...Title (upper and lower case/can be 2 lines) Author DeVry University Professor Bunch Date of submission Project’s Full Title Here you will enter text body of the project. Add as many pages as are required in your project requirements. Notice that APA format calls for 1 inch margins all around. Each paragraph should be indented. Keep in mind that a college level paragraph should be 5to 8 sentences in length. The first paragraph of your paper is the introduction, and should include both an attention grabber and your thesis statement. Papers written in the APA style must document sources in the body of the paper. When applying direct quotes, try to use the sandwich technique. Introduce the author or the text, and then write out the quote in quotation marks, followed by an explanation or analysis in your own words of what the quote means to your research. Never begin or end a paragraph with a quote without introduction and explanation. Here is an example: According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2009), “Each year, about 1.3 million women in the United States have an abortion to end a pregnancy” (p. 4). Such a high number suggests that abortion is becoming more common place in the United States. You want to make sure that YOUR voice is the dominate one in your work – use the sources to back up your assertions. Your final paragraph is your conclusion. Use this paragraph to restate your main points and your thesis statement. I also suggest...
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...View from the Bridge’ is set in 1950s America in an Italian-American neighbourhood under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Brooklyn is a very poor area. It is a corrupt society in which laws are not obeyed and many people have a low social status. The vast majority of Brooklyn’s population was Sicilian. Brooklyn is described by Alfieri, the narrator, as the slum that faces the bay on the seaward side of Brooklyn Bridge. To the audience, the bridge not only shows the poor separated from the rich but a symbol of hope for the people living in Brooklyn as the city of New York is a place of dreams because there was work, security and accommodation but most importantly wealth. During the 1950s, much of Europe was completely destroyed due to the Second World War. Italy, with its corrupt ruler, had been one of the worst hit countries during the war, as they suffered huge amounts of damage in Northern towns and villages by the Germans who took revenge after they had become allies with the British. The economy had rapidly gone down and so this left many Sicilian Italians with no choice but to leave and migrate to the dream city of New York. They were called ‘submarines’ by many Americans as they moved from one place to another just to get American citizenship. In this case, the audience see that Eddie will do whatever it takes to break Catherine and Rodolfo’s relationship as he says that he only loves Catherine to get an America passport. Many were also tempted by American Longshoreman and...
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...books, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith and Calico Joe by John Grisham. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a book essentially a book about what it means to be human. The book is about a family’s life in poverty and their struggle to get out of it. Calico Joe is about an aspiring, young baseball player who is breaking all the records. Then a tragic incident happens causing his baseball dreams to be ruined. When reading these books you learn the true meaning of “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” At first glance, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith seemed very intimidating. The mere size of the book made me think it...
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..." Do you want some ice with that, because you just got burned!" "No thanks, I'll get you back." "Mmmmhhhmm," I replied " lets see that happen!" "Too bad it can't happen now, we're at your favorite restaurant, but this will resume." Brooklyn and I chuckled so hard during the romantic dinner, Sierra Mist soda almost came out spilling out of my mouth and onto Brooklyn's nose. We had a stupid conversation about sow some people enjoy football; others just can't stand it.It was 8:00, and Brooklyn decided to take me home. Two minutes into driving, a unnerving sound crash makes everything go black. Everything is pitch black, and I can not see a single thing. I instantly know I'm in this otherworldly realm. " Hello? Anyone here?" I hopefully ask. "Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Double, double toil and trouble. Something wicked this way comes!" "Who was that?!" " Only your worst nightmare, sweetie." I immediately knew the voice of my enemy, Jessica Hernandez. She has hated me since the ninth grade because I always get the lead in plays and she is always...
