This is sort of a basic run through of what I will be talking about in my research paper.... open to all suggestions!
Provide background for the issues:
The Italian Mafia is best known for their fancy lifestyles and violent background. However, most people are unaware of their brighter and much more sophisticated side.
Summarize the purpose of your project and how you will accomplish it:
This paper will explain how the mafia, although highly illegal, was a very smart and organized crime system. If there were colleges for gangs, the Italian mob would have graduated from Harvard.
Include a "working title":
The Mafioso: What Most People Don’t Know
Indicate questions to be answered:
“Did any of the Mafias actions benefit society?”
“Were they caretakers? Or simply violent criminals?”
“How is the Mafia different from gangs in our modern society?”
This is a really great topic, and will provide great analysis of what the mob was all about. It's narrow enough to provide good, structured details. Good choice!
ReplyDeleteThis will be an extremely interresting paper, i like that your going to show the bright side of these people when the media shows them as mass murderers
ReplyDeleteExcellent topic. Broad enough to find a lot of research and yet narrow enough to fint the specifics.
ReplyDeleteI find this to be a bit broad for a 1500 word paper; however, I think your first and third question might be good spaces to begin to help work through ideas about the mob. It is going to be important for you to separate the mythology about the mob from the reality. You might also think about focusing on a particular region like Chicago and so forth.
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