padnani). At the height of his reign, Bulger committed countless murders, armed robberies and moved literal tons of drugs onto the streets of Boston. Before his arrest, Bulger was on the FBI’s most

All thought Whitey might sound like a normal person talking about a story, but really he's just the bully Jim is. Bully- is of superior strength of influence to intimidate (someone), just as whitey makes the calm comment about him “joking”and being a “card”, as if it was a normal thing to do. Humans read as Whitey tells this story about “good-old-Jim” being a jokester, but truly defining bully at its finest. Jims death didn't stop Whitey from gossiping about “good-old-Jim”. Furthermore, we notice

When James “Whitey” Bulger appeared in court for the first time in June of 2013, one would never know that he was once the most feared criminal in Boston. At 84 years old, Bulger “shuffled into a federal courthouse” like “a dinosaur in an orange jumpsuit.” (McMorrow 1) After 16 years of escaping the wrath of the FBI, Bulger was finally being put on trial for his long list of heinous crimes including 11 murders, money laundering, weapon violations, and racketeering. (McMorrow 1) However, even more

After realizing that Whitey was beating Sonja, Joe remarks, “My blood pulsed and swam. The poison that was wasting in me thrilled along my nerves. I thought I’d kill Whitey. I was not afraid. ‘Whitey!’. . . ‘Come out and fight me!’” Since Joe has only been shown the idealized relationship between his parents, experiencing the imperfect nature Whitey and Sonja's love exposes him to the harsh reality of his community and transforms him

denial is when Southie finds out that Whitey was actually an informant working for the FBI, “And the whole neighborhood tried to shield itself from the ugly truth. Which one among us wanted to believe that the man who’d epitomized the Southie code, who’d mouthed the familiar words about loyalty that we desperately wanted to be true, would turn out to be the biggest snitch of all? Kevin Cullen at the Globe had been working on stories since 1988 suggesting that Whitey Bulger was one of the FBI’s “most

maxim, in other words, the reason for acting. You can only act if it could be a universal law and everyone can adopt that reason and act on it. If the universalized maxim could not be a universal law, then you should not perform the intended action. Whitey Basson created his wealth through hard work, clever strategies, opportunities and risks. However, in my opinion, his extraordinary earnings will not pass Kant’s universal law. If the world consist only of billionaires, who is going to do the physical

In John Steinbeck’s infamous novella, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck decides to play with many themes throughout his terse novella and voices in his own opinions, such as how temporary dreams and goals are futile if they are not consistently sought out, and symbolizes them in the form of a tiny bunkhouse. This long, rectangular bunkhouse in California had a very dilapidated demeanor to it, having an unpainted floor and colorless walls—and each ranchman having their own apple box filled with clutter,

To be quite honest, I have never heard of James”Whitey” Bulger, and I was born and raised in the city of Boston. My family has resided in Boston since the early 1970’s and they have never mentioned him. Therefore, in order to write this paper and actually know who is James “Whitey” Bulger, I watched the recent film Black Mass which is based on his story. I found the Bulger story to be quite terrifying and unbelievable, I believe the film did a great job portraying his life as a gangster in Boston

Therefore, Cone states that “the black experience means telling whitey what the limits are.” On the other hand, for Cone, the black history is black persons who can show the black power resisting to “every act of white brutality.” Related to those two sources, the black soul, in which implicates their joy and pain

Watch the clip of the Lindy Hop section in the movie Hellzapoppin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkthxBsIeGQ Write a synopsis of the style you observed in the clip. What is important about the style? There is a very evident weightlessness that is accompanied by a constant double bounce. The double bounce brings an energy and feel that is needed to showcase that this is a vernacular dance style and its syncopated footwork. The footwork was rapid and it had syncopated rhythms. All of the partners

American Indian and Alaska Native women have experienced violence in their lifetime, and more than half have endured this violence at the hands of an intimate partner” (DVS.org). This is a sobering statistic that is exemplified by Whitey and Sonia in the novel. When Whitey is upset with Sonia, instead of talking things out he drinks and abuses her “There’s no he. It’s just you, baby. Lemme go! The crack of a slap, a cry. Don’t. Please. Joe’s out there” (Erdrich 175). Joe experiences first hand what