Station

grand spectacle along the way,” said Kurt Armbruster, a Seattle expert on Puget Sound railroads (1). Its success would not have been possible without the evolution of railroad stations. Therefore, the railroad stations in Seattle have important significance for the city and even the whole country. The history of railroad stations not only shows multifaceted changes in the overall architecture features of the city, it also directly reflects the city’s development, urban ideals, and the city’s…

Threat assessment The Amtrak train station in Wilmington Delaware is a huge train depo that shuffles hundreds of people out of Delaware into other states. In today’s world, there seems to be plenty of organizations that are out to cause terror and fear. And with the Amtrak station being a very populated space there is potential for various indirect threats. These threats are implied or are always being thought about. But being a train depot what is its main purpose,…

The Dry Creek station of the pony express in Nevada experienced many conflicts; some of those conflicts were between the white settlers and the Indians. This conflict only contributed to getting rid of the pony express, which was only was in operation during April 3, 1860 to October 28, 1861. One of the conflicts that occurred at the dry creek station was when a group of Indians killed a man named Ralph M. Lozier and wounded a man named John Applegate after attacking the station asking Si…

primitive methods such as coal burning. Which can release large amount of particulate matter and toxic gasses that inevitably contaminate the air around us. American Municipal Power Inc. had a station named Gorsuch Station which released tons of Sulfur oxides, Nitrogen Oxides, and particulate matter. Gorsuch station was a coal-fired power plant. Although they failed to obtain necessary permits and install controls for reducing their emissions, EPA was there to stop them from polluting our…

“nostalgia, a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, is a predominantly positive and social emotion,” and that it “maintains psychological comfort,” but the key word is “predominantly” (Zhou,2012). Nostalgia is depicted very differently in Station eleven and The Odyssey because the circumstances of characters in each book are substantially different. In The Odyssey, nostalgia is a social function that is used to tell heroic tales of the past to show an individuals valour or…

In Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel successfully utilizes a variety of rhetorical devices to persuade her audience to feel and think a certain way, especially through the use of Shakespearean motifs. Mandel uses Shakespearean motifs to bring up the topic of tragedy and devastation to show how much people will miss from their old world―the simple, convenient things in life―after devastation hits. By emphasizing this message, Mandel is also able to show that through art and culture, humanity…

internet, health care, cars, and airplanes. These things are a part of our life, but more often than not we dread or don’t appreciate these miracles of modern life. In the novel Station 11 everything was taken away from the human race, electricity, law, resources, fame, and for many, their lives. The main premise of Station 11 is the almost immediate regression from a society that has taken ages to maintain and develop, back into a lawless world where only memories of life before the collapse…

Matrimony, monogamy, and children either leads to happiness, hardship, or usually a combination of both. Sharon Olds’ touches these subjects in her poem “Station.” To fully understand the deeper meanings within the poem one must understand that Olds’ 35-year marriage was strained to the point of divorce, and that this poem records an event that occurs towards the beginning of this strain. She uses her husband’s description and their interaction as a canvas to paint her subject matter into…

Walter Salles’s 1998 drama “Central Station” was a movie that was hard to fit into a specific category. While it weighed heavy on the dramatic side, there were elements of comedy and thriller that made the film very different from any normal film about two people. The film drifted between various sub-genres, but the movie felt more like a mix between a road movie, an odd buddy film, and a complex relationship study. If we focus mostly on the setting on the film, the film feels a lot like your…

elements of racial, sexual and physical discrimination. “Fruitvale Station” shows the effects of racial discrimination between an African American male and the police department. “Philadelphia” shows prejudice towards sexual orientation and health status. Two of the movies provided each cater to the different forms of discrimination seen in the world. Police Brutality has been a rising issue for the last few years. “Fruitvale Station” explains one…