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TITLE How to Discover Detroit's Beautiful Ruins LEAD PARAGRAPH After decades of decay and neglect, intrepid visitors are beginning to discover the ghostly beauty underneath Detroit's grimy shell. If you're a fan of ruins, taking a day to explore central Detroit can prove a fruitful photography trip and even an archaeological treasure trove of 20th century life in what was once one of America's greatest cities. As you uncover the history of such a formerly significant place, you'll see how decay…

Friendships of Ari In the story Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Ari creates and strengthens friendships. Ari was able to create and strengthen relationships by handling problems that he encountered. Some of the problems that Ari faced in his relationships was communication and trust. Ari encountered many relationships that were not always healthy in the story, the problems in Ari’s relationships helped him become acceptive of himself and others,…

Love makes a person do things that they would normally not do. In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante tend to look out for each other. When Dante tries to stop the kids from shooting the sparrows, Ari supports him, even though he doesn’t really know why. Another time is when Dante is helping the bird on the street and a car is coming at Dante. Ari risks his life by jumping in front of the car to save his friend. By the…

Evaluation- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Mysteries of the Universe Benjamin Alire Saenz put together an outstanding book. In the book he portrays every character in such an understandable way that it enhances the reading experience. All audiences would love his dramatic and romantic novel. He wrote about a relationship between two boys who meet in a long hot summer. They create a special bond and learn and grow together throughout the book. Although having different backgrounds and ideas of…

Intrigued by what it meant to embody an “Other” in the context of the quincentenary of the events that took place in 1492 and led by an honest curiosity of whether racial dynamics had evolved throughout those 500 years, Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peña put together “A Couple in a Cage.” The performance depicted them as undiscovered Amerindians from an island in the Gulf of Mexico and made its way throughout the United States and countries such as Spain and England. The experiences of the…

Have you ever wondered the details on Christopher Columbus discovering America? I have, and I am very curious about what events lead up to him getting the opportunity and knowledge to discover America. How he got all the academic finding and maps, how he got permission, and if he went alone. Also, just a little more background information on Christopher himself. I found in my research that the discovery of America was an enormous surprise and overruled all other events that took place in the…

On the dawn of the 16th century Spain along with many other countries set out to go explore across the ocean. Spain went exploring for God, glory, and gold. They became fully Catholic in the late fourteen hundreds and they went out to spread the word of God. They were able to voyage to other lands due to advancement in technology during the 1400’s like the magnetic compass. Another big factor in going across the ocean was for trade purposes because they were looking for a more direct path to…

Did the Chinese Discover America? The short answer is no, they did not discover America. There are many reasons as to why the Chinese didn’t discover America. Some of those include the fact that Native Americans were already settled there, Polynesians had already visited South America around 700 C.E, and Leif Erikson stumbled upon it in the 11th century. Even so other say from 1405 to 1433 the Ming Dynasty launched several voyages led by Zheng He, which included the voyage to America. The first…

Discover My Major Day Being able to go to the Discover My Major Day, and get to know so many different majors that University of Memphis provide, was such an amazing thing to do, I even had the chance to get to know the majors that I am interesting in. Since I am undecided major going to the Discover My major Day and being around so many interesting majors definitely helped me to choose my major and opened my eyes on so many different majors. One from the majors that I was really exited to…

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáen is based on homosexuality, family secrets, and Mexican-American identity. Fifteen year old Aristotle meets Dante at a community pool where he lives in El Paso, Texas. Dante shows Aristotle how to swim and they later get to know eachother more by hanging out. Dante is described as Aristotle's first real friend. They are complete opposites. Aristotle is quiet and guarded while Dante is talkative and outgoing. Their…