Our Town

language, and morals of the people, who surround you, make who you become. I may have grown up with separated parents but both hardworking. Born in California but raised a Texan. Most do not know their neighbors but mine have become family. Beyond this town is a mystery to me but I am glad to call San Juan, my home. Neither of my parents attended college nor finished high school but despite their lack of a proper education, they are brilliant in the way they taught me what school cannot teach.…

on divisions, mainly division of races and sexes. I don’t think the US society will ever be as divided on race, as we were in the 50’s and 60’s. I think that the US main hot topic right now, is the division of the country on race. I believed that our country is not leading towards race segregation, like we had prior in the US. That is because we have so much…

American Dreams written in 1974 is an anecdotal story an amusing short story set in a quite 1950s provincial town in Australia; the town resembles Bacchus Marsh the town in which the author Peter Carey grew up. The story was written in the early days of globalisation. It’s a town of the main highway which begins to attract tourists who come armed with cameras and money but it turns out they expect the townspeople to remain frozen in time, just as they were when their portraits were taken.…

“Mudville” Stockton, Ca. my hometown, located in San Joaquin County. Is Stockton a Melting Pot? Some would say different. The existence, truth be told people fail to realize Stockton is very different from other small towns. In this city, many issues arise on a daily basis. The violence has gotten out of control. The violence has erupted due to the lack of instructional activities as well as parental guidance. In addition to pointing fingers, the lack of funding is to blame as the city struggle…

I want to share with you . One hot summer day in Mississippi, my younger sister and I were sitting outside complaining to our mom about how hot it was and how we wanted to go swimming. My mom didn’t know where she could bring us to have fun because we were the new family in town and not a lot of people lived in our neighborhood. Well, while we were sitting outside one of our neighbors passed by and welcomed us into the neighborhood. She also told us about a new water park that had just opened up…

class sophomore year. The essentials are up for grabs and everyone is after them. With minimal positions to fill in small town high schools weather it be Mr. Popular, the starting point guard, or even the boyfriend of an attractive woman, competition can cause conflicts due to competing with some of your best friends. With only 120 kids attending my high school in small town Wyoming every resource is one dogfight away. Rivalries are apart of everyday life but the scenario is much different when…

Virginia Convention held at Richmond, has rung through the ears of the American people for centuries. As a strong supporter of the freedom attained by the colonial people of the Revolutionary City of Williamsburg, Virginia, Henry was one amongst many our nation 's forefathers to spark the efforts to commence a new nation based on the principles that, all men are created equal. Between the years of 1775 and 1781, a Revolutionary City was born. Williamsburg 's inhabitants-black and white, men and…

is crucial to the story, as a lot would change otherwise. The Halloween party in Antlers is a little different to our own ideas and ideals for the festivities. In the town instead…

States in general, whether it was helping the economy, helping small towns become boom towns and many other ways. There were many key factors to this period that gave our country an economical advantage. Such as the wildcatters who worked at oil rigs, Spindletop, one of the biggest oil findings ever, and oil rigs which were machines that dug up oil. The oil boom in Texas, much like the creation of trains, completely shaped our nation's history forever. There were many occurrences where the oil…

In the town of Salem, Massachusetts there has been lots of accusations about witchcraft and thought to be good Puritan people worshiping the devil. It has all started with a group of girls dancing around a fire in the woods and getting found by Rev. Parris. This finding has led to lots of people in the town pointing fingers at one another. As a result of the finger pointing, people have been hung for not pleading guilty to a crime they have not committed. The person that is to blame for the…