Essays on Small Town

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The Safe Havens of Global Cities In his article, “The West’s Major Cities are a Bulwark Against the Tide of Right-Wing Nationalism,” Ishaan Tharoor writes about the celebration in London of the Battle of Cable Street, which was a protest that had various groups coming together to prevent a group of fascists from marching over eighty years ago (Tharoor). It was a time when there was a dangerous level of hatred and anger directed at the Jewish communities in Europe (Tharoor). Indeed, the events taking place at the time of those original Cable Street protests, occurred in ...

Communication

Introduction Oral history interview encompasses records of an individual’s experiences and recollection of thoughts and feelings about a specific period of time. Traditionally, an oral interview provides how individuals were affected by certain events in history in which the personal perspective adds a personal dimension in examining the past. Through oral interviews that discovery of primary resources can be obtained and most of the time, family members or members of the community can be a surprising source of information about certain events in history. Social research employs oral history as valid methodology for collecting data particularly in biographical ...

Over the years, the government has had the duty to fund the police as well as law enforcement agencies in the whole country. Since the 1990s, however, many corporations and citizens have opted to hire private law enforcement officers for supplemental protection (James, 2003). Law and order is a vital function for any society. Therefore, it was very unfortunate when a small town in the south of Montana, called Hardin, was lacking a police station and had insufficient federal police officers. With no other promising choice, the citizens of Hardin opted for private policing. The private police force has ...

Never a spontaneous phenomenon, racism seems sparked often as an ideological view. Unlikely though it may sound, the white liberal government instituted what continued for over 40 years. Characterized by segregation and violence in response to any opposition, the order came to its end. While in the transitional period, the country established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for the restoration of national unity. Obviously, national reconciliation is possible only through racism eradication since it is racial bias that is at the root of the national disunity and bellicosity. Much as the commission utilized a number of tools towards this ...

Living in a city is exciting there are a number of opportunities for jobs and fast – paced entertainment. For many persons, fast paced excitement offers the thrill that comes with thrill of living in a city. The bustle and the congestion in a city is not always suitable to everyone as some persons would prefer to live in the quietness of nature and enjoy the beauty of their surroundings. The latter description is most ideal for me as I prefer to live in the quiet and serene areas. In contrast to the cities, the small communities allows for one ...

Historians and researchers have documented various changes that have taken place in the world since time memorial. One of the major variations that has occurred over the last century is the change from a local to a global society that has integrated the entire world into one common unit. This essay conceptualizes on the works of various authors who have studied the relationship between a local and global community. The writers under evaluation are Donald Wright, who authored The World a Very Small Place, Ryan Poll of Main Street and Empire, and Hunt of The World Transformed. Hunt’s ...

English

The cult classic 1958 film “The Blob” starring a young Steve McQueen, is not only interesting to watch, it also gives the viewer a number of insights into that era. The milieu in Post World War II America is the dominant sign in the film. The era is the signified and there are a number of signifiers. The film begins with the theme song “Beware of the Blob, it creeps and leaps” and the viewer is made aware of the fascination for monsters that Americans had during that period. Spook movies as they were called were very popular and ...

The film “Maria Full of Grace” takes place in a small Colombian town, where most people are poor and young people have no opportunities to improve their lives. The film presents a detailed image of the isolated Colombian town, which is located in the middle of a deserted landscape. In the film, Maria, the protagonist, moves in a space that seems to be completely unfit for her independent and spirited nature. While following Maria from one key community space to the other, such as the factory, the church and the open air disco, the viewers may become aware that ...

'Midnight Cowboy' is a drama film of 1969 based on the novel 'Midnight Cowboy' by James Leo Herlihy. 'The American Friend' is a 1977 movie by Wim Wenders, loosely basing its themes on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, 'Ripley’s Game.' 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'The American Friend' reflects the events in the society during the time. They both fit perfectly towards the depiction of the ‘counter culture’ film movement of the 1970’s. Through their themes and character representation, the two movies give a strong challenge to genre conventions thus enabling them to successfully depict the counter-culture period in ...

