Manhole

Dear Secretary Of State John Kerry, recently, I have been chosen by the people to be the ambassador of my country. As a result, it is in my best interest to look out for my people and anyone coming into our treasured soil. This can be a tricky issue that has found great prioritization on my vast to-do list, our spot in the Travel Warning list for the United States. During my vast research, I have found our placement in said list and I want to thank you for taking preventive measure for crimes…

“In my hole in the basement there are exactly one thousand three hundred sixty nine lights” (Ellison 7); if that is true, how can one still be hidden in darkness? The Invisible Man spent time in his well-lit hole in a basement because “it [allowed him] to feel [a] vital aliveness” (Ellison 7). The narrator aspired to be “a man of vision” (Ellison 7), yet somehow others didn’t see him. He desired so strongly to make a difference that he tricked himself into believing he had an impact on…

productive rather than dwell on the past. Nothing could bring them back and I certainly could not join them. I stood and pulled on clothes hurriedly, it was never usually this cold. Something was wrong. I left my quarters under my office via the manhole and walked straight down to the main area of the hub where various sizes computer monitors filled most of the space. The chill in the air seemed to get worse the further I walked. Ianto was not in the hub that night. He had a family; a mum and…

What is it like to feel truly invisible? Sometimes we believe we feel that way when we are not getting the attention we desire. However, what would it be like to feel like nobody in society truly notices you? Ralph Ellison gives us a glimpse of how this life would feel through his novel Invisible Man. This book portrays the life of a young black man living in the late 1920’s to early 1930’s American south. Through the novel, we witness the narrator travel from the South up to the North and face…

The year is 2017 and 398 years after slavery, a cruel institution, was established in the United States, and 152 years after slavery was abolished in the 13th amendment of the US Constitution, we still see African Americans fighting for basic civil rights. The struggle for civil rights is a continuing fight that has evolved and improved over time, especially because of African American literature. There are numerous writers whose stories have shaped not only the civil rights movement, but our…

A light drizzle tapped the roofs of houses, and the heads of people. A large storm came in a few days ago from the east and the remnants are still lingering throughout the air. Cold, and muggy, the air clings to the faces of bystanders. The paper white breath of people stay in the air for a split second and disappear after only a few milliseconds. Wind dashes throughout the town. Weaving in and out of alleyways, through the streets, and over the top of buildings. Smoke billows from chimneys.…

Civil Engineering in Rome Engineering was a profession in Rome, and almost all of the things that were engineered would today fall under the category of civil engineering. They constructed many things throughout their time as an empire. With such an extensive empire, they had to make sure they could take care of the people in their empire. The roads ensured that they could get military personnel throughout the empire as quickly as possible. Aqueducts brought much needed water to big cities were…

Historical information about the Setting: Coming from a small town in the American South, the narrator moves to a Negros College after receiving a scholarship. After being expelled though, the narrator moves to the main city, Harlem in New York City. At the time, it was the major center of where African-American culture thrived and influenced many. The contrast between the North and South shown through the awe from the narrator showed the new sense of hope for the Black community. Harlem was a…

CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION Concrete a manmade material widely and greatly used in construction Industry. This concrete is a mixture of adequate proportion of cement, water and aggregate. Hardening (or) strength of this material is obtained by the chemical action between water and cement. As the time increases the stronger it grows (i.e strength of concrete is directly proportion to its age).The durability, strength, versatility and other characteristics of concrete depends upon the properties and…