Brooklyn

During the last several weeks of this class; we discussed the immigrant experience and what it was possibly like to be an immigrant. Two of the several pieces of work we discussed were the movie Brooklyn and the Ifemelu segment from Americanah by Chimimanda Adichie. These two pieces showed that depending on your background, where you were from, how much you knew, and how much you had waiting for you in America had a major impact on how well you were able to adapt to American culture. Throughout…

“It had somehow been tacitly arranged that Eilis would go to America”. Within Colm Toibin’s novel Brooklyn, the protagonist Eilis Lacey, is depicted as a conservative and passive Irish girl, one who lives within the social expectations of 1950’s America and Ireland. Eilis is used as a medium by Toibin to highlight how those who reside in both Enniscorthy and Brooklyn attempt to control her. Additionally, Toibin portrays Eilis’ life to be controlled by society and the expectations enforced upon…

So I recently went to an event at the Brooklyn bowl which was a new experience for me. My friends convinced me to go to a rave there and I really did not know what to expect. The reason I chose this as my location was because there was so much diversity in the venue. There was a lot of different ethnic groups I observed. When we got inside I felt so on edge because there was so many different types of people in one place that it was kind of overwhelming. It was not in a bad way I just felt like…

One of the best parts of being a librarian is seeing the impact the programs and community events have on the patrons being served. However, this is paralleled by the patron appreciation that can be seen as well. In communities where every-day needs are not being met and budgets, both inside and outside of the library are growing smaller, it is more important than ever to find creative and new ways to serve the community. Public libraries are excellent places to provide at-risk youth with…

2 Ways How Brooklyn Hipsters Could Be Helpful for Science How many of you reading this article want to end hipsters once and for all? Let's face it, Brooklyn hipsters, in specific, are annoying, can't stop trending, and should not be tolerated with anymore. The only problem is they may actually be beneficial to science. Recent news has surfaced that there is certain bacteria in beards that can actually work as an antibiotic. As people know, many Brooklyn hipsters can be seen with beards, and…

Brooklyn Bridge The aesthetic art piece keeps the eyes engaged throughout the beautiful three dimensional work. 1983, Brooklyn bridge by Andy Warhol is the gorgeous, fascinating colorful piece in the Andy Warhol museum located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Screenprinting is the style he decided to use for this artistic expression. Warhol had an unreasonably amount of patience and kept eye for details Even though this process could be a long and lengthy one. Many different types of paper…

We arrest bad guys and look good doing it Yes, they do. Brooklyn Nine-Nine is an American sitcom which revolves around a team of detectives and their newly appointed captain in the fictional 99th precinct of the New York Police Department in Brooklyn. The general setup of the show is a new case each week with a story building up in the background. Over the course of the seasons you will meet the squad: Jake Peralta, a brilliant but immature detective who has trouble adjusting to the new…

This paper is written based on an exploration and subsequent interview of a city administrator in Brooklyn Park. It will address the role and challenges that an administrator whose practices are closely aligned with the New Public Service world view faces in discharging her duties to the public. In an attempt to answer the central question of how and in whose interest do public administrators serve as agential leaders, three tenets, key to a good public agency that administers in the interest of…

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and the Industrial Revolution There are many time periods in the history of America that have contributed in molding the nation into what it is today. A big part of American history is the Industrial Revolution, when the nation moved from agricultural to a manufacturing industry. With this huge shift in economy came many changes such as the transition to manufacturing by machine, increased production of goods, and the invention of new machinery, and along with these…

America is still one of the most heavily immigrated to countries in the world and obtaining the “American Dream” is a widely held ideal for many. Both Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake and the film Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley, delve into the lives of newcomers to America. The Namesake and Brooklyn both deal with issues regarding identity and how it relates to family and culture, and assimilation, or lack thereof, to a new society. While these themes are similar, how they are dealt with…