History of California

San Francisco, in northern California, is a hilly city on the tip of a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It's known for its year-round fog, iconic Golden Gate Bridge, and cable cars, but is at risk for a major earthquake. San Francisco is built on the north american plate with it moving against a transform boundary, with the Pacific plate. A transform boundary is when two plates slide against each other, causing many earthquakes since San Francisco is on the west…

There are many outlets in which officials can gain the ability to scrutinize, regulate, and influence every action and behavior one makes therefore allowing surveillance to greatly affect the use of public space by standardizing who, when and where protests, art and many other social activities can occur. Visiting Broadway and Whittier Blvd. in Los Angeles gave me a broader view of how this urban space has been used to illustrate important events of Chicano community members. On my commute to…

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a novel about two boys who grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan. Both boys grew up living with their fathers and no mother in the picture; Amir’s mother died during childbirth and he now lives with his father Baba, Hassan’s mother ran away soon after she gave birth to him and he now lives with his father Ali where they work as Baba and Amir’s servants. The boys only one year apart grow up best friends but one day everything will change. In the beginning of the…

to be nothing amiss in this city of splendor. But there is a child, one who pays for all of the sins of Omelas. The child is kept in a darkened and dank broom closet far beneath the city, where no one can be reminded that it exists. It is the dark history of Omelas. While everyone in the city can experience its comfort and prestige, they all ignore the price that they the child has to pay for them to continue living as they do, in magnificence and…

When word got out about Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson Charlie, and George Washington Carmack finding gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in August 1896, their discovery sparked one of the greatest gold rushes in history: the Klondike Gold Rush (“What Was the Klondike Gold Rush?”). Jack London, famous for his novel The Call of the Wild, was one of thousands of stampeders that made their way north in hopes of getting rich. Through the theme of the indifference of nature in his short stories,…

necessity to employment. The demands and expansion of the job market has forced educated individuals like UC Davis graduates out of their hometowns and instead into a flight of movement, seeking a new place to call home. However, within Northern California, soaring costs of living imposes expenses upon any standard of living. Affordability is drawn to mind, shifting consumer preferences to residency in budget-friendly places traditionally associated as “bad neighborhoods.” What is seen as a…

What’s An American Dream for Immigrants Undocumented immigrants come from different parts of the world not just Mexico. The ones that are mostly judged for coming to America to find and live the American Dream are the Latinos. We are the one’s that are different and have all these stereotypes about us; but not every Latino is a criminal or rapist. They don’t know the struggle that all undocumented faced everyday and fear that they won’t be deported and separated from their families. We all…

Introduction Companies are affected by an external environment as much as they are affected by the competitors. International issues influencing business are legal, political, social, technological and economic. In good understanding of these influences is essential while developing a business plan. The factors in the Australian environment affecting Disney 's global and domestic decisions in marketing include: the impact of trade agreements/practices and global economic interdependence,…

When you hear the word ‘flood’ what do you think of? The majority of us probably think of the scientific definition of the word: a natural disaster that happens when a large amount of water covers an area of land that is normally dry (Merriam-Webster Online). However, in recent years, this scientific definition has been taken out of context to form a tasteless political metaphor. In the United States, immigration has/is frequently referred to as a flood, a stream, a tide, a wave, a tsunami, or a…

account the overwhelming evidence of the colonial influence on these representations. The debates and arguments are not restricted to Hollywood films (although Hollywood has a long history of producing films set in, and about Africa) but they are also great bodies of work encompassing the representations of Africa and its history in literature, journalism and television. As a result, this literature review aims to identify and examine relevant studies that have been conducted in the field of…