Cory Booker

outcome of the 2002 Newark, New Jersey race for Mayor, this riveting documentary kept you intrigued and hooked throughout. Sharpe James, the incumbent, was a crude adversary to challenger Cory Booker, Sharpe James knew this too. Mr. James, being the longest consecutive mayor in office of the city of Newark had many components that gave him the upper hand, like…

In the novel United by Cory Booker, there are countless examples of how different the people of America are, based especially on their different classes and ethnicities. Poverty, racism, crime, and finding your place in the world are three common themes scattered throughout the book, and make others realize how segregated people still actually are. In the beginning of the story, Booker discusses how he grew up in a predominantly white neighborhood, however he and his family suffered great…

Shaquille O'Neal is Now in the Rehab Business Shaq may have made his name and his millions on the basketball court, but he is making an even large impact on the streets of Newark, New Jersey. Newark is Shaq's hometown and he wants to increase the resident's access to construction jobs, unions, and higher pay. Project Impact Newark will help resident prepare for union entrance exams and entry into apprenticeship positions. Granted, union access and skills will not mean much if there are not…

Robinson’s “Richard Cory”, as well as Paul Simon’s remake of that poem into a song also titled “Richard Cory”. The poem and the song are essentially about a rich man named Richard Cory, who is admired yet envied by the people of his town. Little do they know that later on, the man will take his own life, even though he was sought out to have the ideal life image. The two works of art are based off of the same story line, but vary in other individual aspects. Each work of art differs in the…

The Poem “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson from 1869 to 1935 uses an admirational and superficial tone, a third person limited point of view, and the main theme to never judge a book by it’s cover to show a complex attitude towards Richard Cory’s suicide. The author uses a formal and superficial tone to describe who Richard Cory was and his importance to the town. A formal tone is portrayed by the author when said “He was a gentleman from sole to crown”. The author uses more…

prolific poems are Richard Cory, Miniver Cheevy, and Luke Havergal, and their dark themes of isolation and failure brilliantly display why Edwin Arlington Robinson is the best poet of the Modernist Era. Richard Cory is Robinson’s most famous piece of work,…

Edwin Arlington Robinson described a man that appeared to have it all in the poem, “Richard Cory.” The subject was revered by the town’s people and known as a man of great assets and his satisfactory lifestyle. The poem is ended abruptly when Richard Cory shoots himself in the head, taking his own life. The moral of the story is that money and materialistic things offer some level of security and stability, but not necessarily happiness. Though his outward appearance was polished and he seemed…

Richard Cory is a poem published in 1897 by a poet Edwin Arlington Robinson who won three Pulitzer Prize for his work. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. According to owlcation.com “Richard Cory,” is the story of a man who seems to have it all. The people of the town, who are clearly of a lower financial class, place Richard Cory on a pedestal. The lower class look up to Richard Cory and want to be just like him. The poet’s complex attitude toward Richard Cory is…

Little did the citizens of San Francisco know, every movement they made, was recorded by The Department of Homeland Security. In Little Brother by Cory Doctorow writes a fictional story about the terrorist attacks on the city of San Francisco. Post the attacks, The Department Homeland of Security heavily enforces setting up high tech cameras, restricted internet access, and extensive surveillance of citizens. After pinpointing a seventeen year old boy named Marcus to the attacks, The DHS…

Both ballads, “Warren Pryor” and “Richard Cory”, have similar story lines, but with different moods and themes. In Alden Nowlan’s “Warren Pryor” the main character’s parents sacrifice everything for him to be able to have a better future, but he, Warren Pryor, isn’t happy with his life. He would enjoy the simplicity of working on the family farm much more than being a banker. But because his family sacrificed everything for him he now sacrifices his happiness for them. In Edwin Arlington…