Exploring My Hometown : My Hometown

The Theme of Small Town Southern Life When one thinks of the South, several cultural traits come to mind. The South is best known for its agriculture, family pride, and mannerisms, especially when it comes to the female population. In To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, this culture and small town way of life plays a large part in the story, considering that the setting is in 1930’s Maycomb County, Alabama. By enhancing the plot through the use of Southern traditions, the story seems more realistic and makes it historically accurate, due to the forms of racism and hatred, and the code of conduct in the south at the time.

My neighborhood that I live in is LA, specifically South LA. The neighborhood is quite dangerous every once in awhile you hear gunshots at night, police sirens, and the ambulance sirens there are always something in the neighborhood. The people of my neighborhood mainly consists of African Americans, Mexicans who maybe documented or undocumented, and whites who are low income. The houses around my place are mainly apartments and houses that look torn down, but it's not all bad the neighborhood has convenience stores, laundromat place, church, elementary school, and one small restaurant. One thing that I do love about my neighborhood is definitely the palm trees lined up with the houses it reminds beverly hill famous palm trees in the streets except when you see my neighborhood it looks all scary like a dead ghost town.

“Floodwater dashed up against the skies... God issued a command allowing Yu to spread out the self-replacing soil so as to quell the foods in the Nine Provinces.” This myth from China’s remote past may reflect stories about the efforts of early rulers to control the flood waters of the Huang River- the mighty river that has been central to Chinese civilization since the earliest of times.” (Holt, World History textbook, 76). China is located in the far east side of Asia. They have very rugged mountains in the west, some of the tallest in the world. In the south there are many plateaus, moving north; there are semi-deserts. The heart of China, the China Proper, has been significant though it’s early years. China has three major rivers that they used for transportation, crops, and ect. they are

China is divided into two regions: the eastern zone, which has much better agriculture, and the various deserts on the west. The Eastern side itself is also divided into two regions, separated by various mountain ranges.

On 06/19/17, a t12:00pm, I Deputy Warden N. Christian was dispatched to 3251 Miriam Drive South on an injury-possible dangerous or vicious dog. I arrived at the location and was advised by The Columbus Division of Police (CPD) that the victim is being transported to Mount Carmel West Hospital (793 W State St) for her injuries and dog owner resides at the above location. I exited my vehicle and approached the dog owner. I spoke to dog owner Alex Kriglowitz and his wife. I asked Mr. Kriglowitz what transpired. He explained he was mowing his lawn and opened the side fence to mow the side yard. His dog was in the backyard. Mr. Kriglowitz completed mowing and forgot to close the gate. Mr. Kriglowtiz went inside the house and the next thing

China has the largest population of any country on our planet Earth, with more than 1.35 billion people.

This is Shuchang Lou. I come from Nanjing, which is one of the biggest and oldest city in China. I am the single child in my family and that is a common phenomenon in new generation nowadays. My parents always encourage me to try different things, meet different people, learn different culture, and live a different life. I used to be a nurse in China for four years. My work is to take care of cancer patients in hospital day after day. My life was repeated every day. Now, I am in here in America! This is my adventure!

The weather is not just sunny and snowy. There's wind and rain and giant storms! According to Top China Travel(TCT), winds can reach up to at least 100mph! That's the speed of a hurricane, and is strong enough to knock trees and power lines across roads and houses! In addition, CNN Travel says that it can be as cold as -31 to -4 degrees fahrenheit!

My family originated from China. China is located in Southeast Asia, bordering India, Russia, Afghanistan, and other countries. China is the third largest country after Canada and Russia. However, China is the world 's most populated country with the population of 1.357 billion. The official language spoken in Mainland China is Mandarin. However, there are seven main dialects in China including Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Wu, Min, Xiang, and Gan.

Climate: Northeast China experiences hot and dry summers and bitterly cold winters. North and central regions experience continual rainfall, hot summers and cold winters. Southeast region has substantial rainfall, semi tropical summers and cool winters. Central, southern and western regions are susceptible to flooding.

The Shang Dynasty in China was located in an incredibly fertile area bordered by the Himalaya Mountains to the west, the Yellow and East China Seas to the east, and the Gobi Desert to the north. Shang China is the fertile ground located between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers, centered around the Yangtze. Without the continuous threats of attack from other tribes and dynasties, the Shang Dynasty could concentrate more on improving their homes and themselves. The Shang people began as a nomadic tribe, hunting and searching for their food everyday, and settled in the Henan province where they adopted an agricultural lifestyle. Floods were common. Each year, the floods would demolish the towns and homes, but the floods also brought fertile soil

4. The title of the play Our Town is not just speaking of the small town in the book, but all other towns as well. Its families and events are universal, and can relate to anyone. For example, in the very beginning of the play the Stage Manager introduces the play and its setting. He states, “This play is called ‘Our Town.’ It was written by Thornton Wilder … The name of the town is Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire … Here’s the grocery store and here’s Mr. Morgan’s drugstore … Public School’s over yonder. High School’s still father over. Quarter of nine mornings, noontimes, and three o’clock afternoons, the hull town can hear the yelling and screaming from those schoolyards … Nice town, y’know what I mean?” By describing the different places and people of the town the book makes the town relatable to the

China is located on the the continent of Asia. The civilizations began to form around the Yellow River in 2000 BCE. China’s culture is still the same but three other civilizations have gone away or been taken over. The southern region of ancient China was wet and tropical, the

The Yellow river, the East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean are located to the east of China. Mountain ranges and deserts dominate about two-thirds of China’s landmass. Taklimakan Desert and the Plateau of Tibet are in the west of China. To the southwest are the Himalayas. The Gobi desert and the Mongolian desert is in the north of China. The Huang He’s floods could be disastrous. Sometimes floods destroyed the villages. Because of China’s relative geographic isolation, early settlers could not trade with other peoples. China’s natural boundaries did not

Linyi is my hometown, and I am deeply in love with my hometown. Linyi is a beautiful place. There are flowers, grass, mountain, water, fresh air. The people here are sincere, hardworking, simple and kind. Always working for the city and work hard. Linyi is a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province, which is the largest and most populous city in Shandong Province. It is located in the southeast of Shandong Province, near the Yellow Sea, east of sunshine, west Zaozhuang, Jining, Tai 'an, north Zibo, Weifang, south of Jiangsu. Prefecture-level Linyi City jurisdiction Lanshan, Luo Zhuang, Hedong 3 District and Tancheng, Lanling, Junan, Yishui, Yinan, Pingyi, Fei County, Mengyin, Linshu 9 counties. My family in Yishui county.