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...To Brooklyn Bridge" is the opening section of Hart Crane's most famous poem, The Bridge. Crane's masterpiece is one of the most beautiful and influential American literary works of the first half of the 20th century. It is a poem that defies easy description, at once mystical, romantic, bewildering, witty, secretive, and soaring. That's a lot of adjectives, but as you'll soon see, Crane loves adjectives. Crane labels "To Brooklyn Bridge" a prelude, or "Proem," that will introduce the themes of The Bridge. And if we had to slap a big ol' English AP-test theme word on the whole poem, it would be "Unity," or even, "Mystic Unity." With the whole "Unity" idea, Crane is taking a cue from Walt Whitman, the great 19th-century American poet whose "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" was a direct influence on The Bridge. For Crane, as for Whitman, Brooklyn Bridge is a symbol of a manmade structure that can join together the fractured parts of society. The Brooklyn Bridge was finished in 1883. At that time, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, an architectural and engineering marvel. For Crane, the bridge provides a symbol for the possibility of redeeming the modern world from the chains of money and commerce. Published in 1930, The Bridge was panned by many for being too darned difficult and wordy. We'll say it straight up: this poem, like much of Crane's work, is incredibly difficult in the sense of, "What the heck is this guy even talking about?" But the payoff is worth it, because...
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...another because of the bad economic conditions.He started working at the age of eleven and then after that he started working other jobs.Whitman claimed poems to be his first love and regardless of the job he was in he continued to write his poetries.He kept on writing poems until they were published.He view everything in many and different ways. Whitman attended the newly founded Brooklyn public schools for six years, sharing his classes with students of different ages and they were all most poor since children from wealthy families attended private schools. In Whitman’s school, all the students were in the same room, except African Americans who had to attend a separate class on the top floor.most of Whitman’s meaningful education came outside of school when he visited museums went to libraries and attended lectures. The poet died on March 26, 1892 The cause of death was miliary tuberculosis.The autopsy revealed that one lung had completely collapsed and the other was working only at one-eighth capacity. Walt Whitman did and wrote many things he was best known for his realist poetry and political works during the civil war.He wrote poems that showed how he connected to the community.For example two of his best poems were “Manahatta” and “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”.Walt Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” is a poem that not only exposes the differences within the people and the geography of the nation. expressing his experience with the Civil War as well as the industrial...
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...PATHFINDER CLUB What is the Pathfinder Club History of Brooklyn Faith Knights Club Mission Statement Our Motto Goals and Objective Club Schedule Program Schedule Other Activities WHAT IS THE PATHFINDER CLUB? The Pathfinder Club is a church-centered spiritual-recreational-activity based program which provides an outlet for the spirit of adventure and exploration that is found in every junior youth. This includes carefully tailored activities in outdoor living, nature exploration, crafts, hobbies, or vocations beyond the possibilities in an average Adventist Junior Youth Society. It is filled with action, adventure, challenge, group activities, and provides opportunities for the development of new activities and skills that produce personal growth, team or community spirit and a sense of loyalty and respect for God, His creation, and His Church. With this given setting, spiritual emphasis is well received, and the Pathfinder Club has well demonstrated its soul winning influence. In many local churches Pathfinder Clubs have replaced the traditional Adventist Junior Youth society, and where there is a church school the Pathfinder Club should supplement the work of the Adventist Junior Youth Society. Pathfinders in ActionA sampling of activities in the Pathfinder Club includes camporees, fairs, craft study, nature exploration, Bible Study, witnessing projects, field trips, and many other interesting adventures. Youth from ages 10-15 (and older) are eligible...
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...On the eve of Thanksgiving Day, I found myself at the cinema watching "Brooklyn". It was a beautiful, touching and knowing film. A film centered around a young woman who leaves her native Ireland and settles in Brooklyn. I left enamored, by the beguiling performance of its lead Saoirse Ronan, the effortlessness of newcomer Emory Cohen, and the entire supporting cast. But what struck me most about this film was the way in which it explored the heartbreak experienced by all those who leave home and who have loved ones leave home. Its set in the 1950's and follows our protagonist Eilis as she departs from Ireland, leaving her mother and beloved sister behind. As the movie progresses, we follow two narratives, both Eilis' and to a lesser extent, her sister Rose, as they both learn to cope with their new lives. There were many moments that I connected with, but none so more than when Eilis finally leaves her home. As we see Eilis wave goodbye to her family, on...
