The connection between the landscape and our sense of place can be portrayed positively and negatively. ... Our sense of place can be heavily influenced by our surroundings, landscape and connections. ... Thus a powerful scene is created and prepared for the readers to embark on their adventure through the town. ... Having just taken in the beauty and richness of the trees, the readers are suddenly introduced to the sawmill towns "then you come across them, the sawmill towns" suggesting to the readers a sense of grief, resulting in the lost in their connection with their sense of p...

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It's impossible to turn on the news these days without seeing a highlight of a town hall in Podunk Nowhere, wherein a Senator or Congressperson, beloved by their constituents merely 9 months ago is being darn near run out of town on a rail due to their stance on healthcare reform. ... The valid arguments on both sides of the debate are irrelevant in the midst of screaming matches where paid professionals are inciting crowds to agree on irrelevant jargon such as "We don't want our country to turn into Nazi Germany." Shouted by an angry person that looks like someone you can trust, tho...

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For example, the town in which one particular student* attended high school offered 24 possible college hours in the form of basic academic courses. The town sharing its border offered 36 college hours and several Advanced Placement courses (which can also equal college hours) that the prior town did not have the resources to offer. A town very nearby offered 24 college hours also, but the courses offered were strictly vocational, not basic courses such as English or math. ... On the contrary, surely, we as a society do not want our school systems to become a factory, producing cookie cutter c...

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Everyday Life In Colonial America The eighteenth century was a very interesting time in our nation's history because our nation was born through the hard work and the dedication of those who lived during those times. ... Our nation was once made up of many different kinds of people, from puritans to slaves, whose religious and cultural beliefs varied tremendously. ... The northern region of colonial America was an influential region because its eventual formation of government and acts of rebellion would be the spark that helped us gain our freedom from England. ... Towns were more c...

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James Howard Kunstler's 1993 book, "Geography of Nowhere,"" contends that today's cities and towns are ruined by corporate gigantism, abstract renewal patterns, and public buildings that we have built. ... Kunstler further argues that people today have a great number of possessions such as modern technology that over time will not be worth maintaining because of insignificance and the failure to anticipate the cost of the social problems we created in letting our towns deteriorate. In contrast, Elizabeth Kolbert's 2008 article, "Turf War"" argues that today's lawns which ...

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Throughout history town hall meetings have used as the best method for individuals of a community to talk and discuss important issues and concerns they themselves and their community may have. ... One of the more vocal members of this town hall meeting to speak on behalf of segregation was Alabama Governor George Wallace. ... Johnson who showed great concern for our country in this moment of turmoil and the direction we are heading in as a country. ... It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning or our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor...

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Rip Van Winkle, our protagonist, takes drastic measures to avoid his responsibilities and after drinking a mysterious substance, finds himself awoken in post Revolutionary War America. ... When Rip returns home after his long slumber, he sees that his town is a bustling city with poorly made edifices, but Rip's main concern are the whereabouts of his wife. To the dismay of womankind, our protagonist is relieved to find that his wife had died. The surrounding, low quality, town confirms Rip Van Winkle's fears he had of his wife. ... The immortal story of Rip shall serve as a referenc...

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The theme of the story revolves around the strong attachment to tradition and rituals of the people in this town. ... The author presents the society around this small town as rigid due to the unknown fear and evil of human nature. She presents the very destructive rituals in mankind that the people in this town engage in blindly. ... The people in this small town always come together every 27th day of sixth month for the annual lottery event. ... In conclusion, the villagers who acted as the prosecution in this annual lottery are very similar to the leaders in our present societies. ...

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Hester's child, the product of her sinful act, symbolizes the extent to which the cruelty and narrow-mindedness of the town affects an innocent creature. Though innocent, Hester's child (Pearl) experiences the critical tones and gestures of the town since the day of her birth. The minister of the town reveals that he too had participated in Prynne's sinful act, and requests everyone to open their mind's horizons in an effort to relate to him and Prynne. Being the highly regarded and admired man of the town, people begin to accept his words and Prynne's act. ... Has i...

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As the story unfolds we find that Emily is use to a life of prestige in her community living with her rich father who set the impression for her and the rest of the town that no man was really good enough for her. ... I say this because Homer Barron comes into town with a work party to fix the sidewalks where he is the white leader of this group of black workers. ... He also makes friends with everyone in town quickly. ... Than after a while some of the ladies of the town started thinking as Emily's father probably would have about their relationship saying, "it was a disgrace to the to...

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As the story unfolds we find that Emily is use to a life of prestige in her community living with her rich father who set the impression for her and the rest of the town that no man was really good enough for her. ... I say this because Homer Barron comes into town with a work party to fix the sidewalks where he is the white leader of this group of black workers. ... He also makes friends with everyone in town quickly. ... Than after a while some of the ladies of the town started thinking as Emily's father probably would have about their relationship saying, "it was a disgrace to the to...

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Although some of them have positive effects on the earth, not all of them affect our world positively. ... While globalization helps people make more money, it also makes easy to live in our world. For example there are lots of international fast food companies such as McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut and we did not have to go America any longer to buy a Big Mac or when you go to the United States, you can visit China Town in San Francisco and buy traditional gifts for your friends from there. ... All of these threats cause even climate change which is a serious threat to our future. In ...

