(1) Americans love their outlaws. (2) Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and Bonnie and Clyde have been the subjects of numerous movies
, books, and general discussion. (3) Another example is Al Capone, who not only ran the city of Chicago but also unleashed a wave of crime as a true-life gangster. (4) During Prohibition, the sale of liquor and alcohol was outlawed. (5) Capone and other gangsters made fortunes bootlegging, smuggling, and they distributed illegal liquor. (6) Capone bribed police and state officials to turn a blind eye to his criminal activities. (7) Ultimately, Al Capone was brought down by the most ordinary of circumstances. (8) In 1931, Capone was convicted for failing to pay taxes; he spent 11 years in prison. For proper parallelism, which is the best revision of sentence 5?
Capone and other gangsters made fortunes bootlegging, they smuggled and distributed illegal liquor.
Capone and other gangsters made fortunes bootlegging and are smuggling and distributing illegal liquor.
Capone and other gangsters made fortunes bootlegging, they smuggled, and they distributed illegal liquor.
Capone and other gangsters made fortunes bootlegging, smuggling, and distributing illegal liquor.
The things that are falling are bombs. The bombs do not care what they hit. They do not have a preference for roads, roofs, thickets, or people. The bombers drop them with a specific target line up, but the bomb does not care what that is. This adds to the overall tone and mood of the poem.
