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“The moment you’re loved, that's when you got your soul” (Shusterman 174). Neal Shusterman, the author of Unwind, grew up in Brooklyn, where he began writing at an early age. Shusterman wrote Unwind with the intention to “point out the fact that there are two sides on all of these gray area issues” (Shusterman); he wanted people to look at issues like abortion, storking, and unwinding with a different perspective. Shusterman uses setting, point of view, characters, theme and symbolism to depict…

These high desirable communities were New Yorkers who want to be close to Manhattan without paying Manhattans real estate prices. The other beautiful feature Long Island City has is the highest concentration of art galleries, art institutions and studio space of all the neighborhoods in New York City. When we were walking along the streets of this neighborhood, there was a lot of comparing the old to the new. There was also construction taking place of new skyscrapers that were going up, and…

platforms but will go at a much higher speed and will be below level 1 (to be safer at higher speeds and to make sure there is no traffic). The average age of a person would be about 105 years old. Services include health, gym, education, high school, university, college, police, and fire safety. Most elderly do not get enough exercise. Not having enough exercise causes elderly to die everyday because of falls. One elderly person dies every 19 minutes due to falls. Falls can be prevented if…

Simone de Bauvoir and Marguerite Duras, is one of the biggest female authors of 20th century. The Bell Jar shares more characteristics with Sylvia Plath’s life than just a semi-autobiographical novel. The main character of the book, Esther travels to New York to work as an intern in a fashion magazine, just like Sylvia Plath did. They are both poets, who lost their fathers at the age of 8 and both Esther and Sylvia Plath slowly falls into insanity. In her novel, Sylvia Plath tells the story of…

a book an individual should be on cloud nine in a world that they can equally relate to however also gain knowledge from. In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald it goes back to the early twentieth century, where Nick Carraway moves to New York to start a new life and business. His next door neighbor is the mysterious Jay Gatsby, who once had a love affair with Daisy Buchanan, which is Nick's cousin. In the novel, Nick knows all the hidden secrets and love affairs but does not revile them as…

takes into notice how miserable London is.The setting here we see is changing from Pip’s old, poor town in the marshes to a more upscale city, and it was not what he was expecting. This seems to correlate with modern day situations, for example, New York City. Supposedly it’s a place you have to visit to see the square, but it’s just really dirty and not that impressive. CHARACTERIZATION: Here we see Pip meeting Mr. Jaggers for the third time, but get a lot more information about how he is as a…

many popular film Adaptations of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is West Side Story, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. This modern day film adaptation, released in October 18th, 1961, takes place in a rundown neighborhood on the streets of New York City. A gang called the Jets, lead by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), find themselves in a turf war with the Sharks, a gang from Puerto Rico lead by Bernardo (George Chakiris) . Tony (Richard Beymer), a former member of the Jets, notices Maria (Natalie…

As stated by Jay Parini, "We [the United States] are a nation of immigrants, a quilt of many colors" (BrainyQuote). America is the culmination of peoples and cultures from all across the world. As a seamstress adds and moves pieces while making the American quilt, each change brings different challenges and excitement to the beautiful work. One such dynamic alteration to the fabric of America was the Great Migration, in which millions of African Americans moved north, driven by opportunity.…

During the 1920’s the Harlem Renaissance was happening. This was an explosion happened in New York. So many African Americans wanted to move up north because there were more job opportunities their than the South. They would be able to make money, have a job, and be free from all the bad stuff that was happening. This was after the civil war happened. Back then the still had the Jim Crow laws and dixie. In the Poem “One Way Ticket”, the author is telling us that he does not want to stay their…

The National Hockey League (NHL) was founded in 1917. This league consisted of six teams, called the original six. These teams were the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the New York Rangers. These teams played for twenty five years until the leagues first expansion. Today, there are thirty teams in the NHL. There are six players on the ice, one center, two wings, two defenseman, and a goalie. This is one line, and each team…