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...Although love may occasionally show itself as a muse of Romantic poetry it has very little to do with Romanticism. Romanticism is considered to be an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.(Brooklyn College) The early Romantic period begins with the first edition of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth - co-written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I'm going to specifically refer to three poetic works by Wordsworth when referring to the imagination, nature, and emotion used as components of Romantic Literature: "The Tables Turned", "My Heart Leaps Up", and "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud." Imagination was considered to be one of the highest faculties of the mind during the Romantic era. The Romantics used their imaginations as the ultimate shaping tool for their literature. It was their creative power in that it was dynamic, active, and provided many functions for creating all art. Wordsworth suggested that it is also the faculty that helps humans to constitute reality for we not only perceive the world around us, but also in part create it. The Romantics are also extremely concerned with the healing nature of the imagination in that it can reconcile differences and opposites in the world of appearance. It inextricably enables us to "read" nature as a system of symbols. (Brooklyn College) Wordsworth uses all aspects of the Romantic view of imagination...
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...alt Whitman Born on May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman was the second son of Walter Whitman, a housebuilder, and Louisa Van Velsor. The family, which consisted of nine children, lived in Brooklyn and Long Island in the 1820s and 1830s. At the age of twelve, Whitman began to learn the printer's trade, and fell in love with the written word. Largely self-taught, he read voraciously, becoming acquainted with the works of Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and the Bible. Whitman worked as a printer in New York City until a devastating fire in the printing district demolished the industry. In 1836, at the age of 17, he began his career as teacher in the one-room school houses of Long Island. He continued to teach until 1841, when he turned to journalism as a full-time career. He founded a weekly newspaper, Long-Islander, and later edited a number of Brooklyn and New York papers. In 1848, Whitman left the Brooklyn Daily Eagle to become editor of the New Orleans Crescent. It was in New Orleans that he experienced at first hand the viciousness of slavery in the slave markets of that city. On his return to Brooklyn in the fall of 1848, he founded a "free soil" newspaper, the Brooklyn Freeman, and continued to develop the unique style of poetry that later so astonished Ralph Waldo Emerson. In 1855, Whitman took out a copyright on the first edition of Leaves of Grass (self-published), which consisted of twelve untitled poems and a preface. He published the volume himself, and sent a copy to...
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...Social Interactions in Brooklyn Social Interaction Erving Goffman was a sociologist who created a new field of study called microsociology, or social interaction. Social interaction is the process by which we act and react to those around us. In a nutshell, social interaction includes those acts people perform toward each other and the responses they give in return. Having a quick conversation with a friend seems relatively trivial. Goffman argued that these seemingly insignificant forms of social interaction are of major importance in sociology and should not be overlooked. Social interaction includes a large number of behaviors, so many that in sociology interaction is usually divided into five categories. Social interaction includes a large number of behaviors. These are typically broken down into five different types: exchange, competition, cooperation, conflict and coercion. International Day of Friendship * International Day of Friendship is celebrated around the world as countries partake in a variety of events to promote peace and unity. With nearly one million foreign-born residents living in Brooklyn, Borough President Eric L. Adams recognizes that Brooklyn is a diverse melting pot, which makes our borough the perfect place to host an annual International Day of Friendship celebration. This free, family friendly program shows the world how Brooklynites “spread love the Brooklyn way” with a Unity Parade of Flags, Cultural Performances, and Continental Cuisine...
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...At one point in her rather long life, Beatrice being the naïve girl she was thought she had the perfect life. She had a loving husband, a roof over her head and a great prospect for a large family. Well, that was then; this is now. After 29 years of marriage, her husband had turned into a monster. Beatrice carefully tended to the wounds attained on her left cheek the other night. The water boiled over – causing the cooker to be clouded by the salty foam. She waited in the kitchen with its burning stove that was cooking 4 pots at a time - exuding smoke from all four corners of the cooker, and making the Kitchen seem almost surreal. The room all of the sudden seemed quite dark and claustrophobic; Beatrice, unable to handle the humidity reached for the rectangular shaped window. There she perched: with her wavy, blonde locks seeping out of her roots resembling gold dust, her beautiful white smile, and an hourglass figure to rival Marilyn Monroe’s. Catherine’s extreme beauty caught Beatrice’s unwilling attention. Her eyes grew cold and wild all of the sudden as she noticed Eddie’s admiration for Catherine. She got out the colander whilst still staring at both Eddie and Catherine having a conversation through the window. She reached her hand into the cobwebbed cupboard noticing her sleeves imprinted with various markings of the day’s activities as a housewife; Eddie’s housewife. Beatrice quickly rolled up her sleeves abandoning the colander mid-way through the cupboard....
