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Al Capone

Al Capone John Tozer
The purpose of this short biography on Al Capone is that it relates greatly to the novel "The great Gatsby" because Al Capone is similar to Gatsby in many ways. The fact that both Gatsby and Al both resorted to crime to achieve their prosperity is greatly reminiscent of a growing materialness and desperateness in that age. Al Capone is a great representation of an individual who wanted to live the "American Dream" and put himself on the line to do so.
Al Capone is for westerners the most infamous gangster of all time he was a main contributor to the notoriety of the Italian mafia and Chicago crime scene.
Alphonsus Capone was born on January 17, 1899, in New York.," he grew up in a rough neighborhood and was at a young age entered two "kid gangs," where he became more familiar and experienced with organized crime and violence their names were the Brooklyn Rippers and the Forty Thieves Juniors. While being quite smart He......


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