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In Our Town, the geography of the book enhances its message. Right in the first paragraph, we are given the longitude and latitude of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, which is where the play is set. These coordinates give us a lot of detail about the setting. We know that it is in New England, an area that experiences all four seasons. The seasons correspond with the theme of the book about how fast time passes. The spring corresponds with the beginning of life, while the fall corresponds with…

time of Town Criers this was basically 146 BC well into the 18th century. Not much can exactly be said for this. It was a gentleman that would pretty much ring a bell in the village or town square and he would read the current news and events. Well not just read typically he would shout quite loudly. That’s literally it. That honestly makes me wonder why such a normal and easy concept was kept around for so long. The answer is simple, it was cheap and effective. One great example of the town…

Paper Towns is a coming of age novel set in Orlando, Florida. It was written by John Green in 2008 and features high school students as they coming to terms with growing up and learning about the diversity and complexity of humans. By exploring how the characters learn the book connects to its audience and gives them the chance to reflect on their own lives. The novel begins in a subdivision called Jefferson Park. The narrator Quentin “Q” Jacobson and his neighbour Margo Roth Spieglman, both…

Margo Roth Spiegelman was a mystery to Quentin Jacobsen who was completely in love and fascinated with her. Paper Towns is the story of Quentin, finding himself through finding his childhood and high school crush, Margo. He had always loved her because she had something unique and special that he couldn’t find in another girl. When she disappears after a night of pranking that she exclusively invited him to, he goes on a search, following a trail of clues she had left behind. However, some of…

A new genre of movies seems to have taken over the box office in the past couple of years. Romance Dramedies are a smashing hit because they can incorporate most things we Americans strive for or experience daily into one movie. Romance, laughter, a journey, some hardships, and connecting. A film released in 2015 defined as a romance dramedy, yet the directors decided to push the boundaries and make it bigger than a typical romance comedy. This movie was quickly glossed over and thrown to the…

was destroyed. New South boosters came in during the industrial era and worked to improve the South by building railroads and factories. Southerners also began shipping out raw materials such and timber and coal. Just as before the war a majority of the South was poor. In books such as Rick Bragg’s Ava’s Man and Hard Times Cotton Mill Girls by Victoria Byerly the lives of the working class poor in the New South were described in detailed oral histories. The working poor of the New South era is a…

In the novel Paper Towns, John Green, writes about the friendship of Quentin Jacobsen (a.k.a “Q”) and Margo Spiegelman who end up becoming neighbors in Florida at the age of nine. And they have managed to stay best friends all the way to their last year of high school. One night Margo convinces Q to help her get revenge on the people that have betrayed her. So he helps. The next morning, Q does not find Margo at school and realizes that she has run away. Eventually, Q and his friends are able to…

which is historically used to be an old Airport when the city grows and skewed right. The demographic area now turn-down and built new homes, shopping centers, library, couple hotel, Recreation Center and Park movement competition and active,…

Quentin Jacobsen has loved Margo Spiegelman from childhood. They both had discovered a dead body together during their childhood. As they grew up they, both had gradually lost connect with each other. After years they are now in the senior year at high school. Margo and Quentin had lost contact with each other a long time ago, while Margo now belongs to the popular cycle; Quentin hangs out the band boys even when doesn’t exactly play the band. He spent his lifetime admiring and loving the very…

good example of how it is important to not forget the past, but South Africa is a different society or at least it is trying to be. I had a discussion with a few of my classmates and somebody suggested that the Rhodes statue should not have been taken down, but a plaque placed on the statue. I thought that was an interesting comment and I am still wondering what happened to the statue that was taken down. I believe I read on the Mail and Guardian how there was another Cecil Rhodes statue near a…