Gangs gran torino

Gran Torino and gangs

By Théophile, Edgar and Thibault

Their types and activities

The rite of passage

Origins

Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran, has just lost his wife. Lonely, misanthropic, grumpy and racist, one day his young neighbor, Tao, tries to steal his car under pressure from a gang. Walt soon realizes that the teenager is literally harassed by the young gangsters. Taking Tao's defense, Walt becomes the hero of the neighborhood.

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Origins

In the movie Gran Torino, the presence of the gangs is essential, that's why we will see the history of the gangs :

• Gangs reemerged in the Northeast in cities such as New York during the 1950s and 1960s
• The increasing social isolation felt by African-American communities across the nation continued unabated in the 1980s and 90s
• Now, Approximately 1.4 million people were part of gangs as of 2011, and more than 33,000 gangs were active in the United States

• The earliest American street gangs emerged at the end of the American Revolutionary War in the early 1780s.
• During the late 1800s, gangs reemerged as a criminal force in the NortheastGangs emerged in the Midwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Chicago.

• Gangs emerged in the Midwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Chicago.

THE RITE OF PASSAGE :

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In the movie, Thao has to steal the Gran Torino.

MARA gang

The Aryan Brotherhood gang

The Hell's Angels gang

- One of the most dangerous gang in the world. - Rite of passage : For the men, you must let you get beaten up by all the other members at the same time during 20 seconds. For the women, same as the men or you have to let you got raped by 6 members.

- Present all around the world ; headquarter in New York. - Yous must have your motorcycle license. - Rite of passage : Let the other members pour a bucket of urine over your head.

- 1% of the US prisoners but at the origin of 21% of the murders in prison. - Rite of passage : You must kill either a member of an opposing gang or a guard of the prison.

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They have other occupations than drive by!

Gangs' types and activities

5 different types and many criminal activities

Gangs have many activities that are mostly illegal. They can be involved in :

• Drug/gun traffic
• Assault
• Human traffic ( inculding prostitution )
• Money laundering
• Terrorism
• ...

Types of gangs :

• Ethnic gangs

• Prison gangs
• Motorcycle gangs
• Organized crime gangs
• Juvenile gangs

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Link with Gran Torino : the gangs that are represented are street gangs ( ethnic/more local ) and, by the movie, you could have guessed that the things that dealed with guns was the only gangs' activities. But this isn't .