Discussing The Life Of Well Known People: Al Capone (Coursework Sample)

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In the 1920s many modern conveniences were introduced in different parts of the world especially the United States. The introduction of these conveniences among other ways of life brought dramatic changes in the way people used to live. Al Capone played one of the greatest roles in the prohibition era.
Al Capone
Al Capone played one of the greatest roles in the prohibition era.
Alphonse Gabriel Capone knick named Scarface is was a famous, notorious American gangster whose fame spread during the era of Prohibition. He Co-Founded the Chicago Outfit and took the role of its boss. He ran the organized crime organization in the 1920s by making use of the Prohibition era. He was the son of Gabrielle Capone and Teresina Raiola who were immigrants from Italy. His father worked as a hairdresser while his Mother worked as a needleworker.
Capone was talented in academics, but he experienced difficulties in coping with school strict school rules, The Parochial Catholic School. He, therefore, dropped out of the school at the age of 14 years after he hit a female teacher on her face. After dropping from school Capone decided to start taking some odd Jobs around his home place, Brooklyn, New York. Capone’s behaviors were influenced by Johnny Torrio whom; he considered a role model and a coach!
It did not take long before Capone decided to join a street gang popularly known as the South Brooklyn Rippers. After a while, he joined another criminal group called the Five Points Junior in the Lower Manhattan. The groups consisted of teenage boys who moved around the streets of Brooklyn, New York protecting their territory from attacks by the rival gangs that existed. Sometimes the groups would get involved in petty crimes like the stealing of cigarettes.
At this time Capone was being used by his associate gang Frankie Yale who was a barkeeper in a Coney Island move Entrance and Cantina which was called the Harvard Inn. While working here, Capone observed how Yale’s violence made him uphold control over the bar. One day Capone was cut by Frank Galluccio, a brother to a lady he accidentally offended while working in the entrance of The Brooklyn Night Club. He had grown interested in the woman, but when his advances were ignored, he decided to whisper in the woman's ear telling her how good she looked.
As a way of defending his sister’s honor, the man punched him. He decided to start up a fight, but unfortunately, Galluccio pulled out a knife which he used to cut Capone's face three times on his left cheek. One of the cuts extended from the ear to the mouth. The scars left on his face after the attack led to the nickname he used to hate, Scarface.
During the early days of 1920, his name started showing up in the dailies games page portraying him as a boxing advocate. The Chicago is provided access to a vast inland area as it was well served by some railways. Johnny Torrio, his coach, was in control over the Colosimo’s crime domain following the Colosimo’s killings on 11th May 1920; Capone was associated with the murders.
In the January of the year 1925, he was trapped which left him unshaken but unhurt. A few days later as Torrio had a trek from a shop, he was shot several times and after he recovered he surrendered his supervisory role the association that was involved in illicit distilleries and transportation position that came to Canada region, with political and law-operation security. With this new post, he was able to use his brutality to generate income where the refusal of a foundation to regularly buy alcohol from him would result to his or her premise being bombed. It is in such bombing where more than 100 people were killed in the 1920s.
He was able to enjoy custom suits, gourmet sustenance, stogies, and beverages; his favored alcohol was Rye from Iowa and the Female Camaraderie. He was popularly known of his flashy and extreme gems. He would react to addr...