In “Chicago” Carl Sandburg embraces everything the city has to offer, from hog butchers to railroads, construction to prostitutes. The poem made famous, with the description of Chicago as "City of the Big Shoulders," celebrates its role at the time as the industrial capital of the United States. Personification is used throughout the description of the city. It's a vibrant and dynamic city, and the speaker finds beauty in it, despite its dark corners. The poem shows all parts of the city and shows
Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago” is one of the best known works of 20th century American literature. Included in many anthologies, the poem made the well-known description of Chicago as “City of Big Shoulders” honoring its role as of industrial capital of the United States at the time. Sandburg’s family moved around during his entire childhood and he dropped out of school at age 13. He worked almost every job there is to offer. He finally went back to college and captured the attention of Professor Phillip
During the 1940s, labor recruiters based in the Northern states regularly tried to lure black sharecroppers into moving to the growing cities. Before the mechanical cotton picker, the plantation owners quietly competed with these recruiters, fearful that a loss of black labor would severely affect the agricultural industry. Now, as the cotton picker threw black sharecroppers out of work
smaller industrial cities across the midwest and northeasten United States to discover how these cities might emerge as models of urban resilience and sustainability. By smaller industrial cities, Tumber is referring to cities “that at their peak in, generally, 1950, had populations of roughly 50,000 to 500,000 souls, and whose numbers today have dropped by at least 20 percent.” This includes cities such as Syracuse, New York, Flint, Michigan, and Muncie, Indiana. And while these cities are rarely mentioned
Music: Criterion A Investigate: Chicago Blues 2/24/2015 Aga Khan Academy Mombasa Anmol Rajpar Alberta Hunter, American Blues singer, once said “The blues means what milk does to a baby. It is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed.” (1961) when asked what Blues music really means to her. Although Chicago isn’t the birthplace of the Blues; people still refer to it as the ‘Blues Capital’ of the world. Blues
whites. The city of Chicago was a perfect example of a city carved out of economic and racial times. The Raisin sun is a stark portrait of the African American life then. It was arguably one of the first plays to portray African American characters, conflicts and themes in a realistic and natural manner as possible. The acclaimed paly received numerous accolades also bagging a few awards along the way. The play portrays the life of a young African American Living in the Southern Side of Chicago, The Youngs
is usually written for a life that is completed or has a concise beginning and end. However, Detroit is still a very lively city although its greatness has been declining. To write a biography of Detroit seems very premature as many of the critics commented. Martelle very carefully chose the title as he wanted to put emphasis on the key events that led to adulthood of the city rather than just a historical overview of the
man, exclusively a graduate from Yale University. Nick does reserve judgment in the novel on some occasions, yet he does comes off as being extremely critical when describing parties and characters. 2. Nick is a man from a influential family in Chicago. He attended Yale University, and later fought in World War I. He now lives in the West Egg to work in the bond business. He tends to reserve judgment and is typically a spectator of the events that occur around him. I believe Nick will be an unreliable
her play, Hansberry offers the belief that the dreams that can urge on our ambitions can also destroy our psyche if not properly nurtured to fruition. The title, taken directly from the second line of Hughes’ poem, is a detailed and realistic description of what can happen when dreams are stifled and one is not able to bring their dreams to reality. A Raisin in the Sun premiered on Broadway
Shanghai Shanghai, as an international metropolis, the financial capital of China and a historical city with significant effects on Chinese modern history, has multiple city images which reflect upon its diverse street life and urban designing. In this almost all-inclusive city, we could find highly-planned boulevards and viaducts extending in all directions that link up all parts of the international city, which is a practical application of the political scientist and anthropologist James C. Scott’s