TEENAGE GANSTERS SHOOT DOWN THE AMERICAN DREAM

This text is an article, entitled “Teenage gangsters shoot down the American Dream”
It is an extract from The Weekly Telegraph published in 1994.
It deals with the American gangs and the reasons of the existence of these gangs and their consequences according to the reporter.
We can divide this text into 3 parts :
-The first one will be “A gang member’s story” and we will talk
About James Wade life
-The second, alludes to facts and figures on American violence
- The third one, will be a analysis about the gangs customs’
-Finally the last part explain us political link between the state and the creation of these gangs

Part I : A GANG MEMBER’S STORY

In this text, we can see that the subject of this article is James Wade. It lead
To show us that it ‘s a really concrete example.given that James Wade is written in capital letters. It attracts the reader’s attention.
From the very first sentence, we learn that James Wade was in this youth a gangster.The journalist then is depicting James Wade’s past. He joined a gang at 12 and finished in jail.Eventually we know that at 17, he was shot in the neck.
On the paragraph number 2, the journalist alludes to James Wade’s life today. We notice “now” “has become”. Before he was shot, he was a gang member and after he has become a peacemaker. Actually, with this accident he could have been killed. For him, it’s like he was allowed by God to survive , we can see different religious references : “believe’’ ‘’was allowed’’ : passive voice he wants to thank God by saving other gang members ‘’he could save’’. Since the moment he’s committed to save other people : it was is duty.

Part II : FACTS AND FIGURES ON AMERICAN VIOLENCE

We are going to talk about facts and figures on American violence
The journalist uses precise terms and figures “is becoming increasingly violent’’l.15 The adverb “increasingly» emphasizes these American violence among the young