Fictional characters from New York City

Carol Burris from the Washington Post writes in the article “How Many Students Are Refusing to Take Common Core Tests This Year” that “New York State rocked the world of test based reform last year when nearly a quarter of a million students opted out of the Grades 3-8 Common Core tests” (Burris 1). Parents opted their kids out of state testing, because they disapproved of Common Core Standards. For people who are not aware of what Common Core Standards are, they are a set of national…

From August 2010 to present day, I transitioned from a career in theatre to one in social justice. After obtaining my master’s degree in human rights, I gained important advocacy skills working as a non-profit professional. My post-college activities are detailed as follows. I. August 2010 – September 2011, professional theatre artist and actor Upon graduating from college in August 2010, I worked as a professional actor, director, and playwright in New York City. During this time, I focused on…

Downtown Worcester is comprised of office buildings, clothing stores, restaurants, small cafes, and governmental offices such as City hall and Worcester Federal building. The common oval serves as the center location for big events that takes place throughout the year. Few weeks ago, Worcester held their first Pow Wow event at the common oval, where artist from all over the world came to display their artwork. During our walk, we saw few of the murals on the street that was painted during the…

effects of media, some of the more popular include moral panics, hypodermic needle theory, the limited effects model, and mean world syndrome. The Warriors (1979) is an American film directed by Walter Hill. This movie is a drama centered around a New York City gang,…

story about a lawyer in New York City who, for a majority of the story, deals with an different type of employee named Bartleby. In the decades prior to Herman Melville's writing of "Bartleby The Scrivener," the United States underwent a complex process of economic transformation. The building of superior surface roads, the introduction of railways, and the invention of the steamship for hauling goods upriver marked a transportation revolution. Steam and waterpower were new forms of labor-saving…

The Brooklyn Bridge spans over New York City’s East river, connected Manhattan and Brooklyn. The construction started in 1869. It took 14 years, 600 workers and cost 15 million US dollars to finish the building. In the beginning of the project, the main engineer was John Augustus Roebling, a great pioneer in designing steel suspension bridges. He graduated as an industrial engineer, but in the end, he became a civil engineer and ran a successful wire cable factory. Furthermore, Roebling was the…

I took the elevator down to the lobby to get breakfast then go back up to my room and watch TV. The food choices are lame considering this is a star hotel in Los Angeles and in the hills overlooking the city. I was watching TV then, this advertisement and came across the screen and said come out to Venice Beach to watch the 25 annual weightlifting competition. I was very curious about this competition and gave them a call. “ Good morning this is mike hosting the 25th annual weightlifting…

New York Burning book by Jill Lepore winner of the Bancroft prize, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2005. Jill Lepore is a professor of history at Harvard University. In this book she reconstructed the events that took place on the spring and summer of 1741 which have been called the New York Slave rebellion of 1741, New York conspiracy 1741 or The Negro Plot of 1741. Jill Lepore research, and reorganized into words the cultural, political context, population eighteen century Manhattan.…

What is the Most Populated City in the US Arguably one of the most interesting and expensive places to live in, New York City (NYC) in the State of New York is the most populated city in the US. This city goes by other names like the City of New York or simply as New York and, as of 2016, its population stood at 8,537,673 people. This number is a 4.43% increase compared to the 2010 census estimates. On area, New York City covers an area of 468.484 square miles of which 302.6 square miles being…

New York diversity has plans to grow in Hell's Kitchen. Also known as the Clinton residents, these trendy New Yorkers are demanding an upgrade for their neighborhood. The Hell's Kitchen area covers from West 34th to 59th Streets and from the Eighth Avenue to the Hudson River. In totality, 20 street line this particular neighborhood while representing a grand change for the better. Along with the crime reduction, Clinton has increased in business and cultural diversity. According to history,…