Abstract
This paper analyzes Robert De Niro's film "A Bronx Tale" about the development of an adolescent Calogero and the two fundamental influences that shape his life as an adult in the Bronx during the 1960s. Next, the author relates the story, and describes the way that the movie builds on a traditional mobster movie using acute antithesis and a musical background that either emphasizes the action of the film or brings the viewer's attention to what is going on. The paper concludes that, except for an awkwardness in dealing with the relationship between Jane and Calogero, de Niro's directing approach is balanced, especially in his presentation of Lorenzo and Sonny.

From the Paper
"As the movie progresses, the action advances with a temporal arch of eight years. Calogero is now an adolescent who is still fighting to achieve his own identity with the input and influence he receives from his two father-like figures of his life, Lorenzo and Sonny. This is the right time for the writer to put additional conflicts into the movie, including the racial tension that is part of the atmosphere in the Bronx during the late 1960s. Calogero's feelings for Jane bring forth the rejection of Blacks by the Italian community in a particular region of the US (the location is Bronx, but the story is, in fact, a universal one). Calogero is not only fighting his own battle of choices, as he has to decide which the right role model for him is, but also the racial prejudices of the time.
"The idea of the racial prejudice is very interestingly presented and discussed in the movie. The idea of prejudice based on the color of the skin is rather secondary to the real issue that the director means to bring forth, which is the interaction between two different social groups."

Tags:charisma, racial prejudices, neighborhood, triggering action, marginalization

Abstract
This paper provides three separate essays. The first discusses the problem of HIV/AIDS in the Bronx. The second essay is a proposal to implement a HIV/AIDS Education and Awareness Program (HEAP). The third essay discusses the issue of organ donation.

From the Paper
"The Bronx is an especially hard hit borough of New York City with new HIV diagnoses and new AIDS diagnoses in the latest year for which statistics are available. Approximately 1 percent of the population of the Bronx is ingested with HIV/AIDS, but many more are unaware they are infected because they have never been tested. Women account for..."

Tags:minorities, poor, government, nursing professionals, healthcare, disease, infection, grants, community services, clinics, schools, prevention, public policy

Abstract
This paper describes the Bronx Zoo?s history and its purpose. It illustrates today?s exhibitions and programs, which is set in the natural setting of the animals. It states the zoo was founded to educate the public and save endangered species by advancing the study of zoology and protecting wildlife.

From the Paper
"The Bronx Zoo first opened its gates to the public on November 8, 1899. At the time, the zoo had 22 exhibits and 843 animals" (About). The zoo was actually in the planning stages since 1895, when the New York Zoological Society (NYZS) (now called the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), starting thinking about making a park where the public could learn more about animals, while the society protected animals, and funded wildlife research."

Tags:new, york, zoological, society, protected, animals, wildlife, conservation, nyzs, wcs, research

Abstract
This paper provides a synopsis and character analysis of the 1993 movie "A Bronx Tale" produced by Robert De Niro, Jon Kilik and Jane Rosenthal. In particular, the paper examines the theme of crime within the story, how New York is represented, and issues concerning ethnicity and violence. The paper also includes screen shots from the film.

Outline:
Synoptic Sheet
Synopsis
Description of the Main Characters
Representation of the City, Ethnicity and Violence
Analysis of an Extract
Interpretation of Criminality in the FIlm

From the Paper
"The movie starts in 1960, in the Bronx, with a nine-year-old child, Calogero. Sitting on his front stoop, he sees Sonny, the local Mafia boss who rules the neighborhood, shoot a man in what looks like a fight over a parking space. When Calogero chooses to keep quiet when questioned by police officers, Sonny takes a liking to him. Indeed, he considers him like his son and tries to teach him life. Sonny gives young Calogero a job at his bar and introduces him to the gangster life, although he makes sure that Calogero is never involved with criminal activities. Thus begins a relationship that becomes increasingly close as the boy grows older. But, Lorenzo, the real father of Calogero and a modest bus driver, doesn't approve it, arguing the virtues of hard work and moral values."

Tags:sonny, gangsters, new, york

Abstract
In this paper the author begins by making a direct comparison to the American Hymn, Amazing Grace, and Jonathan Kozol's profoundly disturbing profile of the lives of the children of Mott Haven, in the South Bronx. The author moves on to examine Kozol's book in depth and his findings regarding the children of the South Bronx. He concludes by comparing the "Children of Plenty" with what he regards as the "throwaways," the children who he considers have nothing and no future.

From the paper:

"Like children everywhere, they vacillate between child-like innocence and alarmingly grown-up insights; but this is not the suburban version of "growing up too fast;" they have seen junkies shooting up in the hallways of their buildings, gang members bagging dope and loading guns on the fire escape. Death is accepted as the passage to a better place."

Tags:Jonathan, Kozol, Mott, Haven, South, Bronx, Drugs, Victims, AIDS, Prostitution, School

Abstract
This paper provides a community assessment of the New York City borough known as the Bronx, most particularly its predominantly Hispanic population. First, this paper studies the overall demographics of said population. It then reviews the Health Care Status Indicators of the community, such as mortality rates among various age groups, leading causes of death or illness, and tuberculosis infection.

