Smeltertown is a callus on the border between the United States and Mexico. Once a town full of life‚ a community where no one even bothered to lock their front door‚ Smeltertown is now a ghost town. The town’s rundown condition is very well exemplified in Danny Lyon’s photo titled "Grave marker in Smelter cemetery‚ Asarco Smelter Works‚ in the background. This is the graveyard provided for employees." In the foreground of the photograph‚ is a wooden cross grave marker with the words “Sra Romana
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Rye‚ Colorado is a model representation and example of small town seclusion and small town community. At surface level‚ Rye offers the basic characteristics and charm of an isolated farm-like neighborhood. Most of its buildings are quaint and offer a certain sense of antiquity to them. Unlike the city roads which seemingly cut through the landscape‚ their roads seem to intertwine and follow the shape of the land. The houses are small‚ one level and do not have much of a distance between them. There
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Capt. B was once a hustler of jewelry in the town of Tarenda. He had a girlfriend named Jackie‚ but they were having some rather huge issues. She wanted to settle down and start a family‚ but his past was catching up with him and he just needed to get away. One night while Jackie was sleeping he packed up his stuff and slipped away into the night. Capt. B knew that people he hustled in the town of Tarenda were after him. So he just ran and ran until he found this nice little cave behind a waterfall
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Plymouth‚ Massachusetts-3‚349 miles 2. St. Louis to Ft. Clatsop near the Pacific Ocean-1‚400 miles 3. Omaha to San Francisco-1‚430 miles Part-2 If I had to describe the town I live in I would describe it as a little ole farm town that neighbors with a more city oriented town to the West‚ then two more farm towns to the North of them‚ and one to the East‚ and finally some more city oriented/beach style areas to the South. The relative location for Milton Fl. would have to be Baker Fl. they
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In the short story‚ Our Town‚ by Thornton Wilder narrates the lives of the townspeople of Grover’s Corner‚ specifically two little children. The story begins with the introduction of the lives of two children with very similar families. Later‚ the two children discover their love towards each other‚ but only after death do they realize the true importance of life. Wilder‚ through the use of characterization‚ successfully conveys the message that people do not fully understand the true importance
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The poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” was written by E.E Cummings‚ one of the most popular poets who was known for his innovative style and structure in writing. People are very fond of Cummings poem because unlike traditional poets‚ Cummings is rebellious‚ has his unique choice of words and refuses to follow proper syntax. The theme of this poem is centered around the awareness of time and death that takes place in an average town. The poem consists of an unusual form due to the author’s
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Our Town‚ written by Thornton Wilder in 1938‚ is known as one of his best works. It is usually referred as beautiful and remarkable‚ one of the sagest‚ warmest and deeply human his scripts. One of the themes captured in the play is the one of family relations. We can trace this particular theme though the whole play. In the 1st act we are introduced to 2 families of the Gibbses & the Webbs. Charles and Myrtle Webb and Frank and Julia Gibbs give us a possibility to have a look at the day-to-day
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Residents Stay Strong‚ is an anecdotal piece by Cassandra Brenton - Associate Editor of the Sunday Observer - accounting activities of the characters and stories told by said characters‚ in a rural district in North West St. Ann called Sturge Town. Sturge Town appears to be the stereotypical rural community‚ close-knit‚ quaint and economically driven by agricultural production. After reading the article‚ it became evident that the district was a proud and self dependent society. They cling to their
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and still instilling grand emotions within their readers. In “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e.e. cummings‚ Cummings uses language in various ways to portray setting‚ mood‚ and meaning. It isn’t just the words he chooses‚ but the order by which he layers them. The setting isn’t described through adjectives‚ but through imagery and nouns. “a pretty how town” creates the setting of a happening town that is active throughout “spring summer autumn winter” (the whole year). The setting is often
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Part-I City of lights By Dr Mubarak Ali Dr Mubarak Ali goes soul-searching as he tells the story of Karachi’s sociological and physical development from a small fishing village to the mega-city it is today. [img]http://dawn.com/events/lifestyle2003/images/sup27-01.jpg[/img] Every city has two characteristics: ancientness and history. Ancientness of a city is determined by archeological evidence. When such evidence is inconclusive‚ ancient history becomes a fertile ground for legends
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