Harlem Night Chapter Summaries

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While viewing Harlem Nights it becomes obvious that there are rarely any morals with most of the characters. When Quick is a young child he murders a drunk gambler. When the man was threatening Sugar Ray; Quick did not think twice before pulling that trigger. When Quick killed that man he was glorified by Sugar Ray and given a place to live. This night is the night it all began; Quick was then raised in an unstable and crime filled environment. In this gangster film world views on crime, bad cops, and religion are revealed Quick grew up as Sugar Ray’s adopted son and alongside of each other they ran an illegal casino. This film slowly shows how people can be destroyed by the system that created them. Quick grew up knowing nothing but how to break the law and get away with it. This film was filled with nothing but sinful behavior such as; adultery, using the lords name in vain, murder, prostitution, and stealing. This film was a perfect example of how most people visualize a gangster’s life. …show more content…

Although, they had gotten away with this illegal activity for so long; there is always that one big time gangster that nobody can break away from. In this film, it just so happens that Bugsy Calhoun is that gangster who has the money and has the cops in his back pocket. Bugsy is the prime example of a true gangster; he lives by the rules of greed and consumption. If you have it he wants it, and if you have too much he wants a portion of that. He sent a dirty cop to tell Sugar Ray and Quick that he wanted $10,000 of their weekly earnings or they would be shut down. This started the inside war between the two groups that began to destroy those that were created by the

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