Air Quality Issues in Los Angeles Andrew Penn Humanities 120 Scott Meyers It is a beautiful‚ sunny morning‚ so your walk to work is something you are actually looking forward to today. After breakfast you get on your way and notice how truly warm it is‚ then you notice something else; your eyes are burning and you are struggling to gasp for another breath. Such is the life for the average Los Angeles resident. A city dominated by warm climate‚ show business‚ and extravagant lifestyles has been
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Burton Raffel’s‚ “The Battle of Brunanburh”‚ the narrator uses an outside perspective‚ a generalized idea‚ and wide array of internal thoughts and intimate feelings to celebrate a great accomplishment. On the other hand‚ “Brunanburh‚ A.D. 937” by Jorge Luis Borges embarks the reader on the one-on-one experience to emphasize a personal connection with the reader and gain insight into the emotional and unpleasant involvement in war. Although the Anglo-Saxon epic and the modern lyric are inspired by the
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the big businesses not the undesirables. In response to the poor conditions Los Caballeros de Labor were created. Los Caballeros de Labor denounced the “Mexican rate” for any job. Los Caballeros believed the inequality of pay further divided the Anglo americans from the Mexican Americans. In addition Los Caballeros wanted the land of the people to be protected from the businesses who wanted to take their land. However‚ Los Caballeros de Labor were not the only groups standing against oppression‚ another
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Murals are the quintessential public art embodying the spirit of the community in which they are created. They say this is who we are‚ this is what we think‚ this is where we come from‚ and this is what we want‚ reflecting most clearly any changes in the sociopolitical environment. Murals lay out a powerful visual image of the ideology of their creators or sponsors‚ be it the Church during the Renaissance‚ government funded projects‚ or individuals expressing opposition. In Mexico‚ after the Mexican
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1992 a time of mistrust and racism roamed the streets of Los Angles. With the footage of Rodney’s beating in the public mind‚ trusting police would never be the same in Los Angles. Despite all the tension their was a diverse population from different culture‚ beliefs‚ and mindset making Los Angles a city with little communication between the police and its citizens. With intense separation between everyone and a lack of communication with local LAPD‚ targeting people based on looks became almost
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In “Máximo Castillo and the Revolution in Chihuahua” by Maximo Castillo‚ and “Los de Abajo” by Mario Anzuela‚ the revolution comes to life. Cultural history‚ personal memoirs‚ and historical fiction can be perceived as subjective narratives but them provide a colorful addition to political‚ social‚ and economical analysis. The piece by Castillo is a personal reflection that offers a peculiar and particular point of view from one person‚ and that represents how people permeates their surrounding reality
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Twilight Los Angeles; 1992 very accurately depicts the L.A. Riots. It shows the hardships the citizens of L.A. Underwent during one of the cities most devastating tragedies. The monologues that Smith chooses all show the relationship between greater things than the L.A. Riots such as prejudice and tolerance‚ guilt and innocence‚ and class conflicts. These are all issues that are very prominent in most of the monologues. The actual events provide the focus‚ and stated or implied a reference point
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indication of being an issue until they increased the total height of the dam. The Los Angeles Water Company was the main group in charge of the dam and all associations that went with the dam. The Los Angeles Water Company decided to increase the height of the dam to increase the amount of water that could be stored‚ in doing so they added a separate wing wall that went left of the main dam. A couple of years later the Los Angeles Water Company decided to increase the overall height of the dam yet again
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Chad Wilson ANT112 6 Nov. 2012 Dia De Los Muertos Dia De Los Muertos is a Mexican celebration to honor the dead and past loved ones. This ritual goes back 500 years when the Spanish Conquistadors landed and in Mexico and found them doing this ritual. It’s reported that this ritual has been in practice for over 3‚000 years. It is celebrated in Mexico and other countries as well as America. It’s described as a ritual that practices what seems to mock death. People at these celebrations
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Joan Didion‚ a concerned citizen living in the nicer parts of Los Angeles near the ocean‚ writes the “Los Angeles Notebook” about the return of the Santa Ana winds and how the winds are altering the ordinary behaviors of the Los Angeles citizens. Didion claims the Santa Ana winds aren’t just in Santa Ana‚ but also in Switzerland‚ and are very perilous with a strong disruption in normal human nature‚ suggesting a mechanistic behavior. Through her use of apprehensive diction‚ eerie imagery‚ and suspenseful
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