Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing

Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing La’Quashia Sallie University of North Texas The book Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover illustrates the real conditions within the country correctional facilities that are mainly entrusted with the correcting and rehabilitating the individuals found capable of various crimes. The author depicts the correctional guards as inherently sadistic and uses excess authority in stamping their presence in the facilities. The Newjack gives a detailed report of all the activities that takes place in the correctional facilities. The conduct of the guards is brought into the limelight by the author who has experienced the wrath of the correctional facilities since he spent one year working as a Newjack. Newjack is…

Fixing the System Correctional institutions in the United States often leave inmates and correction officers worse off than they were before they resided within its walls. Though many agree upon this point, not many offer solutions as to what can be done to improve the correctional system and the institutions that it includes. Ted Conover’s novel, Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, portrays the many trials and tribulations of the correctional system along with shedding light on possible fixes. The…

He beings strong and sticks to the standard operating procedures, he writes inmates up and confiscates prohibited items. But as time goes on, social learning theory takes place. He learns from the senior officers of what acts are truly important when writing an inmate up. He also learns how to treat the inmates effectively in such a way that they will obey his orders. Towards the end of his time at Sing Sing his personality has changed. On one occasion he gets upset with his child for being…

eventually began raping young boys. In 1898, Fish was forced into an arranged marriage by his mother. Fish and his wife had six children. Eventually the two split up because Mrs. Fish wanted to be with another man. Spinning out of control, Albert began a sadomochistsic type of relationship with a boy was nineteen years old named Thomas Kedden (Casale). Kedden was brought out into the woods in an abandoned shed where Fish cut off his penis. Instead of killing him, Fish fixed his wound and kissed…

came and grabbed a brush and started painting with me. Although I may not have asked for the help, it made the job easier and faster. We ended up finishing my room in a shorter time period. It goes to show that working together and accomplishing a goal as a team is much better than doing things alone. In the poem, Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson, it illustrates how the black community joins together through the struggles to escape the harsh times of slavery. The poem was a…

Maya Angelou’s poem Phenomenal Woman reflects how women and men in society view others who do not physically appeal to the naked eye and how Maya angelou’s life contributed to the confidence she has now as a woman and by the end of the poem it shows all the confidence Angelou portrays, and how that confidence is reflected in her words. To better understand how Angelou came to see herself as a phenomenal woman, it may help to know a bit about her childhood and how it sculpted her. When Maya…

Porgy and Bess. After Angelou joined the Harlem Writers Guild and met James Baldwin and other famous authors, her career as a writer began to take off(Poetry Foundation). Aside from all of her challenges, Angelou extended her work and wrote thousands of poems, stories, and biographies until her beautiful life ended on May 28, 2014, at the age of eighty-six(Maya Angelou Bio.). Throughout Maya Angelou’s career and life, she had an endless amount of inspiration. James Baldwin, a famous writer at…

The word 'Authenticity ' happens to have multiple meanings and be seen in many different perspectives. Authenticity is the concept of being truthful, and genuine about something. The poem "Still I Rise ' by Maya Angelou, is an authentic poem. The poet speaks real, genuine facts about how blacks were seen, and treated back in the day. Although, it may seem she is speaking upon herself that is not the case when she wrote this poem. The first section of the poem, Maya states "You write me down in…

Over the course of this year, the English II class has read many non-fiction texts. The first text that showed the importance of family was I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. In this book, Maya Angelou explains her life and how racism has affected her and helped her to fight for African-American rights. The importance of family is expressed when her grandmother says, “You children is the most ungrateful things I ever did see. You think your momma and poppa went to all the trouble…

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiography writing by Maya Angelou. In this book she is narrating her life from when she was around 3 years old to when she is 17. Throughout the whole book Marg was trying to understand everything that was going on around her. Marg’s view on life is forced to change because of the challenges that she faces. In the beginning of the story we were introduced to a naïve yet also aware Marg. She was naïve to certain things…