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Youth Gangs in Chicago, Illinois Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines Kirsten Muhaw Criminal Justice Seminar Professor Ruck April 10, 2015 Youth Gangs in Chicago, Illinois According to the Chicago Police Report’s CompStat within the year of 2014, there were 407 murders citywide. Chicago, Illinois is one of the United States biggest cities, with one of the highest crime rates. Chicago is also known for their large amount of gangs including, youth gangs within the

The Impact of World War One on American Literature As people mature, their beliefs evolve; as a child it is easy to be guided by adults, to believe in adults. As adults, people have their own beliefs. It is the period in the middle that is the hardest. As children begin to grow, they begin to push limits and question authority. The modernist period in American literature is comparable to those teenage years. In the early stages of American literature, America looked to her mother England for

In 1865 after the Civil War a new era of writing began in America. This writing was categorized as Realism and it also encompassed the sub-genres of Regionalism and Naturalism. This writing style took place in a time when America was going through major changes, it was the dawning of the Industrial Revolution. This was an era of major change in society and in culture. During this time of great change people mindsets were also changing. More immigrants were moving to America to work in factories.

"tasteless" and "high-forehead" shapes flourished, thus did aesthetic vainglory. Without precedent for American history, craftsmanship got basic consideration for workmanship's purpose. To a great extent because of the backing and case of William Dean Howells, a standout amongst the most persuasive essayists of the late nineteenth century, writers like Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Stephen Crane, and Henry James turned their regard for reasonably delineating human conduct and social

“Stephen Crane” Stephen Crane was one of the best writers of his time, however he was not very successful at the beginning of his short career. Being born into the large, religious Crane family, Crane used his siblings and parents for inspiration. He also had religious backgrounds in his writings, considering this was one of his priorities. One of his most known novels is The Red Badge of Courage, which he got inspiration from schools. Overall, Crane was a man who used his resources for his writings

protected, directed and restrained, will become inevitably narrowed and weakened by it." -Charlotte Perkins Gilman Gilman’s short story The Yellow Wallpaper first appeared on the New England Magazine in May 1892. However it wasn’t until William Dean Howells included the story in his 1920 collection of Great Modern American Stories that the story gained attention. However, the feminist message behind it went

Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Webster, 1885. The novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is among the first major vernacular English American literature, according to Wikipedia. It features a fictional first person account of people and towns along the Mississippi River in Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas. Huckleberry “Huck” Finn is a teenage boy, who is raised by his drunken father and has difficulty conforming to society. The plot begins with a recap of The Adventures of

in San Diego California last year, I attended an event for prospective students hosted by the Chicago School of Divinity entitled, “Coffee with the Dean.” There I met Margaret M. Mitchell the then Dean, and John Howell the Coordinator for Recruiting & Admissions, of the Chicago School of Divinity. After expressing my various research interests to Dean Mitchell, she said that my research interests were a perfect match with several professors at the Divinity School: Alireza Doostdar, Michael Sells,

Pearl Bunk wrote the book called The Good Earth. Her point of writing this book was to give people a better out look of Chinese culture and living style. This gives people in other countries an outlook on how we all don’t live the same or have the same culture. I am writing about his because it gave me the outlook of how the stories characters life is different from my life. What was Pearl Buck’s life and connection with china? What is some of the criticism that the experts have on her book The Good

Robert Lowell: The Reader Manipulator Poetry can seem like a boring topic full of unrelatable information and drawn out cliches. It can also be scary to read poetry with all the big terms like enjambment and consonance. However, when you take a deeper look at poetry and understand the true meaning of the “boring” information, it can be an enjoyable experience. One poet in particular is the master of these deeper meanings and confusing metaphors. Robert Lowell uses a variety of different writing