The Town

evolved into a once social lifestyle of a town into an unsanitary, overcrowded and underserved cesspool? The transmutation of the slums on globalization is at an all time high. There is an increase of people living in urban environments and abandoning their rural lineage. In the readings “Planet of Slums” by Mike Davis states his views on the globalization of slums and how they affect population and quality of life. Frederick Engels ' " The Great Towns," presented vivid gruesome descriptions of…

“Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder” and Nathaniel Hawthorne in “A show of wax-figures” discuss how money, professions, and jealousy played a role in murders. On the other hand authors such as Lisa C Tolbert in “Murder in Franklin: The Mysteries of Small-Town Slavery” argue differently by saying that money didn 't play a factor, but race did. Individuals may proclaim that race did play a factor, but did other things play a bigger factor? Jealousy, profession, and richness played a more…

Freedom in “The Strangers that Came to Town” Many people would agree that when growing up, it is common to feel the need to be accepted. In his short story, “The Strangers that Came to Town”, Ambrose Flack shows that true freedom is about being accepted. One reason why true freedom is about acceptance is that with freedom comes value, and the townspeople saw the Duvitches as worthless. Another reason is that the townspeople did not acknowledge or respect the Duvitches basic free rights.…

I read a book called When Zachary Beaver comes to Town by Kimberly Willis Holts. In the book there is a boy named Toby. He lives in a very small and peaceful town called Antler. Then there is a summer where many events happen in the summer to change Toby's life forever. One of the events that happen is Wayne dies. Wayne is Cal’s brother and Toby is Cal’s best friend. Wayne went to Vietnam to help support the US in the Vietnam war. One day while fighting Wayne suffered a horrific injury. Then…

Izgü’s “Wanted: A Town Without a Crazy”, Hilmi Bey used to work at the mayor’s office. He “[puts] numbers on documents, [kowtows] when [he] [enters] the mayor’s office, and [wastes] all that time for a mere thousand lira a month” (455). Various verbs in the sentence all contribute to the formation of an uninterested and dejected tone, manifesting Hilmi’s dislike of his past job. However, now he “[eats] the best food in the restaurants free, and in addition, [people in the town] gave [him]…

“Only a person who has a well developed strong personal self, can venture out to participate in communal life.” (Christopher Alexander et al.) In A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander writes a really seductive idea. It says only one person has a good personal self is able to take risks to join public life. The author uses the research result of “why adult need their own room” to explain his idea. I as a young adult totally agree with this idea.…

new job where she would be earning more than before, but in a town very far from home. She had to make a decision to either accept the new job and move closer to work or to stay put and see if it would work out in her current job. She decided to do what she thought was best for the family and for her so she took the new job. Months later, after school was let out for the summer the move began to a small New Hampshire town. Although the town seemed like a very nice place to raise a family, the…

Since the day I was born, I’ve lived in a small town. Okauchee, Wisconsin consists of around 4,500 people, a lake, one park, and about five bars within a two mile radius. That’s all. As I continued to age, and the natural curiosity of my teen years set in, it didn’t take long for me to begin exploring every street in my small town. No rock was left unturned. After about a month, there was no where left to go, I’d seen it all. Since then, I knew that I wanted to move away to a city when I grew up…

Poem: “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings Introduction and Thesis: Living in the adult world is often considered to be monotonous and mundane. It becomes easy to adopt to this orthodox lifestyle, and becomes difficult to escape from it. However, this conventional tradition is considered to be dangerous. This is shown in E.E. Cummings’s poem, “anyone lived in a pretty how town.” Cummings uses figurative languages such as symbolism, repetition, and paradox in order to…

The idea of humans being powerless, towards the advance of time is greatly explored through Our Town. Through Wilder’s portrayal of the afterlife, it is shown that up until a person’s death, that they are not sentient of the value of human existence. Their knowledge is restricted and their only focus is on the superficial features in life. It is then later when they die that they gain the wisdom to see the greater picture and it is only then that they realize how special their time was. It is by…