Pacific Railway Acts

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 4 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Father Returning Home Poem

    • 1028 Words
    • 5 Pages

    to where the reader hopes his life will be better. The reader can sense the fathers excitement and urge to reach home as the word ‘hurries’ is repeated several times. The father is even mentioned carrying out dangerous actions such as crossing a railway line despite his old age to get home. No matter even if his shoes are sticky, he is still hurrying. This creates a sense of hope in the reader, that despite the fact the father is isolated from society because of his old age, he will be taken…

    • 1028 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    As I exited and down the slope, I took a gander at my mother in frustration and shame. I never needed to come back to that unpleasant place, I gradually stalled back to the auto. Picking up my placidness, I at long last got into the auto. I would not like to hear what my mother needed to say. I realized what was going to come; she was going to begin making inquiries, every one of the inquiries I had been asking myself. Of course, enough, after a brief time of being in the auto, the inquiries…

    • 829 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Pacific Way Case Study

    • 1083 Words
    • 5 Pages

    P3a. Description The utilitarian shed located at 186 Pacific Way is a one story post-war shed that was constructed in 1953. It is located a block south of East Washington Boulevard. The surrounding area, including East Washington Boulevard consists mostly of 1940s and 1950s post war sheds and industrial plants. The property located at 186 Pacific Way was associated with the consolidated steel architectural development of the 1940s and 1950s. The industrial shed a vernacular shed and…

    • 1083 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The majority were forced out of their homes and others were bribed with things such as mirrors, knifes and other possessions that assist with their survival. The South Sea Islanders migrated to Queensland and northern New South Wales from over 80 Pacific Islands. They were known as the ‘Kanakas’ which is a Hawaiian word that defines to ‘man’. South Sea Islanders had a huge impact on Australia but were treated poorly and went through a high level of racism and general discrimination. This essay…

    • 738 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Chinese Immigrants Essay

    • 3174 Words
    • 13 Pages

    technicians. Those who worked in restaurants and dry cleaning stores for low-skilled positions turned to the industry, such as shipyards and aircraft manufacturers, to enjoy union-standard wages and benefits. In December of 1943, the Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed, allowing 105 Chinese to immigrate to the United States each year. In 1945, to reward the Chinese soldiers in the war, the United States allowed Chinese men back in China to get married and bring their wives to the United States.…

    • 3174 Words
    • 13 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The journey began at Aberdeen railway station at seven fifty two A.M. on a grim, murky, and wet Saturday. I boarded the train for York, a pungent odour of fried food engulfed my senses. It made me feel nauseous, great start ! I wished I was back home with all it's familiarity and the delicious smell of my mum’s highly scented candles. Eventually later that day I arrived in Grimsby, I thought the day could not get any worse; I was confronted by the same bleak and grey weather i had left behind in…

    • 1119 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    is a classic adventure story about friends who plan a great adventure; however, they hit bumps in the road, but the problems they endure help them define themselves. In the three act breakdown, act I is the planning of the trip to taking off on the trip, act II is the runaway from all their troubles, which leads to act III Thelma and Louise tries to escape and their official acceptance of an identity as criminals. The film sets up their escape perfectly through the methods of character…

    • 2228 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    are taking is going to determine your future and what colleges you’ll get into. What I just described was any of the standardized tests that high school students are subjected to for the sake of college admissions. The two most prominent tests, the ACT and the SAT, are standardized tests required by virtually all colleges. If every high school student is taking the same test, regardless of ethnic background, educational background, family income, or prior experience, you may begin to question…

    • 1247 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    acquaintances with one another. We may even experience an outfall due to an argument or betrayal. In rare cases, unforgiveable actions thrash the line of friendship. Depending on the situation, every individual acts differently. Burdened by low self esteem and eternal struggles, various individuals act irrationally and behave in an inappropriate, impulsive manner. In a recent life-changing experience, one of my former friend’s mental obstacles clouded her judgment and shattered the bond we…

    • 1090 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Great Essays

    crimes come to pass due to various stimuli. Many characters and symbols in Lord of the Flies by William Golding are shown to be capable of both good and evil. Golding offers the idea that society’s beast is innate in all of us (143). No matter how we act in convenient circumstances or where we grew up, we can all “fall victim to the forces of evil” (Telgen). Golding uses a moral allegory to convey that every individual has the capacity for evil deeds, and one will transition from good to evil…

    • 1417 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50