How Did Chicago Change The Life Of The Mind

Chicago from the1920s through the 1940s was the melting pot of America, with its multitude of vastly different people and different types of housing and living conditions. Around the early 1920s in Chicago, 80 percent of the undeveloped city were immigrants from Europe and their children. A majority of the houses in Chicago in the 1920s were set up to improve immigrants’ living conditions. These houses were often large complexes in which immigrants lived together in and were provided meals and tutoring in English. After World War I ended in 1918, many people moved from small rural communities in the Midwest to Chicago. This resulted in the construction of many large apartment buildings in place of old townhouses. In large cities like Chicago,

Within our society, there is a growing anti-intellectual sentiment. Bradbury’s book explores the idea of anti-intellectualism through the values of the society of Fahrenheit 451. The society of Bradbury’s novel began to gravitate away from intellectual pursuits and became “runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be” (Bradbury 55). The desire to become educated and informed simply is outweighed by the struggle one must undergo to do so. For the average citizen of Fahrenheit 451, and indeed for that of our modern day and age, action is easier than thought. The attitude is reflected in student athletes or should I say, athlete students, specifically in America. High schools

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Fahrenheit 451 (1953), written by Ray Bradbury depicts a dystopian society which, due to the absence of books, discourages intellect and punishes free-will. As receptacles of knowledge, books give human beings a unique power, as they encourage and nurture intellect and understanding. The intellectual metamorphosis that Montag undergoes renders him aware of this fact, making him an incredibly dangerous figure in the society of Fahrenheit 451. Despite Montag’s understanding of the power of books, he only recognises his true purpose in life once all elements from his former society had been destroyed.

The 1893 Chicago World's Fair had a major impact on today's culture and America as a whole. New products and inventions were influenced by the fair and made the ideas fun, new, and exciting for the world to see. Architectural and technological aspects during the fair were the starting foundation of some of America's greatest accomplishments. The fair was a chance for the world to acknowledge America's ingenuity and perseverance in times of struggle and conflict.

Chicago in the 1920s was a turning point for the development of ethnic neighborhoods. After the opening of the first rail connection from New York to Chicago in the 1840s, immigration sky rocketed from that point on. Majority of the immigrants to Chicago were Europeans. The Irish, Italians, eastern European Jews, Germans, and Mexicans were among the most common ethnicities to reside in Chicago. These groups made up the greater part of Chicago. The sudden increase in immigration to Chicago in the 1920s soon led to an even further distinguished separation of ethnicities in neighborhoods. The overall development of these neighborhoods deeply impacted how Chicago is sectioned off nowadays. Without these ethnicities immigrating to Chicago

A small room with futon crowded by fifteen chairs that barely seem to fit in the rectangular room surrounding what looks like a large dinner table was not what I was expecting my first college classroom to look like, but Hutchins is not a normal college education. Much like our first text, The Allegory of the Cave by Plato, I was in a cave of my own. I’ve been taught how to take tests and memorize facts but not how to think independently and come up with unique thoughts. This semester with Margaret has been so enlightening that I am eternally grateful to her and the Hutchins program for giving me the red pill and encouraging me open my eyes and see a new world from the very start of this course. an extremely important part of the Human Enigma

Greg Kauffman's Chicago to student article was pretty interesting. I disagree with the post secondary plan that Rahm is bringing in 2020. Why make high school seniors have a post secondary plan to get their diploma's. If anything he should start the program when you enter as a freshman. It would allow students to get on the right track at a early stage and then maybe college enrollment would increase for CPS. My senior year we had a guidance counselor help us fill out college applications. My question was why so late? I think the earlier the better. It would make students take school more serioulsy and give students a chance to go to a college they want to attend instead of a city college. I had plenty of things floating threw my head

With exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago is one of the Nation’s largest facilities devoted to the art of our time (“About the MCA”) . The mission of the MCA is to offer a direct experience to the public of modern day art and living artists. German architect Joseph Paul Kleihues designed the new building with seven times the square feet of its previous facility (“The Building”) . October of 1967 the museum opened its doors to the public for the first time. The Museum of Contemporary Art is a symbol of modern art, culture, and the artist of our time. It is a stepping stone in history and will leave footprints in the heart of Chicago for many generations to come.

Some other inexpensive attractions in Chicago are the different museums and exhibits scattered around the downtown area.

Do you think social issues still occur in your world today? Just by walking through the neighborhood, issues are able to be seen. Some examples would be family issues, gender inequalities, and economic disparity. While seeing social injustice through three different books, access to housing was very intriguing. Living conditions can vary based on your race. After realizing this, a question came to mind: is my local area segregated like the rest of the world?

     Carl Sandburg may be one of our most influential poets in American history, he knew the American working man and his necessities. Sandburg used his poetry to explicate to the economy how life is, can, and could be. Carl Sandburg was born in Galesburg, Illinois January 6, 1878 to Swedish immigrant parents with the names of August and Clara Johnson. His family was extremely poor. Carl left school at the age of thirteen to work odd jobs from bricklaying to dish washing to earn money to support the family. At seventeen, he left home to travel to Kansas as a hobo, there he turned to the army for help. He served eight months in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American war.

We were leaving Louisville because Chicago was one of the top cities for art, with dozens of diverse art museums (such as the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, DePaul Art Museum), and 2017 was public art year of Chicago. My group, Farrah, Natalie and myself, greatly achieved our goal to appreciate those art. We had to change some schedule on Tuesday because our flight from Louisville to Chicago O’Hare delayed several hours due to the heavy snow weather in Chicago through Monday and Tuesday. However, overall, we did almost we were planning beforehand.

School of Thoughts Compared The Chicago School Theory focuses on the social and economic factors, and the crime rate in neighborhoods compared to their well-established neighborhoods. The theory focuses on damaging social and economic factors such as poverty, heterogeneity, schools, and other external factors that lead an increase in crime rate. One of the studies mentioned above is an example of how unemployment, poverty, and high crime rate obstruct health. The other study mentioned above is an example of how youth neighborhood organizations were used to determine how beneficial they were to deter crime in youths.

One of the many excitements in the news during the late sixties was the “Chicago Seven” Trial. People read about this crazy trial and the outlandish events that took place in the courtroom from the defendants wearing judicial robes to crude names and accusations directed towards the Judge. Who could we possibly expect to act so unruly in a place of order and justice? Why, the “Chicago Seven” of course. The events that led up to this trial all began with Democratic Convention of 1968 which took place in Chicago, Illinois.