City College of New York

The idea of the American dream originated from the hope and promise America offers. A man named James Truslow Adams coined the term in 1931 and defined it as "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement"( ). The premise of the American dream is know matter where you started from every individual can achieve prosperity through hard work and determination. The American dream is kept alive because everyone can relate to it…

Introduction My mom and I decided that the summer after my freshman year of college we would take a mother-daughter trip. I really wanted to go to Mexico City and mom wanted to go to New York. We debated about where to go because we wanted to go to both places. We finally decided that we would just go to both places. We drove to New York first since it was in the States and then we flew out to Mexico City. Profile of New York New York Bay was discovered in 1542 by Giovanni da Verrazano.…

4.1 When I finally left home I realized how closed off I was to the rest of the world around me. With little diversity and culture represented in my Massachusetts home; it was a bit of a culture shock arriving in New York City. Here; different cultures are represented, various opinions are presented, and social norms are rejected. With this refreshing outlook on life, I believe it is necessary to get outside of your comfort zone and become aware of your surroundings. Back in my home town of…

Corporation, British Airways, Kodak, Lycra, Packard Bell, Sony, Suzuki, Toyota, Budweiser, American Airlines, Warner Bros. and many other major corporates. However, Carson closed his New York City studio in 2000. Then he moved to Charleston, South Carolina. But, Carson backed to New York City. Now he lives and works in New York City. Later work 150 Carson started work for the Gibbes Museum of Art as a freelance creative director in 2004. Also, he directed TV commercials of American Airlines,…

Summer in New York City Before The Trapping of a Bell Jar Pain, Parties, Work by Elizabeth Winder gives an account of the summer in New York City that Sylvia Plath talks about in her novel, The Bell Jar. This novel captivates in great and vivid detail the enjoyment that Sylvia Plath has in the summer of 1953. However, while Pain, Parties, Work sheds light on the vivacious side of Sylvia Plath during that summer, it doesn’t match the life that Sylvia portrays in her own novel. Sylvia in New…

proper personal care. Homebound elders feel helpless because they are isolated from society and depend on home-based care programs. New York City has a “population of 8.4 million people, over 1.4 million New Yorkers are 60 years or older”(). Many of these people do not have the resources to support themselves and required the help of others to perform simple tasks.…

Uncertainty in Life Page 92 The person who lives in this room is a teenager who lives in New York City. He has so much going on in his life that it is even hard to write about. His parents came to the United States from Puerto Rico in 1980’s. He’s a first generation American who was born and raised in New York City. Being the only child in his family wasn’t the stress-free thing. He was basically growing up alone. He always wished that he had siblings, because if he did, his parents wouldn’t…

The Catcher in the Rye is about a sixteen year old boy named Holden who just got kicked out of his school and is roaming around New York City looking for a way to escape his unavoidable…

Dover, DE where am a student at Delaware Technical Community College. I work a part time job as a retail associate for TJ Maxx companies as well. I originally moved here about a year back from the landmark community known as Harlem, New York City. A neighborhood where the Apollo was not too far from where I grew up, which was known for the unremarkable jazz, and poetry culture as well. I was born and spent most of my life growing up in the city. For a few years, I was homeless living in a…

Gentrification is when the high and middle class population come into a poor neighborhoods and reclaim them. During this process an abundance of homes are rebuilt and the poorer class are being replace. Gentrification has extremely negative effects on inner city communities that are generally populated by African Americans. These communities suffer from the effects of gentrification for years by losing their homes and businesses to a higher class of people. Many areas that have and are being…