11th Street Bridges

THE House on Mango Street As Rabindranath Tagore once said “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” The quote expresses the significance of dreams. The main character of the house on mango street, Esperanza, is a person that the quote best defines. A very strong girl that once dreamed big, no matter her surroundings and limitations. Throughout the novel, Esperanza goes through many life stages, as she tries to define herself, as well as she…

for lack of a better word, is good.” So preaches Michael Douglas in his Oscar-winning role as immoral businessman Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street. Stone’s follow-up to his Best Picture winner Platoon¸ Wall Street does not have quite the reputation Platoon does. I have not seen Platoon, but it seems that this makes sense because Wall Street is not a very entertaining or interesting movie because, although greed may be good, Stone forgot that clarity is good too. The plot of this movie…

The Wolf of Wall Street Analysis The Wolf of Wall Street is a film filled with sex, drugs, and lots of money. It was directed by Martin Scorsese, and released on December 25th, 2013. The movie revolves around the life of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker who founded his brokerage firm, Stratton Oakmont. After watching the trailer multiple times, it can be concluded that the audience targeted were mainly adults and teenagers. Even more specific, they use rhetoric to appeal to large groups like…

Island stockbroking film Stratton Oakmont, is depicted in the film as reckless, obnoxious, and sexist. Nonetheless, as portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, he is a very likeable character. We can’t help but root for him. Everything about The Wolf of Wall Street is excessive. It’s a three-hour orgy of greed, indulgence and swearing (there are more than 500 utterances of the F word – a screen record for a drama), and it follows Belfort on his journey from small-town fraudster to big-time crook. On…

Buena Island (YBI) are receiving an improper Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rate. San Francisco and Oakland are separated by a toll bridge and are less than ten miles apart, yet are considered to be two different military housing areas (MHA). The two MHA’s have significantly different BAH rates. There are eight counties in the bay area with a total of six toll bridges with a total of five MHA’s in a very compact area. Ultimately, members who are stationed at YBI are being forced to make…

Because it is nearly 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, the resulting H Street NE Strategic Development Plan divided H Street into 3 districts: the Urban Living district (between 2nd and 7th Streets NE), the Central Retail District (between 7th and 12th Streets NE), and the Arts and Entertainment District (between 12th and 15th Streets NE). In the mid-2000s, the Arts and Entertainment District began to revitalize as a nightlife district. The Atlas Theater, a Modern-style 1930s movie theater that had…

Introduction The San Francisco BART is an important rapid transit system that connects San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo. It is open 365 days a year and operates between 4 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, Saturdays from 6 a.m. to midnight and Sundays from 8 a.m. to midnight. In 2015, BART had about 126 million annual passengers and a weekday average of 423,120 passengers. Saturdays see an average of 207,539 users and Sundays have an average daily ridership of 151.562 people. The…

After the stock market crash of 1929, America went into a period of economic crisis known as the Great Depression. During this time, the political, economic and social institutions of America were disturbed. The young and the old suffered. Adults could not provide basic necessities for their children and themselves because no employer could hire since no one had any money. Even those who were in the high class were suffering. During this economic crisis farmers were also suffering because of the…

To assist is to help someone with money, resources, or information. The food pantry has allowed me to assist impecunious people who may not be as blessed as me. The food pantry broadened my mind as I was able to connect with people who came, and earn a new understanding of the benefits that people can gain from serving their community. Through my community hours at the food pantry I realized what my work did for me, the community and how it was throughout history. In the food pantry, I got to…

I hope all of the class knows at least something about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Great Depression and his New Deal. Considering we just learned about it and had a test on it. But hopefully I can go over some details that we did not go over in class and share my take on the New Deal and how it was very successful both at the time and for the future. This is because it made up for Herbert Hoover’s mistakes, provided indirect and direct relief to millions, got America out of the Depression and…