On the Waterfront

Before the explosion, everyone seemed in awe of the ship that was stricken and on fire “By this time men were running out of dock sheds and warehouses and offices along the entire waterfront to watch the burning ship. None of them knew she was a gigantic bomb.” (211). The characters were not doing anything, they just stand there and watched the boat on fire and wondering what to do next, they never knew that an explosion was about to…

society. Still, some of thearchetypes did get some alterations, and most visably did the archetype of „the moll“ and the archetype of a gangster, most visably with the introduction of The Godfather (1972) which, alongside other movies such as On the Waterfront (1954) did change some things regarding the before-known archetypes. Changes…

The plane sits down on a landing pad at Tampa international airport. I wake up and raise the shutter on the window and its pouring down rain, typical Florida morning. I’ve lived here since early 1995, I moved here after what happened to my parents, Israel just didn’t feel like home anymore so Dominic emails me assignments or he just comes and meets me, face to face. I stand up and pull my gym bag from the overhead compartment. I step into the aisle, joining the line of people who are…

On September 11th 2001, a group of militants working for the group called Al-Qaeda hijacked 4 airliners and carried out a series of attacks on the United States. Two of these planes crashed into the towers of the world trade in New York, One plane crashed into the Pentagon and the final plane crashed into a field in the Pennsylvania area. 15 minutes after the pentagon attack a catastrophe turn for the worst was made in New York when one of the towers collapsed in a cloud of dust. 30 minutes…

that was detectable nearly 100 miles off the Texas shoreline. The blast leveled nearly 1,000 buildings on land. The Grandcamp explosion destroyed the Monsanto Chemical Company plant and resulted in ignition of refineries and chemical tanks on the waterfront. Falling bales of burning twine from the ship's cargo added to the damage while the Grandcamp anchor was hurled across the city. Two sightseeing airplanes flying nearby had their wings shorn off, forcing them out of the sky. People felt the…

Year Age Major Events 1940 25 Billie performed for nine months at Café Society. She was supposed to sing again on 1 October 1940 but she did not turn up. So Barney Josephson cancelled her contract. She was replaced by Hazel Scott who sang there for the next seven years. In December 1940, ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Performers) went on strike. 1941 26 On 25 August 1941, Billie married Jimmy Monroe, a never do well, an ex-trombonist and a former pimp. She had been engaged to Sonny…

When I was a kid, I often observed the beauty and features of the gardens, rockeries, pavilions, the high buildings and large mansions with various shapes, the patterns composed of different flowers and grass, the winding path, the broad roads, as well as the grand bridges. At that time, I viewed designers as the most mysterious and respectful people of the world. As I grew older, my father, who is an architectural designer, took me to his office and introduced to me his actual work every day. I…

easily transported him to the muddy trenches of France. Jake wrapped a blanket around his shoulders and settled in on his deck, watching the western sky transition into the deep velvet night. His old infantry habits surfaced as he scanned the waterfront for movement. He knew that Prohibition put coastal towns like Beaufort on the frontline of liquor smuggling. It was illegal to trade alcohol inside the three-mile boundary that ran along the Eastern coast. Since local watermen were making easy…

neighborhoods in San Diego but also one of the richest in culture and history due to the influx of refugees and immigrants that settled in area since the early 1920s. With the emergence of Mexican-American settlers, property developers and a large waterfront, the neighborhood soon became a mixed-used industrial complex and residential community. This growth sparked junk yards and commercial business to take advantage of the low-cost property, all while the City of San Diego wanted the residents…

Golf is quickly becoming one of America’s top sports. Due to that we are building more advanced courses. Texas being one of those leaders in the course building. Texas is starting to build super nice courses that only the rich can enjoy. The most elite courses in Texas are private courses that the initial cost anywhere from ten thousand to a hundred thousand dollars. Then you have a monthly fee of anywhere from two hundred to a thousand dollars just depending on where you are a member. The…