Beauty In The Towns From Pittsburgh To Greensburg

“ The Big Little City,” also commonly know as the city of Pittsburgh, is one of the largest cites in the state of Pennsylvania. With over 144 square kilometers of land area, and approximately seven square kilometers of surface water (Pittsburgh Pennsylvania), the city of Pittsburgh is large by anyone’s standard. The city, which is located in western Pennsylvania, has a very diverse geography which sets it apart from many other cities in the United States. Pittsburgh and its suburbs are known for steep hillsides covered with buildings, streets which have steps for sidewalks, and sidewalks which are named streets. From the highest point in Allegheny County, 1,401 feet at River Hill in Forward Township, to the 710

It found all the dirt and dust and grime on the sidewalk and lifted it up so that the dirt got into their noses, making it difficult to breathe; the dust got into their eyes and blinded them; and the grit stung their skins” (ll 21-25). Wind cannot discourage people or physically lift dirt up into people’s noses and eyes. The personification in this quote emphasizes the negative thoughts about 116th street and how it affects the people who live on this street which further develops a negative relationship between Lutie Johnson and the urban setting Petry uses selection of detail to establish the negative relationship between Lutie Johnson and the urban setting. For example in lines 50-55 it says, “she could see that it had been there for a long time because its original coat of white paint was streaked with rust where years of rain and snow had finally eaten the paint off down to the metal and the metal had slowly rusted, making a dark red stain like blood.” Petry uses selection of detail by the negative way she describes the streets and items on it. Petry uses words that have negative connotation, like “streaked,” “eaten,” and “blood,” to help emphasize the negative relationship between

The images and lighting are similar to images that record the suffering of people during the depression of the 1930s. However, inside the park the weather starts to brighten making everything look lush and vibrant. It seems absurd to see such a strong contrast after passing through the imperial gates. This brings to mind the saying “The grass is always greener on the other side” This helps to show how the members of the public see this part of London as a desired thing and that everything is better, but this saying usually ends up being false; these people still live in the same world, it is all an illusion, Further on in the scene Theo says to his cousin Nigel, “A hundred years from now, there won’t be one single sad f**k to look at any of this (meaning his apartment). What keeps you going?” To which Nigel replies “You know what it is, Theo? I just don’t think about it”. He is just ignoring the inevitable.

The Walls wear dirty clothes and doesn’t have much money to do laundry most of the time. “We loaded our dirty clothes into pillowcases and lugged them down the hill and up Stewart Street” (Walls 177). This is the first time in months they get to go to the laundromat and clean their clothes without Rex. Even though their clothes were clean other kids made fun of their living style. “‘Garbage! You live in garbage ‘cause you are garbage!’’’ (Walls 165). This describe how poor their living condition is and it hurt Jeannette, but she try to make the house more cheerful by painting the house yellow.

The article from the Huffington Post entitled Welcome to Beautiful Parkersburg, West Virginia: Home to the most brazen, deadly corporate gambits in U.S. history describes the atrocities performed in part by the DuPont chemical plant in West Virginia. The plant was dispersing its hazardous chemicals into the streams and landfills. The hazardous chemical known as C8 was causing extreme health effects to the local residents of the town of Parkersburg. People were getting severely ill and people’s cattle were dying faster than they could be replaced. Yes, these acts were heinous, but the worst of it all was the fact that the company had so much control of the area that they were able to keep doing what they were doing and only face minor penalties if any…sickening. So basically the lesson here is, if you have money and the resources, you can control just about anything. DuPont had both, and that is why they were able to do what they did. C8, or Perfluorooctanoic acid was the chemical that was causing the massive health issues across the state. People were wanting to sue DuPont for the takeoff of C8 being into the water that they were partaking in.

James uses negativity comparing the infrastructure to the quality of life of the inhabitants to draw the picture of the housing projects such as; “beat-looking grass lying around isn’t enough to make their lives green, the hedges will never hold out the streets, windows fool no one they aren’t big enough to make space out of no space, the playground is most popular with the children who don’t play at jacks, skip rope, or roller skate, or swing and they can be found in it at after dark” (99). The poor surrounding as empathized

The text states,"The house is made habitable, but there is not a single apartment finished." This proves that she likes the new house.It also proves that she thinks that it could be improved. She likes most of it but not everything

To my brothers this place was nothing, but to me it was everything. I went there for a short vacation but I wished I could have stayed forever. This place made me realize what I want to do with my life.

The leather furniture was cracked, and if the chairs were sat upon dust rose about one's thighs. The house seemed to be submerged in shadows as if it also refused to admit the light of the future. It had once been part of the most stylish street in town. Now it was surrounded with the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps. It had obviously become an eyesore compared to once when it had been so beautiful.

The setting: The neighbourhood is very stereotypical, the pastel colours gives off almost an artificial vibe, all houses and cars are very similar it shows how everyone wants to be accepted and nobody wants to stand out from the crowd and be different. Edwards dark, abandoned castle at the end of the cul de sac shows the contrast between their two different realities. Tim burton used this as another way of pointing out Edwards differences.

In A Room With A View, E.M. Forster contrasts Florence, Italy with the culture of England (specifically the countryside in Sussex, where the Honeychurch family home is located) and extends the title theme of “having a view” both literally and figuratively. The view represents the decent, beautiful things of the world; humanity amongst peers and strangers, general kindness, lack of petty superiority complexes. Being denied a view, or being without one altogether, serves as a representation of the cosmopolitan bias of the high class, which helps to convey the point that what is said is far better than what is meant. Throughout the book, Forster conveys this parallel in many aspects, but three stand out: manners or rules of civility, the caste system and its impact on behavior, and romantic love.

Carson uses graphical descriptions to convey the idea of harmony and peacefulness in the first part of the essay. She uses all of the senses to help the reader picture the scene more vividly. Her word choice

A commonly mistaken perception of beauty is its need to be aesthetically perfect, but this is not one of its true qualities. As stated

“This loving husband made the garden for his wife Annie, who loved the beauties of nature, perhaps, because she was one of them. The writer uses a metaphor comparing Annie to the “beauties of nature” This is to describe how beautiful Miss Annie was. Imagery is also shown because comparing Annie to the beauty of nature gives the reader a sense of sight imaging you can see Annie

Throughout the story Irving’s description of America is always negative, there is no beauty in any of the places he describes. The words that Irving chooses to describe places are words that most people view negatively. For example, when Irving was describing the swamp that Tom Walker decided to take a shortcut through, he states, “The swamp was thickly grown with great gloomy pines and hemlocks, some of the ninety feet tall, which made it dark in noonday, and a retreat for all of the neighborhood owls.” (Irving 1). Irving chose the worst words to describe the swamp, he made the setting dark and gloomy, there was nothing beautiful about it. Irving could have chosen more positive words but that would not have fitted into the theme. Irving wanted to make America seem like a horrible place. Irving also made Tom Walker's house seem as though it was abandoned for example, “The lived in a forlorn-looking house that stood alone and had an air as starvation. A few straggling savin trees emblems of sterility grew near it; no smoke ever curled from its chimney; no traveler stopped at its door.” (Irving 1). Irving was describing the place that Tom and his wife live, the word choice that Irving used, made the house seem abandoned and dark. This helps convey his theme of demythologizing America because it makes the reader think that the home he