Introduction

Summer is a novel by the esteemed writer Edith Wharton, who is mostly known for her books such as Ethan Frome. Summer is seen as a continuation of the theme that Edith delved in her previous book Ethan Frome. The plot similarities can be seen as both protagonists of the two books were ambitious and tired of living an average life. The story revolves around Charity, an eighteen-year-old, who craves for adventure from the bleakness of her situation. She is soon entangled in a love affair with the visiting Lucius Harney. The story is about the sexual awakening, naivety, ...

Introduction

Over the decades, the United States of America has been an egalitarian human society that has dedicated its resources to the eradication of women inequality and racism (Katz & Moore, 2004). Besides, it has formulated numerous legislations to push for equality for women, emancipation of slaves, and civil rights movements that aimed to promote equal treatments of the American Society (Katz & Moore, 2004). Despite these tremendous steps, racism and gender discrimination in the workplace still continues to be prevalent. In particular, women and minority groups like African-American have been the main target of this discrimination. The discrimination takes various forms ...

History of Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow, Hudson River village defies the passage of time and has managed to preserve both its history and natural beauty. The village is known for its fabulous legends and great history and has a wide range of outdoor adventures and activities for the locals and tourists.The Village of Sleepy Hollow belonged to the larger province of the Native American tribe, Weckquaesgeck Indians, who are described as a Mohican Tribe or a Delaware Tribe1. The Sleepy Hollow countryside is made famous by the author Washington Irving. The village is located in the lower Hudson River ...

In A Civil Action, the small city of Woburn, Massachusetts is plagued by water contamination that leads to higher instances of leukemia in its children. When one child is diagnosed, the mother, Anne Anderson, investigates this correlation, eventually bringing in a lawyer to deal with the myriad companies who are allegedly responsible for these contaminants. Over the course of the case and the book, these high-powered companies attempt to crush this small, grassroots rebellion against their corporate might, but are thwarted by an increasingly dedicated lawyer and his convictions. In this paper, we will examine a number of subjects related to ...

Dislocation and Dysfunction

Winesburg, Ohio (1919) by Sherwood Anderson is full of characters who lead unhappy, unfulfilling lives – who feel alienated and isolated from one another and from the town in which they live. It could be described as a novel or it could be described as a collection of twenty-four stories which are connected by being set in the eponymous town of the title or by the development of George Willard, who features as a protagonist or secondary character in sixteen of the stories, and is mentioned in three others. George Willard is also privileged as a character since his parents won a boarding house and ...

Sherwood Anderson’s novel, Winesburg, Ohio (1919), is interestingly constructed. It consists of a series of short stories really which are connected by the town of Winesburg. Ther is a good case for saying that the town itself is the central character. Characters re-appear sometimes in other stories, and it is also possible to trace the coming-of-age of George Willard who knows most of the residents of the town, partly because his parents rent out rooms, but also because he becomes the town newspaper’s reporter. In that sense, George Willard holds the novel together, but Winesburg is the real focus. ...

John Updike’s story ‘A & P’ was first appeared in ‘The New Yorker’ on July 22, 1961. Even now, fifty years later, it still is, despite its extreme brevity, perhaps even because of it, his most frequently anthologized short story and, one might assume, one of his most appreciated and valued. It is a story in which plot, point of view and character are intermingled.

The plot is very simple. Three scantily clad young women arrive at the local A & P, and cause a stir because they are dressed for the beach. The other shoppers are shocked, but the ...

John Updike’s short story ‘A & P’ was first published in ‘The New Yorker’ on July 22, 1961. Even now, fifty years on, it still, despite its brevity, or perhaps because of it, his most frequently anthologized short story and, one would assume, one of his most widely enjoyed and read. This essay will analyze the popular appeal of ‘A &P’ and reach a justified conclusion about why it carries on being read so widely and with such apparent gusto and interest. The ways in which Updike writes the story are important, as is Updike’s presentation of ...