Brooklyn

In Ian Frazier’s “Take the F,” Frazier gives an observation of his views on Brooklyn, the F train and New York City as a whole. Within these observations, Frazier writes beyond a given place and considers the interaction of people. For example, he describes his long train ride from Brooklyn to Manhattan: “every ride can produce its own mini-society of riders, its own forty-minute Ship of Fools.” By using “mini-societies” Frazier gives readers the sense that these riders aren’t strangers anymore,…

Russell was born in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up with his cousins, they all acquired a taste in the style of rap. Together, they formed the rap group Force of the Imperial Master. Later, as they grew more popular, they added more people into their group. When doing so, they…

Jackie Robinson: Barrier Breaker and World Changer Few People, both living and nonliving could say that their life was more than just a life. That there was actually a drastic positive effect on the world that they are occupying or had the pleasure of occupying. These few were either the catalyst of an effect on the world or an essential asset of an effect on the world. Among this small group of significant beings is the breaker of the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson. In…

CVEN9611 URBAN HYDROLOGY Semester 1, 2016 ASSIGNMENT No: 3 ASSIGNMENT NAME: Urban Hydraulic structures STUDENT NAME & ID NUMBER: Wael Hasanen Mohamed Hasanen – ZID 5033260 EMAIL: wael.hasanen@gmail.com DATE SUBMITTED: 24 May 2016 PLACE SUBMITTTED: Online Via Turnitin Lecturer: Dr. Stefan Felder Introduction Floods are the worst natural disaster in Australia. In 2010-2011, Queensland experienced flash floods. There was big damage to properties and council assists, many…

“My Name Is Asher Lev” Asher Lev is the main character in the book “My Name Is Asher Lev”. Asher Lev considers himself an “observant Jew”, and he is known for creating the Brooklyn Crucifixion. He is a curious young man, and loves to paint his memories and what he thinks of the world. His parents want him to stop drawing and painting because it is abnormal…

about Michael Jordan. Just Imagine your at a Chicago Bulls game and you see Michael Jordan dunking. Let’s look at his early life, career as a basketball player, and what he’s doing today. Michael Jordan was born on February 17,1963 In Brooklyn, New York. His dad worked as General Electric. His mother worked at a bank. Jordan like sports but didn’t make it. He failed to make it to his high school basketball team, but continued to practice and made it the next year. He accepted a…

I sat in my bedroom reading The Crucible, I noticed another well-thumbed section of the book of Miller’s plays given to us. The play was titled simply: Death of a Salesman. Intrigued, I momentarily stepped away from Salem, Massachusetts and into Brooklyn, New York. There, I was introduced to the insecure Willy Loman, his loyal wife Linda, and their dysfunctional sons, Biff and Happy. As I ventured into the novel, a feeling of sadness overcame me as Miller detailed the exploits of the Loman…

As Asiya, Siham and I were leaving Appomattox, VA to go to Brooklyn,NY, they whined and groaned, especially because we were driving and not taking a flight. Siham and I took turns driving, while Asiya sat at the back of the car looking out the window. She hated driving because “it was unsafe to drive through the woods at night”, her words, not mine. Now that we are in collage we thought, why not do a road trip like Mr. Udall did? Throughout the car ride Siham said some jokes and funny stories…

one other school before graduating from University of Berlin in 1913. She married Oskar Horney in 1909 which is how she became known as Karen Horney. She moved from Germany to Brooklyn in 1930. She quickly established herself and became the Associate Director of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. It was in Brooklyn where she developed and…

over an event that occurred in the past. The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument was erected on the 14th of November 1908 by the sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman and the architect Stanford White. It is an affable monument located in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, New York that commemorates the lives of 11,500 Americans who were imprisoned by the British during the American Revolution and died egregiously because of the diseases and grievous conditions on the ships. This monument, as well as many others…