Bowery

Antebellum writers were presented with the immense task of presenting New York City to readers, causing authors to begin perceiving the city with more than just their eyes. These varying modes of perception allow authors to show their readers both the visible and the invisible city. Charles Dickens and George Foster, two prominent antebellum writers, offer guided tours of New York through their writing styles, even resembling each other at times; however, as a whole, the versions of New York…

Since the beginning of time, people have always tried to find a sense of belonging. Whether this belonging or acceptance comes from the home or the outside world, people long for the need to be acknowledged. For some individuals, the ideas of having people behind you is everything but when society and in most cases, family turns away, another form of acceptance can come into play when dealing with where you live and who you ultimately want to be. When acceptance isn’t reached with family or…

fascinated by public behavior and the exciting commotion of New York.”. This painting shows how busy the life was in 1932. Especially during the hard period of the Great depression. This painting takes place in a “massive structure of the El on the Bowery, the area notorious as a skid row.” Reginald uses a lot of seriousness and satire at the same time in his works. In this one, for example, he illustrated a woman that is clearly not supposed to be there by herself, a man on crutches in the…

“The Culture that drives the people” In 1908, during the reign of many Boxing greats, the world’s first black heavy weight champion became Jack Johnson; He fought in many challenging (Chitterling) circuits in order to prove himself. It is believed that this ‘Jail house style of boxing’ was formulated during his boxing matches or surfaced during the Ragtime, Dixieland and the Blues era and no later than the Swing and Jazzy Bebop-hip culture of the 40’s and 50’s. Music has always been the…

When an individual is born they are brought into a world that they are unaware of. At a young age, individuals get accustomed to what is said and displayed to them. They continue to model what is around them until they step out of their environment. When stepping out of one’s environment individuals can gain an understanding that everyone’s way of life is different depending on how one is raised and the environment they are raised in. Unfortunately, some individuals are not given the opportunity…

Introduction In this essay I will be exploring a topic most deeply embedded in New York’s history, which happens to be a theme widely pertinent and of extensive influence on the characters and the plot of “A Summer’s Reading”, by Bernard Malamud. New York has, since the days it was known as New Amsterdam, been the most prominent port of entry into North America. From the crown of the Statue of Liberty, one could easily make out scores of ship entering her harbor daily, and onboard, millions of…