Wednesday, October 8, 2008

"Me Against The World"

Thesis: Poverty Creates Killers and Thieves!
Will he wake up the next day Tupac asks himself? The life he is living is not the best out there and he says so in his song “Me Against The World”. Growing up in the ghetto as it is referred to be hard because there is constant disregard for each other and so everyone in the community becomes private from one another. When tension rises, they resort to violence and it is passed to their children who view that as something that is necessary.
The constant disregard for Law Enforcement shows that this person has been in trouble with the law but why? you ask. It is because Tupac had a point that he wanted to make and he probably felt like they were the enemy and that they were oppressing him. He is not able to rest because the world around him is deteriorating into destruction and that he is going to “constantly move to make millions.” Even though he says that he is making millions he also expresses that he is “ dough-less I’m seein mo reasons for me to precede with theivin”. There is a lot of thieving going on amongst the ghetto or the lower class projects. If the children view this than they are going to want to do it, and if they like it they will most likely carry it onto their children and it is like a cycle.
In the ghetto it is hard because there are most likely single-parent homes and the father is not present. The child will most likely not do what their parent says and goes to do what they want regardless the consequences. This will lead to further problems and maybe even criminal problems. The girls are most likely to get sexually and verbally abused and the boys feel like there are no men in my everyday life so I am the man of the house and I got to do what I got to do! He will go get associated with the wrong crowd and pick up habits that will bring him in a significant amount of money but it is through robbing, stealing, killing, selling drugs, etc.

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