Train wreck

the American dream to have lots of huge and luxurious buildings. Also, the Valley of Ashes symbolizes hopelessness. The moment Nick arrives in the Valley of Ashes he says that it is “bounded on one side by a small foul river… passengers on waiting trains can stare at the dismal scene for as long as half an…

half brother from their father’s previous marriage. The last person living in the house was Thomas O’Flaherty Jr., Katherine’s older brother. Kate experienced death very early on in her childhood. When she was only four years old her father died in a train accident. When she was eleven her great-grandmother passed away due to old age and then two months later her half-brother George was killed in the Civil War. She graduated from Academy of the Sacred Heart in 1868 at the age of seventeen It was…

As I interviewed Dr. Angela German, our conversation ranged from early childhood to traveling. Some of her favorite things to do are reading, traveling, and watching television. While reading and watching television, she enjoyed anything that had to do with traveling. As a child, her family couldn’t afford to take summer vacations. She often dreamed of a better life that includes seeing the world and many different aspects of the world. Traveling has become one of her favorite hobbies. Motion…

to be the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ). It operated the terminal complex from 1849 to 1967. The little use of train transportation left the Central Railroad bankrupt. It then was strewn of debris. Some residents thought the place could be turned into a public attraction. They got support from the state and federal government, and they turned the huge and devastating wreck into a waterfront park. If you went to Liberty State…

In Yeon Sang-ho’s Train to Busan is the most purely entertaining zombie film, finding echoes of George Romero’s and Danny Boyle’s work, but delivering something unique for an era in which kindness to others seems more essential than ever. The titular mass transport vehicle serves as an apt and very literary setting for an exhilarating morality tale that pits humanity’s fragile virtues and delicate principles with a ferocious catastrophe. For decades, movies about the undead have essentially been…

Stripped of Freedom Many Feminist writers during the Progressive era often wrote about gender equality. During the Progressive era many women found freedom through artist creativity from their bounded lives through writing. Each writer expressed their opinions in hope to strike a spark in women rights. The authors Charlotte Perkins and Kate Chopin in their stories, “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “The Story of an hour,” use reoccuring themes of complete isolation to illustrate the domestic space…

that they will grow into emotions that cannot be tamed. “without home or friends – without money or credit - wanting shelter and no one to give it - wanting bread, and no money to buy it…” Douglas aids the reader in understanding the emotional train wreck that can take place even if the reader has never been an escaped slave. He conveys his state of mind through the introduction and creation of prominent metaphors and syntax. He harnesses the power of these rhetorical devices to help people…

Joseph Cornell was an artist known for his shadow box art. He kept his interests separate and together by creating these boxes which also reflected the small wooden house in which he lived. The script is made of compartments rather than having one event trigger another. A character may come into a scene or Cornell may move out of a scene and the scene completely changes. It is not always clear if the stage directions are to only be followed or if some are to be read. Sometimes there are…

introduction of the sociopathic Assef, Hosseini is able to further elaborate upon the juxtaposition between his two protagonists. Assef is no more than a plot device to the author: as the catalyst of conflict, his character displays the pure malice which wrecks those who do not correspond with the norms of society. This is exemplified by two of his first actions in the book: stating that Hassan’s caste, the Hazara, dirty the blood of the pure Pashtun race, and condemning Amir for being at all…

music will tell you more about me than I ever will. Eminem once said “… music is reflection of self”. Like good weed, music will relax your body and put a smile on your face. At the same time music can break you down and leave you in an emotional wreck. As well as hype you up to play nationwide games. People say to understand something you have to learn the history behind it. So who created one of the strongest drugs on earth, and why did they make it? No one can accurately date when music was…