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The town portrays good and evil as a dichotomy, white or black. ... At the end of Act three Proctor exclaims, "When you know all in your black hearts God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together!" Proctor is suggesting that all present within the town as those present in the court are guilty of equal sin. ... Essentially it encourages our curiosity to investigate as to the fate of Proctor. ... Miller mainly uses allusions in a biblical nature, pertaining to the town being heavily religious and puritanical. ...

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The difference in opinion of puritan life being harsh on its followers or not has been debated countless times throughout our history and two books seem to depict this standard of living in two different ways. ... In The Crucible, the people of the town and court feel that in their quest for social perfection there is no room for one individual who may question the methods that are used to acquire social perfection. ... Reverend Parris, one of characters who seek power within all the hysteria that has swept the town, is a prime example of a Puritan. ... Hester and Dimmesdale are the Adam and E...

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Skyllberg had eaten nothing but handfuls of snow since December 19 when his car became bogged down in drifts near the town of Umea in northern Sweden. " (Hall) His battery died and he was left without an option to heat up his surroundings with machinery, as well as, stuck in a location where it would be hard to notice him. ... Therefore, it can be seen that expanding research in this area will greatly help our economy, our exceeding gas prices, and our chances of not being in a life or death situation because a dead disposable battery that's unpredictable of when they are going to run out...

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And despite the fact that their town contained a small population of nearly one to two hundred people, the unity amongst the town was physically powerful in marching to freedom as a whole. ... First, she describes her homeland as a peaceful and quiet environment even though the lifestyle of the town was not wealthy. The small town practiced their traditional customs frequently such as farming, hunting, fishing, harvesting, and even hunting wild life as a means of obtaining food sources for survival. Secondly, Mei's view of the world changed due to the march to freedom when she realized ...

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Jefferson did not like having the French occupy the vast territory to the West, and in fact he proclaimed that whoever occupied New Orleans was "our natural and habitual enemy". ... Citizens from the town of Norfolk, the town the Chesapeake had sailed from, were angry and vengeful. ... The citizens held a mass town meeting at which it was unanimously agreed that they would stop relations with any British men in the area (Tucker 1). ... Even though no country has ever made as many mistakes as the United States has and lived to tell about them, diversity in opinions was a major factor in shap...

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He states, "The plague-stricken town, traversed throughout with hierarchy, surveillance, observation, writing; the town immobilized by the functioning of an extensive power that bears in a distinct way over all individual bodies "this is the utopia of the perfectly governed city- (Foucault 228). ... Foucault describes the process in which individuals are become pawns in the panoptical machine as follows: Our society is not one of spectacle, but one of surveillance; under the surface of images, one invests bodies in depth; behind the great abstraction of exchange, there continues the met...

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For this reason, examining how hardships effect personal development seemed of interest; adversity has been and is still present in both our lives as well as our peers, and has greatly impacted our futures in different ways. ... Both of us have had personal experience with depression, suicide, and other hardships that have changed us dramatically, and we intend to include those in our examination of the topic. ... Scout for example was stuck in the middle of racial issues brought on by her father's decision to defend a black man, and this led her to become more open-minded than most peo...

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These gases gather in the atmosphere, thickening it and consequently the sun's rays, which normally bounce back into space, are being trapped in our atmosphere causing the earth to heat up. ... Climate change will affect the survival of small towns in the area because most of the jobs are involved with tourists and tourism. ... The Franz Josef town relies solely on tourism to keep the town going, the 330 person town is five kilometres from the terminal face of the glacier. When the Franz Josef glacier disappears the town will be likely to disappear overtime . ...

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The creature after being rejected by his creator wandered town aimlessly, his appearance evoked fear and anger into the towns people. The creature fleed to the outskirts of town to avoid people who react to his appearance with disgust. ... This research has the potential to greatly increase our understanding of the physical world. ... The possibility of having this great mind able to work towards furthering our understanding of science would ultimately be of benefit to our society. ...

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These cathedrals shaped the social and individual lives in their respective towns. ... Such pride and enthusiasm helped motivate the towns to create them, which, were economically cataclysmic in the end. ... In addition to the contributions and sacrifice the town folks had made, the builders were just as important. ... It is quite a technological feat and a testament of time to see these creations still stand in our day. ...

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Sharon Old uses the known environment of New York and the technological advancements in our everyday physical world to further paint the picture of the suicidal character's environment at the buildings edge. ... Guin described the town in great mental detail such as, "In the streets between houses with red roofs and painted walls, between old moss-grown gardens and under avenues of trees, past great parks and public buildings, processions moved" (Guin). ... With such vivid imagery of the town and a relatable celebration described, you can almost see yourself standing in this fes...

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Major corporations like Wal-Mart, Target, Lowe's and Home Depot have monopolized the shopping experience once enjoyed by the mom and pop stores, the backbone of small town America. ... The "Super Centers" have invaded and crippled small town America and have gone further offering Internet shopping for "our convenience". The reduced need to employ the younger generation has lead to an increase of unemployment especially in small towns. ...

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An excerpt from the Boston News-Letter on September 1, 1774, "Letters from Philadelphia say that City only has raised 4000 pounds in currency for the support of the Town of Boston in its present difficulties " shows that the towns around Boston, Massachusetts do not like the fact that the British control the regulating of trade in the Americas, and defy Britain by raising money to support the town of Boston under its trade ban. ... In a speech, Patrick Henry also stated that the colonists had tried all possible solutions available to them, which was also supported by the Declaration of Causes ...

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