... place to start any study of profane language is where it is spoken. Try this quiz from the sidewalks of New York: 1) A young man was a step too slow racing for the Second Avenue bus. As it pulled away, he angrily shouted one word for everyone nearby to hear. It was: (a) Gadzooks; (b) Doggone; (c) Phooey; (d) Fuck. 2) A fast-moving bicyclist screamed at a middle-aged ... or six words were removed from their vocabulary, would effectively be struck dumb. Two men in pinstripe suits, riding the subway to Wall Street, ignore others' sensibilities as they keep up a high-volume conversation la...

• Word Count: 3630
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... it impossible to travel from place to place. The blizzard made it unbearable for people to walk through the streets and left people covered under a heavy coat of white. For two days the blizzard had overpowered New York taking down everything that was in its path. The snow storm had brought down telephone poles and street lights causing fatal destructions. There were blazing fires ... from home to home and firefighters struggling their way to find a hydrant to put out the fires. The happiness defied description when the blizzard had finally faded away, ... but just moments later the bli...

• Word Count: 372
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... Gatsby for lunch."" (73) In this case, the description of the setting does not seem to have the same type of extraneous description as his depiction of Tom Buchanan's house. Even so, it does serve to set the mood for Wolfshiem's introduction. The setting, Forty-second Street, combines the thriving opulence of Broadway with the seedier connotations of the underworld and Forty-second Street strip-joints etc. Also, we are given ... the impression of oppressive heat barely escaped by retreating underground (where, we assume, Mr. Wolfshiem spends most of his time). Carraway goes on to say "B...

• Word Count: 1601
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... of the people who lives in a city. Some time ago many young people didn't have a lot of individual freedom so they were mostly locked away in the house of their family. Since the movie took place in present time New York, people were given more freedom. Consequently Tony doesn't run away to meet with Maria instead he walks confidently to Maria's house. Instead of fighting on the street ... as in the play Romeo and Juliet, the two gangs plan, a rumble without weapons. The law that the citizens have to follow today ... , such as no fighting or killing causes this variation from the play. ...

• Word Count: 472
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... began to ad their tradition and culture along East 116st which is considered the heart of Harlem. Housing Rowhouses in the East Harlem Historic District are the oldest buildings in the area. Many of these homes are side to side of each other on the mid-block of 116th street north to 120th street along Pleasant Avenue. Many of these three to four stories to two to ... decorated buildings includes cast iron store fronts in areas located near or on Pleasant Avenue Economy For the past few years, East Harlem has accomplished a number of luxury housing units. Some have taken the form of reco...

• Word Count: 1641
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... his cousin for dinner I myself have always imagined a bonds-clerk as a sickly, unhappy man with a family and no time for parties. But Nick is the polar opposite, in that, he is a healthy bachelor of a thirty year-old, and he has time for multiple parties. His cousin is Daisy Buchanan, wife ... is, he receives an invitation from Mr. Jay Gatsby later that month. Then he sees what a party thrown by Gatsby is like, with all the rich and famous people attending this amusement park of a party. I enjoy greatly this specific party scene because many people whom I have encountered that have ... ...

• Word Count: 1215
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... cousin for dinner. I myself have always imagined a bonds-clerk as a sickly, unhappy man with a family and no time for parties. But Nick is the polar opposite in that he is a healthy thirty year old bachelor and he has time for plenty of partying. His cousin is Daisy Buchanan, wife of ... Nick's disillusionment with attending wild parties. Then he receives an invitation from Mr. Jay Gatsby. He sees what a party thrown by Gatsby is like - all the rich and famous people attending this amusement park of a party. Following this party, Gatsby brings Nick along for lunch in New York with a speci...

• Word Count: 1176
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... lives. The houses were divided into three areas, the eastern door, the central fire and the western door. "The Keepers of the Western Door" were the Seneca, who became the fur suppliers of the tribes. "The Keepers of the Eastern Door" were the Mohawks who specialized as middlemen with the European traders. In the central section of the house the Onondaga dwelled and were known as "the Keepers of the Fire." They were the keepers of the council fire and the wampum ... belt treaties. The Iroquois established themselves ... ...

