The Death and Life of Great American Cities

another style of living; that way of life gets stepped on and those who practice it feel the ruining effects. Arthur Miller tells a story of Willy Loman, a salesman in New York, who yearned for a simple country life. He travels around cities with his suitcases to sell stuff but he never actually reaches his life goals. As the years went on, the pace of the city sped up and almost everyone held modernized attitudes. Miller emphasizes how the rural way of life is lost amidst the modern…

Industrial Revolution Argumentative Essay Throughout the Industrial Revolution there were many benefits as industrialization increased the standard of living and the opportunities of most americans, but with many improvements that came to america also came forward a handful of problems. As the wealthy improved there way of living there was no room for the middle class to expand and improve. Social Darwinism, which meant survival of the fittest, in order to survive you must be ruthless. This…

Shortly after World War II, thick clouds of smog hovered above major cities around the United States. American’s were becoming very ill and dying from health related issues from pollution inhalation. Rivers and lakes were littered with garbage and were too contaminated to enjoy. The misuse of pesticides was occurring around the nation, killing everything in its path, literally. Over three million gallons of crude oil spewed into the ocean at a rate of one thousand gallons, an hour, for a month.…

In the poem “London,” speaker says that he wanders through the streets of the London, streets which are chartered, and the city lies near the Thames, the name of the river which is also chartered, while wandering through the streets the speaker finds the faces, which refers to the citizens and finds marks of woe and weakness on them. In the streets of the London, he hears the voices of every type of citizen, be it men, women, old age people or the infants. But everyone seems to be caught in the…

The Federal Highway Administration reported that last year, Americans drove a record of 3.15 trillion in vehicle miles; while the year before, in 2014, Americans drove an average of 3.02 trillion of vehicle miles. The numbers are there, showing that the vehicle miles that Americans are driving every year are going up as the gas prices is going down. Furthermore, the general population is spending more time on the roads compare to previous years, either sitting in their own cars or on any…

follow in big footsteps. Even so, he had many accomplishments of his own as president, including leading America in the Spanish-American War (Andrews). Everything looked like it was going well for the President. Sadly, everything ended for McKinley on September 6, 1901, when Leon Czolgosz shot the President (Andrews). William McKinley gave his last speech at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York before being shot later that day (Baughman). Our 25th President’s legacy was all brought…

the age of eighty-four, into twenty or thirty different cities, and pick up a phone, and be remembered and loved and helped by so many different people?” -Willy Loman, Act II (81) In this quotation Willy, is telling Howard about how he was inspired to become a salesman after meeting Dave Singleman, a mythical salesman who in Willy’s eyes died the noble “death of a salesman”. His respect for Singleman’s life became his template for his life. Which can be illustrated with his constant need to be…

of the common American citizen. The culture started shifting throughout the nation; activism against Jim Crow Laws, hostility towards immigrants, and women’s rights marches pushed the envelope of social inequality. Later, the Great Depression caused many Americans to lose everything they have, with a nationwide unemployment rate of 25%. Out of This Furnace highlights the adversity that the lower-class society had to overcome to make it in this new America. The essence of the American social…

knowledge is power or ignorance is bliss, it seems I've always come down on the side of ignorance. And when that's the side you fall on, you don't realize it until it's too late.” Abby Fabiaschi human rights activist wrote in her novel "I Liked My Life." Fabiaschi reveals when we choose to ignore that something is going on around us we will face the issue sooner or later the question is will be able to make a decision once everything is said and done for us. We know that Donald Trump was a…

Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. He lived a very unique life and he carries that over into his writing. His writing intrigues me in the fact that he has such an abrupt writing style, but it was also simplistic. Many experiences that Hemingway went through in his life was evident in aspects of his writing. Hemingway was a patriarch of American Literature. He was awarded for being a war hero and later he received awards for his writing. Eventually his…