Wednesday, March 18, 2020

How to Write an Exploratory Essay on Cultural Capital

How to Write an Exploratory Essay on Cultural Capital An exploratory essay is a form of essay that usually talks about an idea or merely answers a question. If you have been assigned with an essay on cultural capital, you may want to take note of the following tips to be certain that you are writing it in a correct way: Break the Essay into 3 Distinguishable Portions An essay must have three parts: an introduction, a body and a close/conclusion. If each portion is not distinguishable, the reader may be confused by the time they are done reading your essay. Do Not Beat about the Bush Students often tend to state the obvious, a form of filler words that certainly do not fool the teacher. If a question is to be answered in the exploratory essay, make sure that you answer it in the first sentence. Sample essay question: Do you think that cultural capital can be acquired at home? A bad answer: Many people talk about whether or not cultural capital can be acquired through conscious effort. A good answer: Yes, I believe that cultural capital can be achieved through conscious effort. Do Not Try to Sound too Smart Sometimes, students try too hard to impress their teacher, resorting to using big and bold words that eventually make less sense and put the reader to sleep. Sample essay question: Does cultural capital vary in different social classes? A bad answer: As per copious amounts of studies carried out by connoisseurs, cultural capital is seen to be at capricious levels in dissimilar social classes. A good answer: As per studies and surveys carried out by experts, it seems that various social classes have a varying degree of cultural capital. Be Sure to Back up the Statements That You Make Since an exploratory essay is all about doing your research and making your point, you need to help the reader/teacher understand how you came about to make the statements that you did. A bad example: Cultural capital is connected to sports because it is also connected to body management. A good example: A common example of cultural capital is in self-presentation. Body management through sports is a direct connection to self-presentation, which is why I believe that cultural capital and sports are also connected to one another. Do Not Assume That Your Reader Knows Everything It is your teacher’s job to understand how much you have understood about the exploratory topic that has been given to you. Do not come to the conclusion that your teacher acquired all the knowledge about the topic beforehand. A bad example: As we all know, cultural capital affects the education received by students. A good example: Cultural capital is earned through taking part in extracurricular activities. Therefore, the more students indulge in these activities, the better they can perform in different fields of education. Hence, cultural capital directly affects the education receive by students. Revise Once you are done writing your essay, proofread your essay. Scrutinize your own work and figure out which portions might need some editing. After all, submitting your best work is crucial. We hope this gives you a few good notions to build your essay upon. Don’t forget to check our 12 facts about cultural capital as well as our 20 topics backed up by a sample essay.

