Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Bridge is known to be one of history's grandest engineering feats and also one of the most popular bridges in New York City. Here in the text, “A Bridge for New York” by Patricia Mayberry, and “The Celebration” by The New York Tribune. Both of these texts talk about the Brooklyn Bridge, although two of the texts are different from each other, and provide different information about the Brooklyn Bridge. The first reason why the two texts are both different from each other, and…

August, of Jacqueline Woodson’s Another Brooklyn, studies death in a way to avoid it. The study of other culture’s rituals related to death lets her avoid her own reactions. Throughout the text this is evident as August continues to reject the death of her mother: SweetGrove becoming memory. My mother becoming dust. What’s in the urn? You know what’s in the urn. Is Mama home yet? Memory like a bruise. Fading. She’s coming tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. Don’t wade in the water children.…

The Brooklyn Bridge spans over New York City’s East river, connected Manhattan and Brooklyn. The construction started in 1869. It took 14 years, 600 workers and cost 15 million US dollars to finish the building. In the beginning of the project, the main engineer was John Augustus Roebling, a great pioneer in designing steel suspension bridges. He graduated as an industrial engineer, but in the end, he became a civil engineer and ran a successful wire cable factory. Furthermore, Roebling was the…

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is an arts organization that has served the New York City arts community and global community for over 150 years. Located at 30 Lafayette Ave in Brooklyn, New York, BAM features works in a variety of artistic mediums. These mediums enjoyed by individuals and families of varying ages and backgrounds include: dance, theatre, music, film, and opera. Led by President, Karen Brooks, who has held the position since 1979, BAM is an arts organization that places a…

Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, which was conventional in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education. The campus is known for its abundant beauty, and which is often considered as “the poor man’s Harvard” because of its low tuition and reputation for academic excellence. I am currently attending Brooklyn College; my major is biology and planning to do minor in psychology. I had no plan of coming to Brooklyn College, but suddenly I came to meet my…

abundant amount of books and have empathized with plenty of fictional characters; Francie Nolan, from ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ by Betty Smith, is one of those special characters. Although my life story may differ from Francie’s, she was a relatable character that has experienced what many of us have experienced in life when growing into a young adult. I read ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ for the first time when I was eleven years old and I immediately began to identify myself with the young,…

How did Different People Influence Eilis’ return to Brooklyn In the book Brooklyn By Colm Toibin Eilis, the character that this story focusses on, returned to her home of Ireland to support her mother after the death of her sister Rose. Her mother and friends expected that she would be staying in Ireland but instead she decided to go home to Brooklyn because she was influenced by the people in her life such as her husband Tony. She was also influenced to return because of her job opportunities…

Another Brooklyn (2016) is a novel by American author Jacqueline Woodson. The 2018-2019 Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature frequently writes about issue-oriented themes, such as interracial relationships and homosexuality, often challenging the literary taboos that existed at the time her various works were released. Gender, social, and racial issues are frequent topics as Woodson creates realistic characters searching for self. As the book opens, August…

I. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a bildungsroman novel written by Betty Smith. The novel is considered bildungsroman because it is about Francie's coming of age and becoming more mature. II. The setting of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 1912. During “Book 2,” there are flashbacks, and the novel's setting is 1900. “On Sunday, most people crowded into the eleven o'clock mass... She and her brother, Neely, like other Brooklyn kids, collected rags, paper, metal, rubber…

build a tie with someone when honesty is not present, whether it be a romantic relationship or just a friendship. In Colm Tóibín’s novel Brooklyn, dishonesty leads to heart break as shown through the character Eilis’ journey between Ireland and Brooklyn. Dishonesty from Eilis towards her mother makes it hard for her mother to accept her. When Eilis was in Brooklyn she met her partner Tony, Tony was a lovable and kind person but it was hard to describe him to her sister even though she always…