Dillard uses an image of a clown to state ideas that will become notable later in the essay. In her hotel room outside Yakima, Dillard sees a twisted painting of a clown made of vegetables, in which she describes. Dillard states, “I assume, a great many things I wanted to remember—but I have not forgotten that clown painting or its lunatic setting in the old hotel” (97). This scene anticipates the effect the eclipse will have. The clown is made up of vegetables; it is not what it sounds to be.…
The North Hollywood shootouts was of 1997 was one of the reason why modern policing is moving toward militarization. As a results of this incident, made police agencies start to use military grade equipment’s. Sgt. James Zboravan was fresh out of the Police Academy ten years prior when he was made up for lost time in a remarkable gun battle with bank robbers that almost killed him and underscored a strengthening weapons contest in the middle of hoodlums and lawmen. He joined forces with others officers and they put their lives on hold that day.…
Throughout the book, he had gone through many obstacles and difficulties, though he was able to push through it and still build the world fair. One of the first difficulties that he had to overcome was that he had no previous education in architecture. He went into building the fair blind-sided and not educated. The other obstacle he had to overcome was the death of his partner during the process of…
In the “Reinventing Los Angeles…” by Robert Gottlieb and “Struggling to Embrace Difference in Land-Use Decision Making in Multicultural Communities” the authors reinforce issues within a community that the planners should take into consideration caused by multicultural neighborhoods. The number of immigrants living illegally in the United States has increased dramatically. Tension between immigrants and natives has existed. One of the assumptions made by the native people is that immigration is associated with an increase in crime. The immigrants and minorities have intervene the dominated white culture in the communities.…
The church had also been renovated and been made a Remembrance Grave. Character If I could make…
Born, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, to Jewish immigrants; Bugsy began his life of crime on the streets of Brooklyn. He formed the Bugs-Meyer gang with Meyer Lansky when he was a teen. Bugsy became a crime boss known for his bootlegging and gambling that involved the Flamingo Casino in Las Vegas. Infamously known as the “Father of Las Vegas” he became known as the most infamous and feared gangsters of the era. During the late 1930s, he decided to leave for the West Coast to escape the turmoil in the East Coast.…
The Hollywood Bureau This essay will include some of the main makers and breakers of our time, why they were important to social change and how the fight continues till today. Those include Walter Francis White and W.E.B. Dubois. The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was created in 1909 by W.E.B. Dubois for the protection of the rights of African Americans. . The NAACP started out as a defense against the KKK and the Jim Crow south.…
The Hollywood Bowl is a venue with worldwide popularity. It is also an important destination in Los Angeles for those who are seeking musical showcases. The place exhibits the significance of art and commemorates the worldwide social legacy. In addition, it is a place where developing artists can discover and explore their craft. The location of the Hollywood Bowl was selected in 1919.…
A. Different museums in the L.A. area i. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art was first established in 1910 in Exposition Park and in 1965 it was opened to the public in its new Wilshire Boulevard location. Since 1965, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has been devoted to collecting works of art is both historic and geographic. Today the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection that includes over 120,000 artworks dating from antiquity to present time. ii. The Getty was named after J. Paul Getty who first started the museum in his house in 1954 which is now known as Getty Villa.…
The History of the Navajo and Monument Valley The Navajo, or the Diné as they call themselves, have their own story about how they came to Monument Valley, which they call Tsé Bii’ Ndzisgaii or “Clearing Among the Rocks” (Perrottet; “Navajo History”). According to one version of that story, there were four worlds of different colors. On the first world there were some types of insects which made up the “Air-Spirit People,” four beings ruling over the four seas, and four clouds over the sea of black, white, yellow, and blue color. The black and white formed the First Man, and the First Woman.…
In 1943, American psychologist Abraham Maslow developed a model called The Hierarchy of Needs. The model consisted of, according to Maslow, the five basic needs of the human race; one of them being the need for love, and belonging. Connecting with people and creating personal bonds is a part of human nature, and is something everybody searches for. While it is one of the deepest personal connections a person can have, the bond they share with their family can also be the most complicated. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, a novel by Jamie Ford, revolves around the relationships the characters share, and how they develop.…
The anti-trust act broke up the distribution and exhibition monopoly; America was no longer standing in line to see movies and despite the invention of television, the film industry ignored it believing this to be a passing fad. This paper will explore the various changes that took place in 1950 Hollywood. Television’s…
Although I am embarrassed to tell this story, for it screams massive class and racial privilege, I guess it will be another step in the acceptance of my innate privilege and social status. A few weeks ago, I had the chance to hang out with a high school buddy of mine, whom I had not seen in a while. He texted me asking if I was interesting in making a trip to the L’auberge Casino, for his girlfriend had just recently turned twenty-one and was interested in trying out her new legal freedom. I had not been to the casino since my twenty-first birthday, about ten months ago, so I decided that playing with the slot machines would not hurt. As the time to leave came, I hopped in my car, left my house, located in a subdivision on Staring Lane,…
In the 1930s the United States was suffering from the Great Depression. People were out of work and penniless, but Hollywood actors raised several American Spirits. Shirley Temple a child star, Clark Gable the first macho man, and Charlie Chaplin an English born actor who became an American movie icon were all actors who raised American spirit on the silver screen during the Great Depression. Shirley Temple was a child star who lifted American hearts.…
On November 21 1980 the 26 story MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada was occupied by approximately 5000 people when a tragic fire broke out in the restaurant known as “The Deli” as a result of a ground fault in the wall killing 85 people. A major contributor to the deaths was combustible furnishings, interior finishes, foam padding and moldings, air supply, and a very large undivided area that allowed for rapid fire spread and heavy smoke. Construction of the hotel and casino began in 1972 and was opened in December 1973. With approximately two million square feet of area only partial fire sprinkler protection was installed in the arcade, showrooms and convention areas on the ground level only. During construction the owners decided…