Temple for Assignment 1 William Liang Professor Crawford Art 100: Introduction to World Art Visit to the Brooklyn Museum of Art Introduction For the first assignment in Dr. Crawford’s Art 100 class‚ the students have to visit the Brooklyn Museum’s Egypt Exhibit. From which we pick a artifact we thought was interesting and write a paper about the artifact; the artifact that I have chose is the Kneeling Statue of Senemut. The reason I found this artifact interesting‚ is because Senemut isn’t
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describe if the metro area are sprawl and how it impacts the people who live in that area. I’m from the small Ukrainian town and this study will not be applicable to analyze it in the same way. However‚ I lived in the Brooklyn for the 8 years and will talk about NYC in this assignment. Brooklyn‚ as the one of the boroughs of the NYC will not be classified as the “sprawling”. At least when it compared to the other cities in the US. According to the authors NYC considered as an outlier compared to the other
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Sharanjit Kaur November 8‚ 2013 Period 3 Classic Novel Project Popularity A Tree Grows in a Brooklyn was a very popular book in the back days around 1943 and the thing that makes this book really popular was readers from all walks of life--young and old alike. The New York Public Library even chose this book as one of the "Books of the Century." The background of the story seems simple. And most about a girl coming to age and facing family problems
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Although on the front page of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn claims to be written by Betty Smith‚ it is simply a pseudonym for Elizabeth Lillian Weher. Elizabeth Weher has written A Tree Grows In Brooklyn‚ Tomorrow Will Be Better‚ Maggie-Now‚ and Joy In the Morning. Betty Smith‚ née Elizabeth Lillian Weher was born on December 15th‚ 1896 in Brooklyn‚ New York. “Smith needed a copy of her birth certificate to get a passport‚ she was surprised to discover her name listed as "Sophia." Her mother told
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population at 13% and increase in the White population at 12% followed by Crown Heights / Park Place with 13% decrease in the Black population and 11% increase in the White population. Critical Analysis What are the causes of gentrification in Harlem & Brooklyn? Gentrification results from the flow of people and capital. Different neighborhood contexts determine the extent to which gentrification is linked to racial transition. Although neighborhoods change slowly‚ overtime they are becoming more segregated
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II. The setting of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn‚ is the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn‚ NY between 1900-1918. In the exposition‚ 11-year-old Francie Nolan is introduced as the protagonist‚ of the coming of age novel. Her family lives in the poor areas of Brooklyn where she is raised and has a close connection to the “Tree of Heaven”. The text illustrates‚ “For Francie‚ Saturday started with a trip to the junkie. She and her brother‚ Neeley‚ like other Brooklyn kids‚ collected rags‚ paper‚ metal‚ rubber
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should go walk the Brooklyn Bridge at least once and I never have a chance to fulfill it. Through this opportunity‚ I called my friend up to accompany me to walk the Bridge for the first time. Based on the information from the history of the United States‚ the Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883 and considered as an engineering marvel for that time. It remains as one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. During mid-1800s‚ the ferries connected Manhattan and Brooklyn. Ferries was a
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Spectacular Notorious Brooklyn Bridge When you hear the word bridge‚ I’m sure the first thing that comes to mind is connection. Yes‚ connection is such a vague word when we talk about a bridge but it blossoms in variety and definitions when we specify the Brooklyn Bridge. The Brooklyn Bridge is the first bridge built in New york City 1883. The first of many construction work that would build the well known juggernaut of a city that we have here today. Many people view the Brooklyn Bridge as a symbol
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The Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge‚ originally known as the East River Bridge‚ is a bridge in New York City that spans over the East River. It is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. This is the only bridge that connects the borough of Brooklyn to its sister‚ Manhattan. This bridge‚ with a huge span of 486.3m‚ was the longest suspension bridge in the world until 1903. Not only was it the longest‚ but it was the very first steel-wire suspension bridge in America
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Violence destroys the soul in a community‚ consisting of diverse humanity. Brutal and negative events have an increasingly large impact on a human’s personal‚ ordinary life. In the novel‚ “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”‚ Francie‚ the protagonist‚ faces a traumatizing event at the age of 14: an attempt of rape‚ witnessing a murder and loss. These traumatic events can impact someone’s innocent life intensely‚ as fear‚ sorrow‚ and trauma develops over a certain time period. Violent events she faces‚ illustrates
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