Chicago

Chicago and its reputation are being taken over and represented by pessimists. Over the past five years that I could remember Chicago has been displayed to the public in an extremely negative way. It has reached a point to when a person thinks of Chicago, they no longer think of the inspiring and passionate play that portrays endless dreams the city has to offer, but the continuous growing number of homicides. Well, anyone can call me old-fashion because I still see the endless possibilities for…

that I will list in this essay is architecture and the different types of food Chicago and New York City Are two of the biggest cities in the U.S.A. With New York holding 8.5 million people and Chicago with 2.7 million people, the third most populous city in America. Chicago and New York are very similar in many ways. They both have a nickname Chicago's is "The Windy City" and New York's is "The Big Apple". Chicago is home to many magnificent buildings and skyscrapers. The Sears Tower is…

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…

Ignoring someone’s importance or ability is not a good concept to me. But then again, in the poem “Chicago”, written by Robert Frost, Chicago is like that. In fact, the characteristic of Chicago seems to be violent, fierce, and cocky. Once upon a time, I read of a man in the bible who was so rugged; no one was ever to mess with him. Due to his body mass and capacity, he was not afraid of any harm that were formed against him. Goliath it was; a man who fears nothing, but himself. His height and…

I recently spent a few spectacular days in the Windy City. Chicago is home to a few of my favorite things, Italian Beef Sandwiches, The Chicago Bears, and my lovely 97 year old grandmother. I personally have originated from Orlando, Florida and that definitely makes me impartial to a couple things, like the weather here, my cozy suburban lifestyle and of course, Universal! These cities are very uniquely, polar opposites, but capture the beauty of life as it is in each place. Most noticeably…

Carl Sandburg’s Chicago is a poetic embodiment of the city that inspired its content. The poem, written during the pinnacle of the cities lifespan in the middle of the great migration, describes the life inside the city, and the people that make it unique and different from the other metropolitan hubs during the industrial revolution. Carl’s inspiration came from the sights he saw during his tenure in the windy city that inspired this great of a poem. Through the use of differentiating stanzas…

Chicago fire is a television series that is aired every Tuesday night on channel six. The show digs into the lives, both professional and personal, of the firefighters and paramedics of the Chicago Fire Department. The women and men at Firehouse 51 get their reasonable share of drama and tough work. Caught up in personal problems, relationship drama, and nerve-racking events, you rarely witness a dull moment on Chicago fire. My evaluation of Chicago fire is I love the story line and all the…

so many guns in circulation. It is very helpful to look to cities that have strict gun laws already in place. Above Jake mentioned that Chicago has fairly tight gun regulations. In a recent report, Chicago saw over 1,000 deaths due to gun violence in the first six months of the year alone. The report noted a geographical aspect to this violence in Chicago as well, “The past weekend's shootings, as usual, occurred mostly in neighborhoods on the South and West sides that are besieged by street…

Nathan Stallings Dela Cruz English III Per.3 Febtuary 9, 2017 Prohibition Life in Chicago during the 1920’s was not a very good time period due to prohibition, the gangsters that were against prohibition like Al Capone, and how even though prohibition was going on they were still making it, transporting it, and selling the alcohol. “ You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.” Al Capone. I’m opening with this quote from Al Capone…

Every week, dozens of lives are taken in the city of Chicago through the use of gun violence. These homicides happen most commonly in the southern neighborhoods of the city, notably areas such as Englewood, Austin, and Humboldt Park just to name a few. It just so happens that the city of Chicago is the city in which it is most difficult to acquire a firearm of any sort with the proper licensing. It is so difficult that we are ranked 1st when it comes to gun control in the United States of…