Essays on Railway Station

Prejudice and discrimination

Summary of the movie A very rich and powerful man known as Philip Colbert who comes from Chicago and who had plans to construct a factory in a rural southern town called Sparta in Mississippi was found murdered. The regional police boss Chief Bill is under pressurre to investigate the murder of Philip quickly. A well-dressed African-American northerner named Virgil Tibbs, who was waiting for a train in a deserted station, is picked up by a police officer who is a racist. Virgil is found with a lot of money in his pocket. After being arrested, he is brought ...

‘A Story of Floating Weeds’ was a film produced in 1934. The film was directed by Yasujiro Ozu and was later replayed in the year, 1954. The 86 minutes long film creates an atmosphere filled with strong and deep emotions. Much of the running time of this film is used up on routine activities, but every scene serves its own purpose in bringing out the themes of this film. The story is about a travelling troupe of Kabuki actors and their leader Komajuro. It explores on the relationships of Komajuro with his troupe, former mistress, and his unknowing son. The setting ...

In this work we are going to analyze novels by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky on the basis of the following criteria: the role of epigraph in a story, the description of minor characters, the reasons for committing suicide and symbols that appear in both novels. - The role of epigraph in a story Unfortunately, but many people underestimate the role of epigraphs in literary works. However, in many cases authors place them on purpose and in such a way make a foreshadowing, which helps the reader to develop his own expectations upon the plot, to better understate the characters and the essence ...

The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway tells the tale of Jig and the American, two characters with a great deal of ambiguity and complexity arguing about an implicit conflict of which the audience is given very few details. By keeping the nature of their conflict and relationship ambiguous, Hemingway allows the audience to fill in the blanks with their own biases, prejudices, and interpretations. While there are many different interpretations available for “Hills Like White Elephants,” the most plausible explanation is that Jig and the American are (or were) in a relationship, Jig is pregnant, and the ...

Guiding Public Opinion after the Kunming Knife Attack

Gardels, Alex. "Guiding Public Opinion after the Kunming Knife Attack." The Huffington Post. Version 26. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 20 Mar. 2014. Web. 24 Mar. 2014. Web Looking at the history of the Uyghurs, they are a Muslim group with more distinct features in common with the rest of Central-Asian groups more than with the Han, who are the China’s dominant group. Whilst Uyghurs possess more autonomy over Xinjiang, hundreds of Han have migrated and entered into the region where they displaced the Uyghurs in large figures and later gained a social standing. Credible sources reveal that Xinjiang was 95 % Uyghur at ...

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Laus or Los Angeles Union Station is currently the major rail way station in Los Angeles, California and it’s the biggest passenger terminal railroad the Western part of the United States. Most recently, the railway station evolved into the largest main transport hub for those who live in South California. It currently, serves about sixty thousand passengers on a daily basis on their en route to Amtrak for the longer distance trains locomotives, Regional trains of Amtrak California, computer driven trains of Metro link as well as many more metro rails and light rails. In addition, the ...

The Code of Hammurabi – it is one of the oldest monuments in the sphere of ​​legislation. It is a black basalt pillar on which cuneiform inscriptions on the classic Babylonian dialect of Akkadian are located, which include two hundred eighty-two articles from various areas of law. The Code of Hammurabi was created by the king of Babylon Hammurabi, who reigned in round 1793-1750 years BC and made Babylon the biggest cultural, economic and political center of Asia Minor of those times. The Code of Hammurabi – is one of the most important sources of the ancient Babylonian law and of the ...

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Suspsension bridges have been around for quite a long time but the first one ever built was the Britannia Bridge which has been renamed as the Menai Suspension Bridge and is a suspension bridge which begins on the island of Anglesey and connects the mainland of Wales. The bridge was designed by the famed engineer Thomas Telford and was finished in 1826. It was described as the first modern suspension bridge in the world and won several plaudits upon its completion. It was described as a brilliant piece of engineering and daring which resulted in several other bridges following suit in later ...

A man carrying a small package in his hands ran into the railway station. He was unsteady and almost fell when he attempted to board a moving train. Two of the railway station’s guards rushed to help him. The plaintiff, Palsgraf, was on the other side of the rail waiting for a train. Railway guards were able to prevent the man from falling but his package, whose contents they were not aware, fell on the rail. The package contained fireworks which exploded upon touching the rail lines. As a result of the explosion, scales caused injuries to the plaintiff. There was nothing ...

Classic English literature

Ernest Hemmingway was born in Oak Park Illinois USA in 1899. He was both an author and a journalist and led an adventurous life. Hemmingway was enlisted in the army as an ambulance driver in the First World War but returned after getting seriously wounded in the course of the way. His experiences and the manner in which he led in life are evident of his literary works most of which seem to be adventurous. In Hills like white elephants the adventurous nature of the main characters, the American and his girl friend is evident of Hemmingway’s character (Pustienne ...

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Something really bad happened on November 26, 2008 in Mumbai, India. Something no one ever imagined would happen just like when 9/11 happened and the airplanes struck the Twin Towers in New York City. Now the attacks in Mumbai are called 26/11.

Mumbai used to be called Bombay. It is the sixth largest city of the world and the richest city in India and in most of Asia. The day of November 26 terrorists started attacking different places in the city. A famous luxury hotel, The Taj Mahal hotel, where many foreign visitors stay was attacked. Men started ...