United States Page 14

We arrived New York City around 1:30 P.M. the city that never sleeps. Eventually we arrived at our hotel The Royal Hotel, Upper West Side and were impressed with the welcome and the room given. We then headed out and bought the customary pizza slice followed by purchasing a 7 day subway pass (fully recommended…

Psychological Disturbance: Social ComplaintsA noise need not be at all loud to be disturbing. Think of the dripping tap. I have known musicians, for instance, whose ire is immediately aroused if they enter a room where background music is present. Others may be irritated by the sound of a certain voice, a neighbour’s pet, or…

This novel is set in Harlem in New York City. The Grimes migrate to the North in search of new opportunities. Elizabeth bids goodbye to her aunt in Maryland and leaves with Richard. She arrives in New York with great expectations but she is sorely disappointed. “Here, in this great city where no one cared,…

Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902, in Detroit, and past away in 1974. Lindbergh was an aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him. But Lindbergh was the first person to do it alone nonstop. Lindberghs flight suddenly…

The Sierra Nevada Mountains in California is a scenic canvas oil painting on display at the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC.Created in 1868, this enormous painting is approximately six by ten feet in size (Honour and Fleming, 2000). The subject matter of this piece is typical of Bierstadt, who is known for…

The Comedy, later renamed The Divine Comedy was written by Dante Alighieri of Florence, Italy. In the early 14th century, while in exile, Dante wrote this epic poem which is broken down into three books. In each book Dante recounts his travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven respectively. The first book of The Divine Comedy,…

Stereotyping and Its Effects Stereotyping, brought on by the existence of a class system, has many positive effects in John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath. This class system, made up of migrants and affluent people, is present due to the fact that many of the affluent people stereotype the migrants as poor, uneducated, and easily agitated…

The Jobses’ house and the others in their neighborhood were built by the real estate developerJoseph Eichler, whose company spawned more than eleven thousand homes in various California subdivisions between 1950 and 1974. Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision of simple modern homes for the American “everyman,” Eichler built in expensive houses that featured floor-to-ceiling…

All the activities, displays and buildings in theme parks are based on a particular theme or idea. They attract people of different age, gender, tastes and interest. For the great majority of people theme parks are a good choice for spending great time and having fun with friends and family. There are theme parks in…

One is led to believe that if a person is an author, then that person would have the best education that is available to them. However, this is not the case for Jack London. He dropped out of school at the age of fourteen and explored San Francisco, stole oysters, worked for the government, went…