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    Rio Favelas In Brazil

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    On the other hand‚ there is Rio’s ‘favelas’‚ the complete opposite of Addis Ababa. A favela is the term for a slum in Brazil‚ mostly within urban areas. Even before the first favela came to fruition‚ poor residents were pushed out of the city and forced to live in the suburbs‚ far away. However‚ most contemporary favelas appeared in the 1970s due to rural exodus. That is when many people moved away from rural areas of Brazil and moved to cities. Unable to find a home to live in‚ many people ended

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    City of God

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    use my knowledge to analyse why there have big different between both kind of films and their advantages. Part One By simply review‚ I will say‚ "City of God" ("Cidade de Deus") is the story of a boy who lives in a "favela" what is the word of slum in english on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The "favela" is like a shantytown witch called "Cidade de Deus" in the film. And from the beginning to the end‚ throughout this stylish movie both the boy and the favela grow. In the film‚ we can see

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    Does the city define people or do the people define the city? The answer is both‚ both people and city has similar weights and effects which together‚ defines both of them. How street vendors‚ large shopping malls‚ skywalks that specifically serve for them‚ pop-up markets‚ temporary sport areas constructed below infrastructures reflect how Bangkok’s government concerns and Bangkokians’ behaviors which both define Bangkok city. The more significant of the usage and how large the certain Thai modern

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    Seoul Urbanization

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    The population of the metropolis increases because people from rural areas and overseas migrate to the urban areas in large numbers‚ averaging 7.6 per cent per year (United Nations Population Division‚ 2001). Increasing of population in many big cities may causes serious problems even in advanced countries. Seoul‚ the capital city of South Korea‚ which more than 11 millions of population‚ has grown rapidly into a metropolis since the end of Korean War (Kim‚ 2005). Over population in Seoul creates

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    12 Angry Men Argument

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    Additionally‚ Mill’s other concept of the Open Market Place of Ideas comes into effect while analyzing the development of the jurors beliefs. The basis of this concept is that the truth will be revealed in the free release of ideas for the discernment of all‚ and this is exactly what occurred in 12 Angry Men. One man managed to convince the others one by one that the defendant was innocent‚ yet this would not have been possible if all of their ideas were not freely released. If the eighth juror were

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    Frank Lloyd Wright in his Broadacres combines many different characters used in Ancient landscape designs. One of those characteristics is with the Broadacres designs use of 90 degree streets in areas. The ordinal streets is similar to ones seen in Ancient Romes’s cities such as “Djeila and Timgad” (Ching‚ pg. 155). The straight lines in the design block certain areas into sections and create form of grouping of buildings in areas of both designs. Although the Broadacres design had ordinal streets

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    My Favourite Book

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    Salman Rushdie‚ etc. have always charmed and thrilled me‚ giving waves of delight‚ leisure‚ relaxation and mental refreshment. My favourite book is ‘City of Joy’ written by Dominique Lappiere. The book is a touching description of the lives of the slum-dwellers of Kolkata. The street-urchins‚ cycle-rickshaw pullers‚ city-vendors‚ coolies‚ pimps‚ ordinary men and women are the heroes and heroines of this story. Their lives‚ their joys and suffering and their pitiable existence are vividly painted

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    Maggie: a Girl of the Streets‚ by Stephen Crane‚ uses the conflict of romantic and realist views to show the reader why people living in slums acted with such intense violence. The main character‚ Maggie‚ lives her life through rose-colored glasses; she sees the beauty in her grim situation. While life in the slums causes most people to become hardened and cold‚ Maggie instead becomes distant‚ almost aloof‚ lost in her own vision. Maggie’s brother Jimmie is her polar opposite‚ a hardened. He

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    Jacob Riis Book Report

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    poor immigrants‚ he began to write about the plight of the immigrants living in the United States. This document is from a book that Riis has compiled about the immigrant’s horrid living experiences by illustrating the poor living conditions in the slums of New York City in the time period between the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. As there were more immigrants entering the United States the population increases has led to the growing concerns over the shortage of housing. With the

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    This film is about a murder trial. A boy that could be looked on as guilty for sure is put up to the jury to decide his destiny. The boy has a background of violence and crime and has been brought up in a slum. The jury is confident of the boy’s guilt. The whole jury votes guilty but one‚ Henry Fonda‚ or juror eight‚ and so the jury is forced to talk it out and make a decision. The other eleven jurors aren’t caring enough to sit out and talk it out‚ Henry Fonda tries to get as much evidence as he

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