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...Running head: Places to Visit I grew up in Greenpoint- Brooklyn, New York. It was a great place to live and has a variety of things to do there. It is a 10 minute train ride to NYC, where you can dine, go shopping, see various shows and several main Businesses are located there. Brooklyn New York and NYC is a melting pot of cultures. You can get various different foods, from Polish, German Italian, Indian, and Chinese. I am sure there are many more varieties to choose from. The beaches are 2 hours by train or an hour by car. Some of the attractions and activities you ca participate in are; going to Times Square, Central Park, Ground Zero to pay your respects to the people who lost their lives on that tragic day, or perhaps take a romantic horse and buggy ride in Central Park. New York is a great place to visit in the winter, seeing the famous Christmas tree, going ice skating, or just taking a romantic horse and buggy ride in the snow. All of these things are awesome, don’t forget to visit the statue of liberty and the empire state building, those are my favorite. The only downside is that NYC can be very expensive, so make sure you bring a lot of money. I promise you will go home with great memories and want to visit again. I visited Negril, Jamaica in 2005. I went to a place called Couples Swept Away Resort (all inclusive). I recommend this place to anyone traveling to Jamaica. It was awesome. The staff was delightful and very helpful. There...
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...Statistics Real name Michael Gerard Tyson Nationality American Born June 30, 1966 (age 47) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American retired professional boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days old. Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. Early life Tyson was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He has a brother, Rodney, who is five years older than he is.[9] His sister, Denise, died of a heart attack at age 24 in 1990.[10] Tyson's father is listed as "Percell Tyson" on his birth certificate,[11] but the man Tyson had known as his father was Jimmy Kirkpatrick. In 1959, Jimmy Kirkpatrick left his family and moved to Brooklyn, where he met Tyson's mother, Lorna Smith Tyson. Mike Tyson was born in 1966.[13] Kirkpatrick abandoned the Tyson family around the time Mike was born, leaving Tyson's mother to care for the children on her own.[14] Kirkpatrick died in 1992.[15] The family lived in Bedford-Stuyvesant until their financial burdens necessitated a move to Brownsville when Tyson was 10 years old.[16] Tyson's mother died six years later, leaving 16-year-old Tyson in the care of boxing manager and trainer Cus D'Amato, who would become his legal guardian. Tyson later said, "I never saw my mother happy with me...
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...story, which was released April 12, 2013, followed what I had learned about Jackie and stayed accurate while still being extremely entertaining. Jackie Robinson’s number on his jersey was 42, he wore that number his entire Major League career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The movie “42” is a biopic of the legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson, when in 1947 Jackie became the first African-American player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier. The great directing, acting, and writing made this film enjoyable to watch. This well-made movie primarily tells the story of Jackie Robinson under the direction of his general manager Branch Rickey, while showing us Jackie’s battles with racism and a classic love story. “42” is a snapshot in the life of Jackie Robinson, which allows the movie to run at a nice pace. As Bernard Beck points out, in The Dark Knight Rises: In 42 Jackie Robinson Saves The American Dream, “Our attention is not fixed on how he became a great player, on how he succeeded in his career after that first year, or how they built a family. We are shown the great pressure they were under and that they handled it” (89). The movie starts out in 1946, when Branch Rickey the legendary general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers decides that he is going to bring a Negro to play for the team, breaking Major League Baseball’s notorious color barrier. Rickey explained, “I couldn’t face my God much longer knowing that His black creatures are held separate and distinct from...
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