• Word Count: 605
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... successful human being then you will not be successful. If you are treated as an animal (as those in the book) you will become a human but only to know what the rights and wrongs are for an animal. The human being is a species that needs to be cared for their entire child hood. There are only a ... that I would recommend this book to, and that is those who don't understand the amount of importance that there is in raising your young with the proper manners. If you treat your kids as though they have no importance in the world and don't teach them right from wrong, or allow schooling then...

• Word Count: 324
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... Romanones. New York: Random House, 1987, 304 pages. Have you ever felt that someone is watching you? You"re walking down an empty street and you hear soft footsteps behind you, but when you turn around no one is there. Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to be in a country where you"re the enemy and you have to ... frightful night while she was away delivering top-secret microfilm a person broke into her bedroom and killed a woman whom she was harboring. Someone was on to her and the Allies were about to initiate the first phase of Operation Anvil. The first part of Opera...

• Word Count: 807
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... two smaller doorways. Through these openings, elaborate stage sets of streets angle backstage, a triad through the central opening and single streets through each side. These sets, designed later by Scamozzi, use techniques of tilting the floors and contracting the angle between the street walls and the heights of their building facades to make foreshortened streets in perspective (see figure 5) . Vincenzo Scamozzi ... also designed the Teatro at Sabbioneta also known as the Teatro Olimpico of Sabbioneta and the Teatro all'Antica of Sabbioneta. This small, intimate, 250-seat ... in every...

• Word Count: 2852
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... people were still buying shares, expecting prices to go on rising. However, it could not last. Once people took notice of the falling profits of the companies, panic took over, and the collapse of the economy happened - The Wall Street Crash. One of the causes of the Wall Street Crash began throughout the 1920's. During the 1920's there was much inequality in the USA. The distribution of wealth was not even and so although ... , there was overproduction. With this, profits fell and share prices were also bound to fall. Another cause for the Wall Street Crash was that there was no export ...

• Word Count: 712
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... was an American architect in New York City. He was the architect that had an influential vision for row-house's. William was an office boy who, in addition attended night school at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. At the age 20 in 1902, William was hired by the Clinton and Russell Architecture firm to be a draftsman on the Hotel Astor in Times Square. Hotel Astor was one ... of the projects Van Alen experienced with the Clinton and Russell Architecture firm. Six ... build an even taller building - 840 feet just on 40th Wall Street. So with Van Alen response secretly within the building, he...

• Word Count: 1047
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... "brakes screeched all over the place... he kept walking next to the curb and singing 'if a body catch a body coming through the rye.' It made me feel better" (Salinger 115). Unexpectedly, on a congested New York Street, Salinger embodied Holden's yet to be fully developed thoughts on his desire to protect youths from the corruption of the adult world. His pleasure from ... or bruises. As shown, Holden's encounters with the motif of "The Catcher in the Rye" demonstrates him understanding his own innocence and the protection of others' innocence. When introduced by the little boy sin...

• Word Count: 987
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... to agriculture and farming. Nebraska is the only state which has a legislature with only one house. North Dakota is an attractive place for tourists who can spend their time on rodeos or watch traditional Indian ceremonies. The biggest gold mine in the country is located in South Dakota. There are also two very famous sculptures: the Crazy Horse Monument and Mount Rushmore National ... biggest flaws of California are earthquakes and droughts. Los Angeles – the City of Angels – is the most peopled city in the state. Its biggest attractions are definitely the Hollywood Hills. San Fran...

• Word Count: 1514
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... the book. The first never actually takes place in the story, but is described many times throughout the first act and is the basis for the trials. It is Abigail's and all the other girls' need to be free and act like teenagers. The second is the result of the corruption of the trials. It is John Proctor's fight to convince the townspeople that the ... and as an outlet for their maliciousness. When Abigail uses this case to attack Rebecca Nurse, one of the best Puritans in the Salem, John Proctor begins his efforts to stop the injustice. This increases when Elizabeth Proctor is tried and ...

• Word Count: 538
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... with his prep school friend and later he moves to Los Angeles, his last stop, and finally he returns to New York. The second stage is when he goes on his trip to Testament, Virginia to visit his brother's house in the Holidays and Dean suddenly appears at the house and they resume their trip. They drive to New Orleans and stay at Old Bull Lee ... , he sees there is a detective and they start packing their things as fast as they can. When they were walking through the street, Sal gets really scared when he tells us: "Then we suddenly say the cruiser coming and I knew it was the end of my ...

