Gated Communities, a view into why these communities are so popular in the United States and why they are so dangerous.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:40:26
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 7 pages (1925 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 7 pages (1925 words)
In 1999 an episode of a popular science fiction show "The X-Files" was made as a reference to the idyllic gated community. In this episode the two main characters, who went undercover as "Rob and Laura Petrie", were investigating a series of disappearances in a rich gated community development named "The Falls of Arcadia", which appeared to be racially equal. In ancient Greece Arcadia was a rustic, secluded area, and its inhabitants became proverbial as primitive …
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