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example, he is biased to the belief that Coney Island was a time of a developing “urban-industrial society” simply based on Olmstead’s foundation of Central Park leading to the success and then decline of Dreamland (Textbook). The insanely descriptive details of Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland offer an image for the reader to truly believe that he supports his argument that Coney Island was the transformation of a new society based on urban reform and industrial success within a new mass culture

to help test nuclear weapons. Since 1951, 928 nuclear tests have been conducted by the United States Government.It is a detachment of Edwards Air Force Base located in Antelope Valley, California. Other names for Area 51 include Paradise Ranch, Dreamland,Home Base, and many others.(Brannan,

person who used her faith in her writing. An example of this is “Led by a single star” (5), the star could represent the star on top of the manger, leading people to the birth of Jesus. There are also similes, metaphors, and repetition in the poem “Dreamland”. “Through sleep, as through a veil/ She sees the sky look pale” (13-14). In this stanza there is a simile word” sleep”, which represented a veil that covers the eyes but still can see

official name is Homey Airport, but was called Area 51 in an official CIA document during the Vietnam War. Some popular nicknames for the base are Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, and Home Base.

The Beginning The word “jazz” did not become commonplace until around 1920 even though it had spent the preceding decade establishing itself as a musical genre. A mix of European harmony and African rhythm, blended with the current styles of the time such as ragtime and rhythm and blues, Jazz can be seen as an amalgamation of different cultures and has had huge influences on, and evolved concurrently with, American society in the past century. The birthplace of jazz is the subject of much more controversy

Utopia is nowhere. Not in ignorant bliss, nor in gold covered valleys. True happiness is in simplicity. This is what’s presented in Candide, the short picaresque novel by Voltaire. In this novel of many misadventures, the characters are moved from the finest of settings to the most realistic and darkest of situations. In the end after encountering all sorts of diverse conflicts, it is in the most basic of places that the main characters find their true calling and peace. After witnessing and experiencing

When reading a novel I often get engaged by the amount of detail the author includes. I find myself most interested when I can picture myself in the character's shoes and feel like i'm in the novel myself. This kind of feeling is caused by imagery. Imagery is defined as the use of vivid figurative language to represent objects, actions or ideas. Authors tend to use imagery to create a “mental image” in the audience's head. This is often done with the use of your senses. Incorporating details about

the river on page 6. “There were no black boles of live oaks, no glossy green of magnolia leaves, no pattern of gold lace where the sun had sifted through the branches of the wild cherry.” The sensory details of the fading reality epitomize the dreamland that Jody is drifting off to. In addition to the sensory details, the asyndeton contributes to the relatable feeling of thoughts turning to dreams as sleep takes over the mind. The most effective use of sensory details occurs on page 224 as Jody

Annotated Bibliography Popova, Maria. "Sleep and the Teenage Brain.” Brain Pickings. 2015. Jan. 2016. This site was helpful to my essay because it provided useful information about the dangers of sleep deprivation. It also provided a good comparison about how deprived of sleep teenagers are, which I used as my hook. The article seemed credible considering almost all if the information was directly from a published book, cited below. "Sleep in Adolescents." Nationwide Children's Hospital. 2009

An abused child’s reality is different from the imagination; in the mind one can create happiness in a make believe universe. The concept of fusion between a dreamland of vision and reality could never occur in concert; two separate worlds controlled by violence; upon a whim a moment of fear could escalate, therefore, the restriction in place will, in-prison one's soul to suffocate in due time. This restricts the personality from developing and the mind from believing it possesses the power to create