The web that links everyone together is New York and a steal reinforced cable. McCann includes this theory inside one of the biggest cities in the whole world. He shows that even in a city populated with millions of people that no matter what they are all connected. ... Ciaran moves to New York to escape violence in Dublin. ... Everyone in a different social class and different location spread throughout the city was able to connect with one another. ...

• Word Count: 1442
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Only the city of Boston managed to keep decent sanitary regulations with regular scavengers' carts and manure-collecting farmers keeping streets clean(-er). ... Living in the city had worse conditions than those in the rural areas due to the close proximity to each other when using a chamber pot. ... By the 1830s, better city hotels and taverns started providing individual basins and pitchers in their rooms. New York City and Philadelphia had developed rudimentary water systems, in which richer families had water taps and "water-closets" by the late 1830s. ...

• Word Count: 1578
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The City of Refuge,"" by Tom Piazza tells the story of two families impacted by Hurricane Katrina. ... In "The City of Refuge"" the Williams family are able to survive life after the storm because they were able to find happiness in Texas although they were damaged. In the opening of "The City of Refuge"" it starts off with a parade and this is where we are first introduced to the Williams family. ... At first he knew nothing of the city being flooded by water until he went out into the storm and heard news about the canal that had broken. ... Wesley ended up in Albany, New York with the My...

• Word Count: 1459
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Dorothy Allison - A Childhood Creation The events that happen in our day-to-day lives, help create who we are. It will help develop your personality, your outlook on life, and your day-to-day attitude. For instance, you go to your first class of the day and there is a pop quiz, which you fail,...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

By hitchhiking and riding the rails, he arrived in Oklahoma City to visit an older brother, who was the governor's secretary, but he soon moved on (Hall). ... In all, forty-five L"Amour novels or short stories have been made into feature films or television movies (New York Times). ...

• Word Count: 1689
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Non-Biological Families and their Relationships- In Erdrich's "Foreword,"" the concept of non-biological families and their relationships are brought to light. The author is telling a story about a period in her life. She married a man who had a son with a disease. She shows us how, although ...

• Word Count: 1685
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Everyone has a narrative about their life, and this is my story. My life has changed for the better since I moved to America. I implemented into my life that created amazing, compounding change, and completely shifted the direction and energy of my life. That has totally changed my life, we left eve...

• Word Count: 2164
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

James Agee's Life in comparison to A Death in the Family James Rufus Agee's A Death in the Family revolves around the death of a beloved father, Jay Follet, who in everyway was the perfect father and hero of his children. The story is not about death but about the emotional reaction to the death ...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School