• Word Count: 3797
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... in a store and selling them to the nastiest people wanting to buy them. The prostitutes wouldn't get the money made off of them instead they would make minimum wage just like most hard working people in this world. The people wanting to buy them could be anyone with and STD just like the prostitutes would meet on the street. The prostitutes would make the state money and not themselves. Prostitutes ... are just like fresh meat waiting to be bought, this idea should be marketed. The prostitutes that refuse to go along with this can either stop ... their ways or be killed by the storeown...

• Word Count: 476
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... that a baby was lying on the floor covered in dirty rags. The baby was covered in dirt and blended in with the surroundings of the house. Without looking at the pictures I would think Riis was over exaggerating, but the pictures really capture the dirt and pollution that was on the walls, floors and everything in the rooms, including people. Looking at the pictures of the alleyways of the tenement houses, on the clotheslines, laundry was drying; ... very thick, making it hard to breathe. The stench of disease and wastes filled the hallways. Jacob Riis' message to the rest of the world w...

• Word Count: 912
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... help all those in need. As she received letter from people in despair, she grew more and more anxious to help. She gave strangers she had met in the street free meals at her house, she gave up most of her clothe and that of her family to people that needed it, she "found jobs for many worthy people." (51) Eleanor was busier ... and more tired of the government and began to look for different solutions. FDR brought them the solutions and the plans they had longed for. In 1933 he was elected the 32nd President of the United States. From the beginning of FDR's term, Eleanor brought new lif...

• Word Count: 1726
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... have been victims of a very long chain of sexual abuse, insomnia, sexual phobia, bulimia and cancer. Edwidge Dandicat uses her main character, Sophie Caco, to narrate the issues of these women's lives. Sophie starts the story with her own transition from Haiti, where she had a relatively happy childhood with her aunt who raised her, to New York to live with a mother that ... : "Your mother and I, when we were children we had never control over anything. Not even this body." (p. 20) and: "According to Tante Atie, each finger had a purpose. It was the way she had been taught to prepare her...

• Word Count: 651
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... New York City. It is by far a wonder of man's creation, an impressive Beaux work of Art. Yet it is not the first creation of a railroad system neither in its place on Forty-second Street and Park Avenue nor with the name "Grand Central." In 1869, "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt bought the property between Forty-second and Forty-eight streets to build a new train depot for ... of Grand Central Terminal was completed at a cost of 80 million dollars, paying special attention to the circulation of traffic and special elevated ramps, which led pedestrians and cars to their destinations. The...

• Word Count: 611
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... made up of individuals and 5.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.10 and the average family size is 3.40. In the borough the population is spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 36.7% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 ... density is 20,395.9/km (52,977.8/mi). There are 23,741 housing units at an average density of 7,217.7 persons/km (18,747.7 persons/mi). The racial makeup of the city is 58.38% White, 3.64% African American, 0.70% Native American, 2.15% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 28.19% from other races, an...

• Word Count: 4700
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

... birth his father opened his own tavern at 426 West Camden St. The family would later move into an apartment above the bar. George spent the first 7 years of his life running around the Bay area watching street fights and stealing from the shop keepers. It didn't take long before he was known well by ... local police. When he was 7, Kate and her husband finally decided they could no longer tend to the mischievous ... and George to get married. So they did so on April 17, 1929. Luckily Dorothy was not in the house at the time of the fire. Since Helen had been killed the couple received cu...

• Word Count: 2070
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... "(20) and is a strict Pentecostal. She is defiantly the boss of the household. All of the stories read dealt with love and the role it plays in ones life. Go Tell it on the Mountain deals with it in the opposite way one would normally experience it. The story has an immense lack of love, which is the cause of a lot of the problems. John has a rough life. He is ... him out of jail. "I am not ashamed of Fonny. If anything I am proud. He's a man."(Beale 8). In addition to the role of love all the stories take place in New York or have a connection in some way. Both Go Tell it On the Mountai...

• Word Count: 747
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School