Sunday, March 1, 2020

St. Valentines Day Massacre

St. Valentines Day Massacre Around 10:30 a.m. on St. Valentines Day, February 14, 1929, seven members of Bugs Morans gang were gunned down in cold blood in a garage in Chicago. The massacre, orchestrated by Al Capone, shocked the nation by its brutality. The St. Valentines Day Massacre remains the most notorious gangster killing of the Prohibition era. The massacre not only made Al Capone a national celebrity, but it also brought Capone, the unwanted attention of the federal government. The Dead Frank Gusenberg, Pete Gusenberg, John May, Albert Weinshank, James Clark, Adam Heyer, and Dr. Reinhart Schwimmer Rival Gangs: Capone vs. Moran During the Prohibition era, gangsters ruled many of the large cities, becoming rich from owning speakeasies, breweries, brothels, and gambling joints. These gangsters would carve up a city between rival gangs, bribe local officials, and become local celebrities. By the late 1920s, Chicago was split between two rival gangs: one led by Al Capone and the other by George Bugs Moran. Capone and Moran vied for power, prestige, and money; plus, both tried for years to kill each other. In early 1929, Al Capone was living in Miami with his family (to escape Chicagos brutal winter) when his associate Jack Machine Gun McGurn visited him. McGurn, who had recently survived an assassination attempt ordered by Moran, wanted to discuss the ongoing problem of Morans gang. In an attempt to eliminate the Moran gang entirely, Capone agreed to fund an assassination attempt, and McGurn was placed in charge of organizing it. The Plan McGurn planned carefully. He located the Moran gangs headquarters, which was in a large garage behind the offices of S.M.C. Cartage Company at 2122 North Clark Street. He selected gunmen from outside the Chicago area, to ensure that if there were any survivors, they would not be able to recognize the killers as part of Capones gang. McGurn hired lookouts and set them up in an apartment near the garage. Also essential to the plan, McGurn acquired a stolen police car and two police uniforms. Setting Up Moran With the plan organized and the killers hired, it was time to set the trap. McGurn instructed a local booze hijacker to contact Moran on February 13. The hijacker was to tell Moran that he had obtained a shipment of Old Log Cabin whiskey (i.e. very good liquor) that he was willing to sell at the very reasonable price of $57 per case. Moran quickly agreed and told the hijacker to meet him at the garage at 10:30 the following morning. The Ruse Worked On the morning of February 14, 1929, the lookouts (Harry and Phil Keywell) were watching carefully as the Moran gang assembled at the garage. Around 10:30 a.m., the lookouts recognized a man heading to the garage as Bugs Moran. The lookouts told the gunmen, who then climbed into the stolen police car. When the stolen police car reached the garage, the four gunmen (Fred Killer Burke, John Scalise, Albert Anselmi, and Joseph Lolordo) jumped out. (Some reports say there were five gunmen.) Two of the gunmen were dressed in police uniforms. When the gunmen rushed into the garage, the seven men inside saw the uniforms and thought it was a routine police raid. Continuing to believe the gunmen to be police officers, all seven men peacefully did as they were told. They lined up, faced the wall, and allowed the gunmen to remove their weapons. Opened Fire With Machine Guns The gunmen then opened fire, using two Tommy guns, a sawed-off shotgun, and a .45. The killing was fast and bloody. Each of the seven victims received at least 15 bullets, mostly in the head and torso. The gunmen then left the garage. As they exited, neighbors who had heard the rat-tat-tat of the submachine gun, looked out their windows and saw two (or three, depending on reports) policemen walking behind two men dressed in civilian clothes with their hands up. The neighbors assumed that the police had staged a raid and were arresting two men. After the massacre had been discovered, many continued to believe for several weeks that the police were responsible. Moran Escaped Harm Six of the victims died in the garage; Frank Gusenberg was taken to a hospital but died three hours later, refusing to name who was responsible. Though the plan had been carefully crafted, one major problem occurred. The man that the lookouts had identified as Moran was Albert Weinshank.   Bugs Moran, the main target for the assassination, was arriving a couple of minutes late to the 10:30 a.m. meeting when he noticed a police car outside the garage. Thinking it was a police raid, Moran stayed away from the building, unknowingly saving his life. The Blonde Alibi The massacre that took seven lives that St. Valentines Day in 1929 made newspaper headlines across the country. The country was shocked at the brutality of the killings. Police tried desperately to determine who was responsible. Al Capone had an air-tight alibi because he had been called in for questioning by the Dade County solicitor in Miami during the time of the massacre. Machine Gun McGurn had what became called a blonde alibi he had been at a hotel with his blonde girlfriend from 9 p.m. on February 13 through 3 p.m. on February 14.   Fred Burke (one of the gunmen) was arrested by police in March 1931 but was charged with the December 1929 murder of a police officer and sentenced to life in prison for that crime. The Aftermath of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre This was one of the first major crimes that the science of ballistics was used; however, no one was ever tried or convicted for the murders of the St. Valentines Day Massacre. Though the police never had enough evidence to convict Al Capone, the public knew he was responsible. In addition to making Capone a national celebrity, the St. Valentines Day Massacre brought Capone to the attention of the federal government. Ultimately, Capone was arrested for tax evasion in 1931 and sent to Alcatraz. With Capone in jail, Machine Gun McGurn was left exposed. On February 15, 1936, nearly seven years to the day of the St. Valentines Day Massacre, McGurn was gunned down at a bowling alley. Bugs Moran was quite shaken from the entire incident. He stayed in Chicago until the end of Prohibition and then was arrested in 1946 for some small-time bank robberies. He died in prison from lung cancer.