Comparing Two Choices

Living in a big city is a lot different than living in the country. Cities are compact , loud, and always busy; the country is usually isolated, tranquil, and underpopulated. In a city like Chicago, which is home to about 2.8 million people, there are so many things that contrast from the country. In Chicago, there are about 16 houses per block, there are about two schools within a five mile radius, schools are packed, sports aren’t well funded, and education was kind of like a repeat every year.

Some people believe it is better to grow up in an small town. Other people think it’s better to grow up in a big city. What is your position on this issue, and what reasons support your position?

The country and the city both offer a place to live, but the pollution, entertainment, crime and education; are all reasons why the country is a better place to live and raise a family. A country girl myself, I currently live in the city with my family, but I would give anything to raise my sons in the country. Although much can be learned in the city, you cannot get that small town morale here nor the manners that come from being raised in a small southern town.

Some people believe it’s better to grow up in a small town. Other people believe it’s better to grow up in a large city. I believe growing up in a large city exceeds being raised in a small town for numerous reasons. One reason is that the large city provides education that is essential to obtain an occupation. On the contrary, a rural town is unable to provide schooling of quality as high as the great city. Another reason is that the city is able to comfort its citizens with its countless essential services and amenities. Whereas, the small towns do not give even crucial services. Although, the metropolitan area does contain its errors, they still can’t amount to the excellent advantages a large town has. Therefore, the city is more convenient than the country.

Paulo Freire’s essay “the banking concept of education” and Richard Rodriguez’s essay “the achievement of desire” talk about the topic of education. Education is explored in many different ways. In Freire’s essay “the banking concept of education” he expresses his dislike of the education system and the distribution of power and authority in the class room. In his essay, he says that all the power belongs to the teacher. Richard Rodriguez’s essay “the achievement of desire” he states that the power belongs to the student. In many ways, these two influential writers are similar and at the same time have

Growing up in a small town, with the knowledge of a small town community can have an effect on you. Having the respect and dignity to know between right and wrong adds and interesting aspects into a life style. Growing up in a small community makes you realize what it is like to have small class rooms and having your teachers know you by a first name basis.Knowing everyone on each sport team because “everyone knows everyone in a small town”. I had the ability to be able to ride my bike down the street without a real question of my safety where I grew up in Worland Wyoming. I have different academic interests than others may, I enjoy different extracurricular activities than other students, and life experiences that are unlike anyone else that have shaped me into who I am today.

Living and growing up in a small town is better than doing so in a big city.

Of Mice and Men’s George and The Scarlet Letter’s Hester Prynne the main characters in these two novels. Both are misunderstood by the people around them. Of Mice and Men was written in 1937 by John Steinbeck to show the most vulnerable people in society at that time. The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 to illustrate the way of life for the Puritan society and the way some were punished or misunderstood due to not following the Puritan ways. In Of Mice and Men and The Scarlet Letter Steinbeck and Hawthorne share a common theme between the two novels. By comparing and contrasting the characters, setting, and conflicts it is illustrated that

There are definitely more conveniences living in the city. Grocery stores are within blocks from your home, a gas station is to be found on every corner, and banks and hospitals are within walking distance. Living in the country means commuting to get to these places. It also means having to be prepared and making several stops to get all things accomplished in one day to avoid traveling back and forth several times in one week.

Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls” both use symbols to highlight significant meanings in the characters’ lives. This essay will examine two differences and one similarity in the authors’ use of symbols:

There are many advantages of cities, both modern day, and ancient. Cities help prevent diseases, they organize people and make them more productive, and they help the economy. In document 1, Edward Glaeser tells how cities help prevent diseases lowers, because all immunities spread when people are close together. People are dying a lot less for a while in cities because of this. In documents 1, 2, and 3, people say how cities organize, and make people more productive. When people are closer together, they can innovate, and help each other out, as a pose to suburbs where people are separated, and generally don't help,each other. This leads directly to cities having a good economy. When everyone is working and things are going smoothly, the city

Why do I think moving to a smaller city is best? I think this, because moving to a smaller city first can make it easier for them to adjust, because there aren’t a ton of people and the streets aren’t packed with

The poems "Choices" and "The Road Not Taken" addresses the theme of decisions but the way each author portrays everyday choices, differs. In line 13 of "Choices", it states "and be satisfied" the narrator doesn't second guess herself and is just "satisfied" with her choices. An example of a connotative word with a positive aspect is satisfied. The author did not choose enough or adequate she specifically chose that word to convey to the reader that the narrator is content with the choice made. If the author chose a denotative word the reader could have thought about the emotion of the narrator in another way. The poet was sending a message about life to not take it too seriously and over think everything. On the other hand, Robert Frost, author

The word freedom has a different meaning to everyone, as it should. However, in the article Two Concepts of Liberty produced by Isaiah Berlin, it identifies that there are two contrasting definitions of this word. Even though most are unfamiliar with these different meanings, we happen to use both of them in our everyday lives. Positive freedom is the absence of rules without any interference. While on the other hand, negative freedom is all about the influence in our lives, and how we choose to self develop. I personally believe that negative freedom is more common today, however, I believe that positive freedom is more important in today’s society.

Big cities are a better place to be raised in than small towns. There are an abundance of people that believe that too, and countless that believe the opposite. In big cities, there is so much opportunity for anything, one would want to do. In larger cities, there are higher opportunity for professional development, health care systems, and being around large groups of diversity for personal development.