From the Paper
"For those studying and serving given populations, such as community health care workers and nurses, there must be certain methods to use for identifying and separating the wanted demographic from the general public. One of the most effective methods to do so is to group a community by its geography. This designation is called a geographic community. First of all, community is a very broad concept and term. A good definition of what a community is might be found in Goeppinger and Shuster (2004) when they write of "a social group determined by geographic boundaries and/or common values and interests" (p. 342). Thus, the initial type of community that we are trying to define is their first definition. A geographic community is one defined by the geography, the borders, where its members live."

Tags:bronx, hispanic, nursing

Abstract
The paper examines the book "Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx" that describes the problems facing two young women as they mature in the Bronx. The paper focuses on three main problems facing these girls that are drugs, poverty and lack of education. The paper discusses how almost all the residents face these problems and they deal with them in similar self-destructive and defeating ways that do not lead to successful lives. The writer concludes with a personal reflection on this story.

From the Paper
"The problem areas are pervasive in the Bronx and in just about every other inner city poverty-stricken area in the country. Low-income people struggle just to survive and have little hope of ever escaping the hopelessness of their lives. The first major problem is drugs. They are everywhere in the Bronx, especially in the area where Jessica lives. About the only way to prosper in this area is to deal drugs, and the rest of the people know it. The drug dealers flaunt their wealth and status, and other residents are drawn to them because of their success and opulence."

Tags:poverty, education, coping, strategies, ghetto

Abstract
The writer discusses the reasons why Bronx-Lebanon is losing emergency room staff; nurses work in a poor work environment, have a heavy workload and suffer from a lack of motivation due to work conditions. The writer analyzes each reason, giving examples of the problems, the causes of the problems and potential solutions that could be implemented to help the hospital retain its much needed emergency room staff.

From the Paper
"I work in Bronx, New York at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital center. This facility is comprised of two separate hospitals, both of which have been serving patients for around 100 years. In 1962, these two facilities merged to form one administrative unit. Its most recent major upgrade came in 1987, with $214 million spent to replace the physical plant and to create a new nursing facility. Bronx-Lebanon is currently the largest non-profit health care system in the South and Central Bronx, with 858 beds in total, over 70 medical practices, and a special nursing facility for geriatric and AIDS patients. The facility is constantly growing as well. Inpatient discharges rose by 19% between 2000 and 2005; from 25,819 to 30,754. In 2005, the facility received more than 900,000 outpatient visits, and this number is expected to continue increasing."

Tags:workload, burnout, motivation

Abstract
This paper focuses on the problems of drug trafficking in the poverty-stricken neighborhood of Allerton Avenue in the Bronx, New York and how drug trafficking is a very common issue in most poverty-ridden neighborhoods in the United States. It evaluates the lack of education and incentives of the youths in these areas who seek refuge in the delusional world of drugs and how drug-curtailing efforts by the police and other law-enforcement agencies are not successful. It discusses how the solution seems to be community involvement through citizen-driven programs which give citizens a chance to participate directly in those government actions, which aim at providing relief to poverty-stricken people of a particular neighborhood.

From the Paper
"Recruiting the right community members for the task force may often become a major problem, as people do not want to become part of an active campaign. Therefore the more discreet and low profile a campaign is, the better are the chances of its success. People join action committees when they are certain others would not be able to find out. This is because oft-times news of such an action committee may leak out which alerts the drug-dealers and they stay on the lookout for those who support such committees-illegal activities in poverty-stricken areas. We have seen that usually in more affluent areas, there are social networks that regularly arrange social events for the community. This is done both for recreational as well as educational purposes. People in the community gather at one place and get a chance to discuss various problems. It is here that they can come up with effective solutions to eliminate neighborhood problems."

Tags:police, law-enforcement, agencies, poor, problem, community, campaign

Abstract
This paper examine how AIDS is one of the most hotly debated topics of modern times, whether it is a question of what should be done to help those who have the disease, what may be done to prevent others from contracting it, or of the many moral arguments pro and con the lifestyles that result in its spread. It explores how one newspaper or magazine can cover it as a matter of science, whereas another can describe as a cultural inspiration, or a religious sin and how film, television, radio, and the arts all play their role in constructing what we see as the impact of this dread disease. In particular, it looks at AIDS and how it is depicted in one geographically small urban area, the New York City borough of the Bronx.

From the Paper
"Immediately, even before one considers the impact or image of AIDS, one must consider the fact that the Bronx itself conjures up certain mental pictures. For many these consist of visions of dilapidated buildings, graffiti, burnt-out cars, and other signs of urban decay, while for others, there is the daily drama of a vibrant multiracial community, the cultural accents of Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Salvadorans, and African Americans. In the case of still others, there may be the scent of the Italian restaurants on Arthur Avenue, or the memories of long past evenings at the Loewe's Paradise, watching movies beneath the stars. Just as which Bronx you have in mind colors your view of today's Bronx, so too does it inform different media's depictions of AIDS in the Bronx."

Tags:television, disease, newspaper