...wealth was worshipped as if it was a religion. People in the slums who participated in immoral or illegal activities often gained this wealth. Young impressionable boys such as Capone often started out running legal errands for some extra cash. Many of these boys eventually became sucked in by the glamorous yet dangerous lifestyle of an organized crime. Al Capone fitting this stereotype thought that this would be his only way to survive and all he learned after he was kicked out of school in the sixth grade(Kolber 19) . He learned the way gangs were run by watching; when especially from Johnny Torrio an entrepreneurial gangster did not take part in a lot of the drinking and womanizing. He would end up teaching Capone everything he knew. Al Capone an Italian Immigrant from Brooklyn would start a huge gang empire starting at the young age of eighteen that would influence gangs all over the world and his ruling ways would be copied by future mob bosses(Web#3) .
When Al would get the job bartending at the Harvard Inn he was not planning on leading a life of crime but all his surroundings would change that fro him. After gaining some money young, Capone had now owned his own barbershop and was making an honest living (Nash 09). In my synopsis, he would not have gotten so deep into gang activity if he stayed away from Frankie Yale and the Harvard Inn. This job seemed to be going well for the first while. Although a conflict would happen that would leave him scarred for life. Capone ended making a rude comment to someone's sister and was cut three times in his face. After this happened he was known as "Scarface" by many.(website#4) The person Capone had this conflict with was connected to Lucky Luciano a rival gang leader who forced Capone to apologize (Kolber 21). After this incident, Yale took Capone under his wing and Capone started work for him not just in his...
