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Nick Flores History 112 Prof. Osei-TuTu November 1st, 2016 Research Paper It was the end of the first great war and times were changing, the time where people had to worry about the german threat was over and they started to focus more on themselves than ever before. It was a more consumer friendly society with new technologies such as the car that only cost two hundred and sixty dollars in 1924 and with credit being easy to obtain it made cars the most attainable luxury one could get.…

“They had dreamed of freedom; of a chance to look about them and learn something; to be decent and clean, to see their child grow up to be strong. And now it was all gone” (Sinclair 1906, 138). This is the bleak picture painted in Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel The Jungle. A disturbing critique of turn-of-the-century industrialism with pervading themes of poverty, anti-corporation, and socialism. A commentary that exemplifies the Progressive era and the embodiments of freedom that came with it.…

Kicked out on the streets or searching for a new life, homelessness is more than just the stereotypical hobo. Being away from home can be an immense issue, not only physically but mentally. It could also be an eye-opening experience and give one a chance to feel alive. After analyzing various sources, it is easy to see that homelessness and power go hand and hand when it comes to one’s identity. Homelessness and power, simultaneously, gives one new notions and changes their identity positively…

Meaningful Conversations Means Meaningful Families Ever wonder what real families consist of? So many people in the world today don’t know how to communicate properly and have meaningful conversations. Most of them are just glued to their phones and they can’t even go a day without them. Families are being pulled apart not only because they’ve forgotten how to talk to people, but because of these new devices that are coming out every other month. The divorce rate has risen tremendously compared…

eye. So I told him it was a class trip. Technically I wasn’t lying. So here I am with the same merry band of misfits that had become like a second family to me, they supported me through all the crap this last month. “GO BACK TO IOWA YOU BUCK TOOTH HOBO!” Blondie shouts at me as I’m getting off the bus… That’s all I need when Blondie Makayla’s minion told me she wanted to fight me to “knock me off my high cow” See how clever they are (note my drowning sarcasm) “Hit her back! Duck down Lexi!”…

Jack London is the epitome of the Naturalist movement in American literature. Many of his works, including The Call of the Wild include the essentials of Naturalism such as, but not limited to: taboo topics, Darwinism, violence, animal and nature imagery, determinism and the struggle for survival. His novel The Call of the Wild is continually referred to as his greatest work and is still revered as a prominent element in American literature. Influenced by major philosophers such as Charles…

Twenty-five minutes later, I arrive at my home the cab parks in the driveway of my house. “Welcome home, maim. Thanks for choosing Yellow Cab,” He says, boastfully. “Oh yes, I enjoyed being choked to death by the goddamn air freshener, asshole.” I leave the cab, taking my bag and the cab drives off. He doesn’t say anything he just stares at me in disbelief. I sit my bag on the driveway and look around my neighborhood that’s illuminated by street lights. I stretch both my arms out all the…

STREET ART Street art is a unique form of modern artistic expression. It has become a part of the urban environment, growing and changing with the city and the people that live there. Street art can comment on a social issue, poke fun at some aspect of society, or simply beautify a run-down area of the city. Even though the modern style of street art and graffiti was developed and perfected in the 1970s, elements of graffiti can be traced all the way back to the early 19th century. Today, street…

Throughout the years when McCandless deals with all of the issues that his family presents him, he is completely unhappy. However, when Chris is finally out on his home, he writes to the people he cares about to tell them how happy he finally is. “I’m a hobo now! That’s right, That’s right, I’m riding the rails now. What fun, I wish I had jumped trains earlier.” (53) This and other letters like it show just how happy McCandless was when he was finally able to live his life the way he wanted to.…

2.1 The Formation of UHI Luke Howard first proposed the urban heat island concept in 1833, he had examined the average temperature between London city and villages in 1920. As the result showed that the London city temperature is significant higher than the rural area in the day and night due to land usage increasing, lack of vegetation, artificial environments and heat production effect the high temperature in urban area than rural area. Therefore, UHI change the urban district of the…