On The Waterfront

Part I of Essay
Setting – The story starts out in the nineteen fifties in a typical small town exploited by the mob. The title befits it well, for the town’s only way of employment is working on the docks for the mob. The mob controls everything in this town; they are the union and the la ....

Part II of Essay
.... decide to meet and talk about the problem. On the docks work was on a first come first serve basis. Friends of the mob was given good easy jobs while the other work tokens were thrown on the ground and the men would fight for them. Characters – The main character is Terry an ex semi-professional boxer who became friendly with the mob during his career. He is a common unintelligent man (typical of his town) that unlike his brother quit school. He was the man that helped the mob kill a good man in the opening scene by distracting him to come ....