Hobo

Florentine Room guests frequently complain that a mysterious absent woman is whispering in their ears. Security for the hotel reports that they can hear talking and commotion coming from inside the room when it is locked and empty. The spirit of a hobo named Peg Leg Johnny has also been known to haunt the entire hotel, wandering around turning on appliances and messing with light switches. The room that guests complain about the most is 441. According to visitors, a female shadow ghost lurks at…

Alcatraz Island has a rather distinct past. Even though Alcatraz sits in the middle of San Francisco Bay, the island seems distant, as if it were miles out of sea. The appeal to Alcatraz is uninviting, since it had played an important role in the history of California. Imagine being imprisoned in one of the world’s most disreputable prisons. However, not only is the island well known as the prison, but it was much more than a prison going back in time. Alcatraz was a prison for the worst…

imaginations. A white sheet, torn into strips, transformed Beth into a mummy. Curlers in her hair with an over-sized bathrobe wrapped around her body, Katie became a housewife. Charcoal from the grill, rubbed on the face, created a variety of dirty-faced hobos. An eyebrow pencil drew long mustaches and eyeglasses made from twisted wire coat hangers produced absent-minded professors. Outfitting seven children with different costumes was no easy task. The wait was agonizing. Finally ready, they…

of the usual domestic women during this time period were better off since these women have their own logical sense of the world with the education they earned. Sure, he definitely has the typical housewife, Betty, but going back to the episode “The Hobo Code,” Don lived in a time where he had dishonest parents as a child. Today, as an adult, Don believes that he shouldn’t give birth the same issue happen to his…

The life of many Americans took a dramatic turn in the midst of the month October in 1929. This change lasted for nearly 10 years which left them in poverty, hopeless, and also left them hungry. Because of all those effect, this period of time was given the title The Great Depression. There were a variety of things that led to this period such as: Stock Market crash, bank failures, The Gold Standard, American Economic Policy with Europe, and the Dust Bowl. Those are the 5 main factors that…

When the Industrial Revolution started, it resulted in the world changing at a high pace. So, the people started to desire a simpler, and a more stable time. That’s when the revival of ancient architecture started to form. Each type of revival style was associated with a specific architect, for instance, A.W.N. Pugin was England’s leading Gothic revivalist. The revivals of the ancient architecture influenced the architectural designs of many architects of the time. Two of the most noted…

The four main characters in The Fisher King all seemingly struggle with their own moral compass. Jack has lived with his inflated ego for so long he’s lost sense of what effect his snarky comments have on people as a radio host but when he sees that he may have been the cause of a massacre, he fills with guilt and eventually decides to help Perry in his quest to find the Holy Grail. In contrast, Perry often goes out of his way to help others in need. Although Perry is at poor social standing and…

What was it like growing up during the 1900’s when familes were left poverty stricten? John Steinbeck’s childhood- growing up during the Great Depression, working many jobs, and experiencing horrible sites- played a major role in why he became a writer and what influenced his writings. Steinbeck soon became popular around the world because of his personalized novels. Inspired by his own life experiences and hardships, Steinbeck wrote notable novels including Of Mice and Men, Grapes of Wrath, and…

thus the final sentence, “we must cultivate our garden”. Nobody could have been more wrapped-up with these philosophies than Candide’s tutor Pangloss, a perpetual guard of the ethics of optimism. Even in the faultiest of situations, as a hobo, who was infested with syphilis, he states that “It was something indispensable in the best of worlds, a necessary ingredient; for, if Columbus in an island of America had not caught this disease . . . we should not have chocolate and…

Finding your walk My clown walk is a typical drunken hobo walk when I’m drunk I feel warm inside and have almost no feeling outside and I feel like I’m not in control, when I try running I feel like I was a salt shaker being shaken. I degenerate into a disgusting combination of sweat, spilled alcohol and vomit. I drink to remove my pain I deal with every day and it make me happy for a while. I can’t stand straight and I move side to side not knowing what’s happening around me. The reason…