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city life. The Hull House wasn’t just a place where immigrants could participate in programs and learn, but it was a place where they were able to feel safe and get the support and assistance they needed to live a normal life in the large city of Chicago. The Hull House helped and impacted people in countless ways. One of which, was that reformers helped teach immigrants skills that they may have needed for jobs. Immigrationtounitedstates.org states,¨Of Chicago’s one million residents in 1888, approximately

city life. The Hull House wasn’t just a place where immigrants could participate in programs and learn, but it was a place where they were able to feel safe and get the support and assistance they needed to live a normal life in the large city of Chicago. The Hull House helped and impacted people in countless ways. One of which, was that reformers helped teach immigrants skills that they may have needed for jobs. Immigrationtounitedstates.org states,¨Of Chicago’s one million residents in 1888, approximately

In 1974, a group of young high school actors started doing acting in plays at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, ultimately moving in the basement of church in Highland Park in Chicago. Afterwards they began on their journey to become one of the utmost protruding theatre companies in the whole world. Steppenwolf Theatre Company completely transformed the face of American Theatre with its inventive style that blends dynamic collaborative performance, authentic, acting and bold, stimulating stories to

My Little Bit of Country The essay “My Little Bit of Country” is written by Susan Cheever and is from the anthology Central Park, which is published in 2012. Susan Cheever is the main character in the story. She writes about how she grew up in the city and how she didn’t like the “real” nature. She didn’t like the suburban, and after her family moved from New York, she always went back. She raised her own children near Central Park. For Susan Cheever, Central Park is kind of her safe haven.

Ideas of an Ideal City 2 “The Ideas of Le Corbusier”: Summary and Response In “The Contemporary City”, by urban planner Le Corbusier, it describes Le Corbusier’s idea of an optimal city. He talks about how traditionalism is still present in cities, and they have to become contemporary. Having a central business district surrounded by residential districts is one of three basic parts of a contemporary city. Along with a large amount of open space for development, and suburbs further

Chicago, written by Carl Sandburg is a rousing piece of writing about the lives of people in Chicago and about the city as a whole. Drawing from his working class roots, he built a raw-boned poetry that violated the poetic norms of the time -- he cast off inherited poetic diction and form and adopted an exuberant free verse. The poem is a sordid love affair between a man and his tumultuous city with Sandburg declaring his affinity for the Chicago and its people despite its downfall, via his anaphoric

My Summer in Chicago I couldn’t help but to feel anxious and excited. It was my first time being in such a vast city and I couldn’t wait to explore it. The time was near the end of July, this is when my dad usually enjoys taking our summer vacations, primarily outside of our state to somewhere else new and exciting. That summer my dad decided to take a week long road trip and visit, Wisconsin Dells, Chicago, St. Louis, and Madison. My dad said he wanted to show my sisters and I all the adventures

Music Theatre 1. What is the background of this art form? (where does it originate from? What important political, cultural and/or environmental things were occurring in this part of the world that would affected the creation of this art form?) Musical Theatre is a form of theater combing music, songs, and spoken dialog, which can be traced back to the theatre of ancient Greece. The music and dance were included in stage comedies and tragedies during the 5th century BCE. However, the music is

The never ending days of summer were quickly winding down. It was that time of year again. That time where every kid dreads waking up early every day. Where we have to sit on hard as rock chairs for hours. Eat foods that look and taste like a mixture of foreign cuisines together in a bowl. My fulfilled summer adventures were now just a mere distant memory like that old shirt tucked away at the bottom of a drawer to be never seen again. Now I have to face reality; it was my final year as a high schooler

The American Society has been feeding people lies. Many American’s would announce that society, as a whole is together, but it is rather apart in many ways. One of the world’s best journalist, Alex Kotlowitz, wrote “False Connections,” published in the book Aims of Argument. Kotlowitz argues about the issues of poverty difference, between the suburban white kids’ vs the inner city poor teens. He explains how their lives are different from each other but they have a common factor in social fashions