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    existence and mass labor was needed. Dave H. Kaplan informed the reader of the multiplier effect. An example of that effect is when laborers move into the city to work at the factories. Some of them might have families. The increase in people in that town will then intern increase the need for more stores. The increase in retail stores will increase the need for workers in those specific shops. As more people hear about the rise in those cities then more workers and families will want to move…

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    organization of communities. The first revolution stage was from the stone age time of hunters and gathers to settled agriculture. The people of this time period tended to live together in small villages of farmers with homemade irrigation systems. These towns also grew with the making of raw materials and everyone in the family contributed to the community in some way. This stage faced some problems of increasing population and low efficiency of food surplus. The second stage was agriculture to…

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    in farms, agricultural sector because the more industries increase, the more workers are required, so the growth of industrial sector are equal to the more employment opportunities. People moved from countryside to small towns to get works in factories, which later made small towns become large…

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    Blindly following society’s norms can lead to consequences that negatively affect the lives of the followers. Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery begins with a focus on the villagers gathering for a lottery. The people begin to wonder where Tessie Hutchinson is who shows up late. Once the lottery begins, Mr. Hutchinson draws the marked paper leading to Tessie being chosen. She attempts to reason with the people claiming “it isn’t fair” (Jackson 6), however the villagers ignore her pleas and attack…

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    Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” begins in a small town of 300 and on the 27th of June the townspeople assemble once a year for the lottery. Mr. Summers conducts the lottery and places an old worn out black box that’s older than all citizens on a stool, which contains slips of paper. Detailed list is made of each family, Mr. Summers takes note of the ones unable to attend and the lottery begins with the head of each household taking a slip of paper. They check their slips of paper and the one who…

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    Urban Migration Essay

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    In general, people want to move from rural to urban areas because there are many opportunities such as job, education and health in the cities where people migrate. This leads to the development and growth of cities. But, sometimes people have to make forced migration or they enter the country illegally. If these migrations get out of control, the city will be adversely affected such as crime rate, unemployment, air, land and water pollution. If these problems are increased, it disrupts social…

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    Urban Resilience

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    Reflection of Resilience Thinking in Urbanism Researches as Urban Resilience Resilience in the city, entitled “urban resilience”, is defined as the capacity of cities to continue their activity under extreme pressure regardless of the type of shock or stress they face, so that the people who live and work within the cities, especially the poor and the vulnerable, can survive and grow steadily (The Rockefeller Foundation, 2014). In recent researches, the latest definition of urban resilience…

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    Small towns are both negative and positive. There will be some positive things about a small town and some negative things about a small town. There are many reasons why a small town would be good, but there are just as many reasons why it would be bad. Here are some positive things about a small town and some negative. One positive thing about a small town would be less population. It is great to have a small population because if there are to many people there would not be any room. Scene…

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    Shirley Jackson Tradition

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    Celebrating traditions are harmless, some are more common than others and more often than not, they have a point behind them, on the other hand more personal traditions are not as universal. What might be a special tradition to one person might mean the world to them, while a complete stranger sees it as pointless and insignificant. Either way both descriptions fit the definition of tradition, therefore there shouldn’t be a difference between the two… or should there? In many situations,…

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    Excursion Assignment Over time the city of Toronto has constantly expanding and redeveloping. The result of redevelopment and expansion is change is change is styles of architecture. This can be seen in the location of houses in Toronto, and in a smaller community such as the Ryerson campus. Traveling from the suburbs to the urbanized heart of Toronto, the change of architecture was noticeable. In the suburbs there are many multi-story houses, in residential neighborhoods. But when…

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