Skyscraper

even change their lives forever. The author of “Calamity” showed brilliant author’s craft in the middle of the story. In this scene, everything is going downhill as Megan goes haywire and chases our main character David around the Sharp Tower, a skyscraper made of salt. Though Megan is trying to kill David, he shows a sign of determination to get her back to her normal self. The…

“Over 3,000 people were killed during the attack”.(History.com) The 11th of september 2001, an attack in the United states by a group of terrorist in al Quaeda highjacked 4 different airlines. The government was not behind the attacks even though the collapse of the WTC building 7 was mysterious, it looked like there was use of explosives and jet fuel isn’t able to melt steel beams. First , the collapse of the World Trade Center building 7 caused the theory that the government was…

Carilyn Diaz Presas Sociology 330 April 6, 2016 Paper #1 Simmel’s reading, “The Metropolis and Mental Life”, is about the way the big city affects people and people’s psyche. Simmel has a negative view on how the city changes people and it is a horrible place to live in. The city makes people unconsciously change their way of thinking and their perspective on each other. City dwellers become more reserved as in they are not open to relationships as small town folk are. So city people do not…

Urbanization There are three periods that occurred during urbanization to the present day; whereas urbanization was directly related to industrialization. The migration from rural areas to the city shows you how inventions changes society to pave the way to the modern day. The first period is between 1820-1870 and about 6% of the population lives in the urban area. Cities were constructed in a way to serve as multi-function purposes. At that time modern processes or conveniences were not in…

I didn’t not know what I was expecting. On the first day of high school, I stepped into a crowd of students, waiting to enter the building that would become my second home for the next four years. I didn’ not know where I would stand among these highly accomplished individuals, or if I would even amount to the standards set before me. Self-doubt began to fester inside of me as soon as I stepped through the front doors. I expected less and less of myself as time went on. I repetitively used the…

AXIS, EVOLUTION AND THE SHIFTING SELF How an individual interacts within the family can be seen as a function of self. But the idea of self is in flux, much like ie. Enter anthropologist Jane Bachnik. Bachnik is a leading thinker on the self, and has explored ideas of connectedness, patterns of behaviour, and the shifting self, or kejime. She has written extensively on the relationship of public to private, and of the self within society. Bachnik suggests there is a sliding scale for ideas of…

The process of building trains meant to cut more trees. Cutting more trees means deforestation. Steel was used to construct and build skyscrapers. It is known that steel is one of the main materials that produce toxic fumes while being manufactured. Some time after, cars became the most popular transportation method powered by gas. Cities were designed to be reached by cars and minimized…

railroad industry, costs were high but with Andrew Carnegie developing the vertical integration which helped. This allowed the costs of goods to be lower so business could buy more. Carnegie was also the best known manufacturer which led to building skyscrapers, bridges, and trains. During the second half of the 19th century, there was another invention that helped businesses’ expand. This invention was the telephone and electricity. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham…

people revolve around these festivals. The intricate design and immense effort invested behind the creation of idols and pandals (stalls) is nothing less than a work of art. Imagine yourself, walking along the roads where you see idols as tall as skyscrapers, pandals replicating the Taj Mahal or Harry Potter’s Hogwarts and lights adorning every building of the entire city. I had often wondered what madness felt like, well, after my whole night pandal-hopping sessions with midnight meals and hour…

I said, “I am so far removed” from this book. Am I really? I wonder how I could make such a statement when I had only read ¾ of the book. I made such a statement because the book is filled with anger and hate. At my age, I have a choice of whether I want to be surrounded by hate or love, this assigned book throws hate in my face and I feel as though I am not allowed to turn away. I make the statement that I “hate” this book because I am backed into a corner to explain why I hate the book. I…