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streets and approximately every evening at 8:00pm a curfew bell would ring, warning all vagrants to leave town and notify children to get home. Originally the jail was intended to house criminals, but in the early 20th century, it became a place for hobos to escape the long cold nights; however,…

from the colony. The carbon monoxide color detector tube will be broken within ten feet of the colony from the third floor. This will give a reading of the carbon monoxide levels that the colony is exposed to on a day to day basis. In the meantime, a Hobo Meter will be activated amidst the other readings taking place. This will allow for background information on the temperature and relative humidity. For this purpose, knowing the temperature will deepen understanding of results from the…

A momentous event in an individuals life may give new knowledge and a deepened understanding of themselves, others and life. Meaningful experiences may be negatively recognised by some individuals, however, they can adjust their feelings and acquire the freedom to grow. These notions are present throughout Steven Herrick’s verse-novel The Simple Gift and Raymond Carver’s short story Cathedral. The artwork Girl Before a Mirror, however, painted in 1932 by Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, contrasts…

According to Wolf’s Fitting Fulfillment theory, meaning “arises when subjective attraction meets objective attractiveness” (Wolf 9). While Wolf emphasizes the necessity of objective values in living a meaningful life, she does not provide a systematic framework in which objective values are defined and can be used to evaluate individual lives. Jonathan Haidt, one of the commentators of Wolf’s work, offers the concepts of “vital engagement” and “hive psychology” that are meant to solve the…

In this essay, I will be talking about the effects of homeless peoples', and not just the effects that they may have on the public, but the effects that they can do upon themselves. To begin, homeless people have been around since the dawn of time. It’s practically where everyone started. Nowadays, Homelessness is considered uncivilized and looked down upon. Sometimes it’s never dealt with, but the public sees it every day. For example, most people today have unlimited access to social media…

Freedom from invisible bounds, that is what they were searching for. In the 1830’s and 60’s, a new way of life started: Transcendentalism. They were against the Puritan ideals of wealth and wanted a closer and more emotional relationship with God. They strived to break away from the norms and to break away from the traditions and the lifestyle society had expected them to live by, and to seek their own way of living. In Jon Krakauer’s novel, Into the Wild, Chris McCandless displays the…

The prevalence of homelessness in the United States has been the modern day plagues for the urban and rural communities. In the early part of the twenty-first century, there were only a sheer number alone, the problem of homeless has become a bigger issue now. Through analyzing the problem, it is need a multi-faceted solution approach, examining the government policies, mental health legislation and the public perception and attitudes toward homelessness. This paper will discuss the prevalence…

North Sweden and change their family name from Johnson to Sandburg. His family was very poor which forced him to leave school at the age of 13 and work random unstable jobs to help support his family. At the age of seven teens, he moved to Kansas as a hobo. He would go on to serve eight months in the Spanish-American war and met a student of Lombard college a small school in his hometown. He was then convinced to go back home and work on his education a change that altered the course of his life…

A former slave Bridget Biddy Mason was held in Los Angeles County Jail due to her owner demanding her and her children to come back to him but she won her freedom and became a nurse at the county jail where she worked until her contract expired but still came and volunteer. Even though there’s no record of what she saw, according to Lytle Hernandez “Biddy undoubtedly watched as Native people arrested on public order charges weekly filled the danked cells of the L.A. County Jail. She would have…

Dalton Saylor Ivy Tech 111 Ms. DeShaney Dec. 12, 2016 To Kill A Mockingbird and Race Relations Essay Society has been plagued with issues for generations. One issue that has remained particularly prominent throughout centuries has been the relationship among races. Race relations is an incredibly broad term. The interactions and relationships among the amount of ethnicities that exist are overwhelming. This overwhelming amount of interactions, lead to an equal amount of overwhelming results,…