Chicago

all the answers. Fresh off the Chicago Marathon and my first skydiving experience a few months after that, my mind was open to the next new adventure. I wasn’t actively seeking anything in particular, but just open. When you think like that, things seem to come your way. It’s just a matter of if you’re in tune enough to notice. This was a case where I indeed noticed, but was way out of tune. Poor time aside, bragging rights were in order after completing the Chicago Marathon for the second…

The Scarlet Letter & Chicago The theme of a story is woven all the way through the story, and the characters’ actions, interactions, and motivations all show how that theme is part of the story. There are many themes that are similar in The Scarlet Letter and Chicago, but there are also many differences in the themes as well. From the strictly religious uptightness of the Puritans to the sexual dance halls of the Roaring 20’s characters struggle with the same types of issues as shown in the…

American professional basketball player Derrick Rose was the most electrifying player in the league. In 2008, Rose was the number one draft pick for his hometown Chicago and played for the bulls. Also he won many awards and won the rookie of the year in his first season playing professionally. Within his third season in 2010, he led the bulls with sixty-two wins and becoming the youngest MVP in the NBA history, he is currently the youngest who won the award at the age twenty-two. After making it…

As the new NBA season about to unfold months from now, many teams have upgraded their lineup, especially at the point guard position. The New York Knicks got former MVP Derrick Rose from the Chicago in a trade this offseason and the Indiana Pacers got Jeff Teague from the Atlanta Hawks thru trade also. But one team is doing the opposite. The Minnesota Timberwolves are looking to trade their star point guard Ricky Rubio in another team. It's been weeks that Rubio is involved in trade rumors…

Experience the historic past of Chicago by visiting gangster hangouts, cemeteries and more. Chicago was once the site of the world's most infamous gangsters like John Dillinger and Al Capone. While some of the original sites are gone, many gangster destinations still remain within Chicago. Top off your tour with a stop at one of the many speakeasy-themed bars that remain from the Prohibition Era. Biograph Theater Placed at 2433 North Lincoln Avenue, the Biograph Theater is where the FBI once…

Capone was a gangster “murdered his was to the top of the Chicago mafia before being sent to Alcatraz” and that was one of the few times he did end up going to jail (Biography.com). Of all things he was sent to jail for, it was tax evasion that sent him to Alcatraz. Alphonse Gabriel Capone is his real name and he is called Al for short. His parents, Terisina and Gabriel Capone,…

Its noon in Chicago, the game doesn’t start until 4 o’clock, but I can already smell the hot dogs. I make my way down the gum covered concrete stairs to the Red Line subway station. I purchase my ticket at the automated kiosk and proceed to rails to wait for the next train. Like every game day in Chicago, the subway tunnels are filled with business men, tourists, the crazy fanatics, and some very talented musicians preforming trying to make money for some dinner later. Their music echoes…

It was not until that one night in Chicago that I realized I had racist tendencies. I did not hate people of a different race, but on that night I was afraid. Afraid that he was going to rob me or worse. It did not stem from a hatred of African American people. Growing up in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago, I had met my fair share of violent people both African American and Caucasian. However some of the most kind and compassionate people I had ever met were African American. That…

The film “Chicago” show all the bad things that could happen in a court procedure. Lawyer Billy Flynn is willing to manipulate the press, discredit the witnesses, and manipulate the evidence just to protect a guilty murderer Roxie Hart. This is seen when he manipulates a piece of evidence to favor a positive outcome. He changes Roxie’s diary but no one is willing to look at it or question it. The system just believes whatever he says and he knows this and he will continue to manipulate the…

Michael Jordan was a former hall of fame basketball player that played from the late 80’s all the way to the year 2003. He has won 6 NBA national championships and made a sneaker brand that is still selling sneakers today. The basketball legend was born February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn New York. Michael Jordan is the fourth of five kids Larry, James, Deloris, Michael, and Roslyn. They moved when Michael was young to Wilmington, North Carolina. He went to Trask Middle School where he played…