Suburb

Josephine,’ along with her lover the high-powered attorney Richard Schreck in a stand-alone book. At the end of the story, Richard has persuaded her to move into his home on a sprawling ranch in Connecticut. This year we return to the New York suburb of Connecticut in ‘Josephine Revisited,’ where we find Josephine still living on the sprawling ranch with her lover, but hating her job as a real estate broker. Richard and Josephine’s love affair is still hot and steamy, but lurking in the…

In the stories "Boy's Life" and "Emancipation: A Life Fable" there are many similarities and differences in their themes. Some about the way the characters feel and others about the general mood of the story. Either way, both stories, create a great message given to the reader. The story "Boy's Life" differs from "Emancipation: A Life Fable" by the character’s thoughts and actions. This story has the character knowing he will be "free" and leaving the school. In the other story it is an…

Neighborhood Narrative I was raised in the city of Oakland, where crime was an occasional thing, and homeless people living in parks was an everyday sight. Some parts of Oakland were beautiful, such as Lake Merritt. Here my parents would go jogging, and push my brother and I in the stroller. I attended elementary school at The Lake School. Growing up in Oakland really opened my eyes to poverty, and seeing people who are less fortunate than me. Being exposed to poverty at a young age had an…

Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac introduces the concept of a “land ethic” which Leopold defines as a change in relationship between humans and the land—a transition from dominator to member—and the cultivation of a positive, symbiotic partnership (240). Currently, the relationship between humans and the land leans on the side of parasitic. Humans are leaching off of the natural resources of the land in a way that is not sustainable nor respectful, and are continuously causing irreversible…

Nowadays, with the entire population increase in both major cities and suburbs, being close to the nature is something that is one doesn’t get to enjoy. Apart from going for occasional campaign trips or trekking some people like to a have a bit of nature close to their home. Planning to have a beautiful landscape might be an ideal way to have that. Most people might do not realize the value of landscaping. That may be the reason why most people just keep their yard the way it is just by…

Henna Vohra is a student from UIC that is majoring in English and minoring in Asian American Studies. By attending UIC, Vohra became influence to do more researches on the different usage of common languages and identities of each individual. In the essay, Finding the Right Words to Express Me, Vohra describes how she became aware of two distinctive dialects in English through her experiences. The different dialects of language used on a daily basis help identify an individual. Vohra…

II ended and the start of the Cold War began, the 1950s was a time that our country was feeling the victory that it had just achieved and the prosperity that had resulted. Industry production was booming, consumer goods had found a new popularity, suburbs were emerging, and the growth of growth of the southwest was visible. In Rebel Without a Cause, the themes of the 1950s were shown greatly throughout. Rebel Without a Cause is about a troubled teen, Jim Stark, who’s family moves constantly…

constructed what new suburban developments required (Pearson, 757). The roads and highways that Eisenhower created for evacuation, became a fast and reliable way to get to work and run errands (Pearson, 758). This convenience influenced the popularity of suburbs to grow; by the…

In the past, there have been many spills involving oil. For instance, during the year 2013, an oil spill in an Arkansas suburb resulted in the evacuation of 22 homes (CNN). As well as, thousands of oil had to go to waste and it almost affected the surrounding bodies of water (CNN). Even after the cleanup in the Arkansas suburb, a thick tar remained and residents worried if it would reach the bodies of water (CNN). Also, TransCanada’s other Keystone pipeline which carries…

away, or something to hold onto if they god forbid hadn’t made it. Secondly, the booming of the economy. At that given moment the economy’s population of sales increasing, price increasing, and wages increasing. Thirdly, the booming of suburbs. The amount of suburbs being made and renovated was…