New York World

buildings or fabulous museums. Some people could have memories to share them with this city. Others could sense that this city is their place to gather with their lovers and friends. Manhattan, which is known one of the most attractive cities in the world, astonishes people in many ways. These astonishments show contradictions that make up Manhattan as it is now. Manhattan is expressed in this excerpt not through external views, but from internal views. The author, John Berger, states “There…

As humans, we all are full of different genealogies that may branch back to the American Indians, Pioneers, or even to the other six continents, however, it shouldn’t matter where we come from, as long as we have a purpose to do some good in the world. Our ancestors did just that. In “The Ghost of Ellis Island, More Than Just a Shrine,” by Mary Gordon, our author takes us on the physical and emotional journey that some of our ancestors went on to come to this country for a better life. By coming…

Don McLean was born on October 2nd, 1945 in Rochester New York. As a young boy, McLean gained a love for all types of music and would spend long hours listening to his father’s radio. Having asthma as a child, McLean missed a lot of school but his love for music did not diminish. As a teenager his sister paid for opera lessons for him and along with spending a lot of time in a swimming pool his asthma improved. Around the same time, McLean bought his first guitar. By 1961, McLean’s focus was on…

streets of New York inhaling the city air when suddenly someone living in a box near some trash comes into your view. You immediately recognize that it’s a homeless person. The box says “Plese Giv Moni” and you know she has spelt the letters incorrectly, but still understands what she wants. You ask your mom for a nickel or dime to spare for the homeless woman and she replies with a ‘no’ and starts to walk faster. Unfortunately, this dilemma is portrayed throughout society. In the modern world,…

Tara Donovan is an American artist from Brooklyn, New York who creates sculptural installation art pieces out of everyday simple objects, such as plastic cups, paper plates, pencils, straws, and polyester film. Donovan transforms these ordinary everyday objects into large-scale installations which in some cases create a depiction of nature resembling landscape scenes including, mountains glaciers, icicles, rocks, and more. When Donovan was interviewed by Daniel Comiskey, he asked her, “Why use…

professional photographer, living in New York City with a boyfriend and at least one cat. I had those dreams because life was not easy for me at that age. It had been two years since I first began to suffer from depression. Transitioning from elementary school to junior high school was a challenge for me. I had never been to a new school, and I was going to a new territory without my best friend, LeToya or my secret crush at the time, DeVonte. My goal was to make some new friends. At the…

Symbols Picture being in a relationship and being fought over by two people. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald readers can then picture the image. Going on, the book’s setting was in New York in the 1920’s. Throughout this book Gatsby revolves his life around a special someone for five years and does anything to see her to get her back into his life. While all this is going on Daisy (the special someone) and Gatsby have to make a lot of decisions and even passed many difficult…

beautiful autumn morning in New York. The temperature is a perfect balance between warm and cold. The leaves that had fallen from the trees are bright and full of life. The air is crisp with a scent of bread and pastries from a nearby bakery. I decide to advance toward the bakery for a cup of coffee. The past five months have been different. Ever since the accident occurred, I’ve been more appreciative of my surroundings. I took notice of the beautiful things this world has to offer and I…

I am visiting Long Island City in Queens, New York...and am writing to tell you about an amazing oil on canvas, precisionist cityscape painting from 1928, "East River from the Shelton Hotel", by Georgia O'Keefe. I traveled to Long Island City, to get a glimpse of the location of this breathtaking and detailed piece of O'Keefe's. I believe the message the artist is relying through this piece is that, the factories emit dirty smoke into the atmosphere, which is harsh, and the artist is displeased…

John Kasich Scores First Victory in Home State of Ohio John Kasich has finally won a state, his own home state of Ohio. “The campaign goes on,” Kasich told a boisterous crowd at his victory rally in Berea, Ohio. “We are going to go all the way to Cleveland and secure the Republican nomination.” “There is three of us left, Kasich said moments after Rubio announced he was dropping out but paid tribute to his former rival. “I want this crowd here tonight to give a great response to a very, very…