Water pollution New York City has several water quality concerns and issues. Water pollution occurs with adequate treatments fails to remove harmful compounds from the water bodies. They affect inhabitants such as humans‚ and animals negatively by other toxins being combined and spread. The sewage system is a significant component that takes part in the megacity. We often wonder what is a sewage? A sewage is water mixed with human or animal wastes from residence‚ buildings‚ and other places‚ this
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ART-185-SAS07: Art As Communication 3 December 2013 Museum Paper On November 9th‚ 2013‚ St. Josephs College hosted a field trip into New York City. The purpose of this field trip was to transport us into the city‚ and have the students visit a major art museum. There were a few different choices‚ the students had‚ but most went straight to the Metropolitan Museum of Art because the admission to the museum was whatever you want to contribute. However‚ we took a different approach. My friend
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10/5/11 Chapter 1: The first chapter mainly talks about the condition of New York city in the 19th century‚ and what school systems were started. New York City was the leading commercial center of the new American nation. New York was mostly made up of white Protestants of Dutch or English descent. As immigrants came in‚ crime went up because immigrants were looked down upon‚ and were poor‚ so they were basically pushed into crime as there was little in the way of a job and a reasonable pay for
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#2 30‚ October‚ 2013 The Challenges Faced when Cross-Culturing Sherman Alexie constructed a short fiction story related to the “telling stories” section in the Norton Eleventh edition. In his story‚ a main theme presents itself. The main theme presented in the story is that of general stereotyping. General stereotyping clearly identifies itself when William‚ the taxi rider‚ states “No‚ not jewel-on-the-forehead Indian” (Alexie 62). Constructing an essay related to the most obvious theme would
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November 17‚ 2012 Essay II‚ Word Count: 2268 An Artistic Story of New York in 1932 The purpose of this essay is to discuss the ways Stuart Davis uses the elements of art and principals of design in his painting‚ New York Mural‚ 1932. In the beginning of this essay‚ there is a description of Davis’ biological information and what was happening in New York during the years preceding the painting. It will discuss three elements of art to include: line‚ shape and color. The principals of design
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By reading the passages on Malcolm X‚ Richard Wright‚ and Sherman Alexie it is only obvious that reading brought enlightenment to their lives‚ and all three authors have a lot in common. These significant people felt trapped in some form‚ and their insatiable hunger for reading set them free. They were all fascinated with the act of reading‚ and they all taught themselves‚ and gave themselves the education needed to enlighten and influence others. Discovering how to read provided many opportunities
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In the short story "Superman and Me"‚ the author‚ Sherman Alexie talks about how he came about helping Native American children become educated. He detail’s about his life growing up on a Native American reservation with a limited supply of education. He taught himself how to read‚ and through the abundant supply of books from his father he became an “oddity” for being a prodigy. The author repeats the phrase‚ “I was trying to save my life” but later on he changes it to‚ “I am trying to save our
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In his poem How to Write the Great American Indian Novel‚ Sherman Alexie uses imagery‚ repetition‚ and a satirical tone to depict some typical Native American stereotypes. Alexie uses nature imagery when proposing how men and women should be described in an American Indian novel. He writes that an Indian woman’s body should be compared to “brown hills‚ mountains‚ fertile valleys‚ dewy grass‚ wind‚ and clear water.” Through this‚ he seems to be making the point that authors tend to only use nature
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Reflection #3 The rise and fall of crack in New York City can be explained through the idea of group position. The American Dream is a tool used to keep the wealthy in power and reinforce the “abstract image of the subordinate group” which took the form of welfare queens and ghetto bangers in the imaginations of the white majority (Blume 6). These designated subordinate races are then seen as undeserving of institutional support fought for in the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s. This intensified
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“Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie‚ he creates an extended metaphor to show the reader the connection between Superman and himself. There are many ways in which Superman and Alexie are compared. Three ways that they are alike are they save lives of others‚ break down doors‚ and they are both smart and arrogant. The first way they are similar‚ is that they both save lives. The text states‚ “I was trying to save my life.” It also states‚ “I was trying to save our lives.” Alexie is saving lives metaphorically
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