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Fountain with the Chicago skyline as backdrop for three days traded in its calm environment for loud crowds of energetic, bustling, loyal sports fans excited to be a part of the NFL Draft Town. Football, the American sport beloved by so many had another exciting weekend. And no it wasn’t kickoff season or the Super Bowl, rather it was draft time. As jerseys and fans came out, and the sports spirit was alive and thriving in Grant Park for the second consecutive year in Chicago. Hosting the…

order to support these arguments, Erik Larson describes in detail the lives of those who impacted society while in Chicago, as well as using direct quotes from these characters who ranged in different ages, backgrounds, and careers. Throughout this nonfiction book, there was one prevalent argument being asserted, that the construction of the World's Fair distracted the residents of Chicago from dealing with the many common problems taking place at that time, More specifically, the traumatic…

it to create greatness; others used it to take advantage of the darkness that overpowered their darkness. Consequently, this causes the reader to understand the characteristics of both the goodness and evil that coexisted during the events of the Chicago World’s Fair. Larson characterizes Holmes’s, the embodiment of evil in the novel, as breaking societal rules; thus, he repeats the word “too” as a means of describing each of Holmes’s actions used during his manipulation (36). This repetition…

A raisin in the sun a Historical Fiction based in southside Chicago , Between World War ll and the present day ( first produced in 1959. Book by Lorraine Hansberry came from the root inspiration from Langston Hughes “ What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore--- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat Or crust and sugar--- Like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags . Like a heavy load. Or does it explode? A amazing fester of words from a…

“She died on May 21, 1935, at the age of 74, in Chicago Illinois” (Biography.com Editors 2014). Addams was successful that “she was the first American women to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace” (Deegan 1988). She has brought a lot of change and attitude toward helping women, improving working conditions…

city of Chicago. Jane Addams was more focused on individual neighborhoods, while Burnham and Daley were focused on the city as a whole. However, both Burnham and Daley seemed to compromise and favor certain areas of the city. For Burnham, the downtown area and lake front is where he focused his designs, and Daley always favored his home, Bridgeport. Jane Addams focused more on the individual neighborhoods, particularly the West Side. She was a part of the social reformers and women on Chicago…

Carl Sandburg’s Chicago may be widely interpreted as one man’s visualization of his city. The author’s use of a sort of ordered free verse reflects the controlled chaos within the city itself. One must be well familiarized with Chicago and all of its parts and citizens to truly understand the order of the city’s work, play, and crime. Sandburg also uses numerous adjectives and similes, which applies a sort of personal, human-like aura to this city. In the first half of the poem, Sandburg…

when the times a rough tries to help others before herself. Others look up to her, because the little things she does to help others is amazing and could really help others to realize they need to make a change also. Born January 17th, 1964 in Chicago Illinois. Michelle attended Princeton University graduated in 1985, later to attend Harvard Law School in 1988. Soon after graduating Michelle Obama had met her future husband who would be the future president of the United States of America.…

Everybody loves the big city of Chicago, and knows that our drinking water comes from Lake Michigan. Well, imagine that water being filled with sewage and chemicals. That's the way that Lake Michigan used to be, and thanks to reversing the river, we will never have that problem again. A closer study of this historical event will illustrate how the workers completed this impossible sounding task, what impact this had on the Chicago people, and how reversing the river may have created more…

Earth, Water, and Sky was Duckworth's first mural which she created for the University of Chicago in 1968. It was a milestone for her career because it was an 11 foot, 9 inch tall mural made entirely of clay. Another well known piece of her's is Clouds Over Lake Michigan. This 9 foot tall, 27 foot wide mural was constructed in 1976 for the German Dresdner Bank's branch in Chicago. This piece is important because it represents Duckworth's abstract style, mixed with the image of clouds…