Hampton Roads

During the winter months in Toronto, we often see road salt used so much that once there was even a shortage!Most people from Toronto have to know that we use salt on our road, and some even use it on their driveways, but few know what the road salt actually does and how it affects us in the long run.The issue I'm going to be discussing today is whether we should or shouldn't put salt on our roads.There is no other solution than to not do this, so I’m writing to you today to tell you why I think

something important about life in a special way In the poem, “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, the author uses a variety of phrases that contains symbolism. All of this symbolism also leads up to a very common theme that we must usually several times in our lives. First of all, this poem uses a lot of symbolism to reveal many things that also applies to us in our lives. To begin with, Robert Frost describes two (2) similar roads. One thing he says to support his is,"both that morning equally

Abbey Road is an iconic photograph taken by Iian Macmillan in the sixties. Iian stood on a ladder in the middle of the road in order to capture the shot of the beatles, an originally british band that came to the states, walking across the street in perfect sync. The photo itself lives on to this day throughout Rock and Roll culture. The picture highlights the four members of the band walking across a street in perfect sync. The sky is painted a simple sky blue and the trees are a deep emerald

“Iron Road” is a film that addresses how life was in the 1880s for Chinese workers once they arrived at Canada. China had poor economics at the time, with a limited supply of food, due to the bombings of farms during the opium wars. They didn’t have a reliable source of income and were incapable of feeding themselves. Once the Chinese arrived in Canada, they were immediately forced to endure, an immense amount of racism and inadequate working conditions. The movie consisted of an authentic and interesting

Imagine yourself sleeping on a bus to wake up engulfed in flames and seeing people laughing at you burning up. The book The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater talks about a real incident that occurred in Oakland, California. The person that was set on fire on a bus was an 18 year old agender person named Sasha Fleischman. Agender means that the person doesn’t identify as male nor female and use the pronouns they, them, their. They were set on fire by an 16 year old African American male named Richard Thomas

Kerouac wrote the novel On the Road in late 1940s. The beat generation is a lost generation of disillusioned young men looking for freedom and self-expression. Jack Kerouac is the famous and most prominent writer who portrays his journey across America in his Novel. Thesis statement The novel explains how the beats are often criticized for their behavior, which is in particularly concerning drug use and sex. Here I explain how Kerouac and the beats experience those tensions. Kerouac and the Beats

“You can’t stop the Beat” by the Cast of Hairspray I chose this song from the Broadway musical Hairspray because the whole show discussed the Transcendentalist ideas of standing up for your rights if you see something is unjust, not conforming to society, and being an individual. Tracy Turnblad did not think it was fair that the African Americans and the Whites were not allowed to dace together. Throughout the show she was lobbying on the African Americans behalf. In addition to fighting against

The Road presents a universal theme of Good vs. Evil. In this story, the man and the boy are considered the good guys. They are considered the good because they have kept their morals. One of the reasoning’s as to why they believe they are the “good guys” is that they are “carrying the fire.” They believe that all those carrying the fire are incapable of doing any wrong. Throughout the story, fire is used as a symbol of safety and goodness whether it be a literal fire they make to keep them warm

What Goes Around Comes Around A conscious choice is one we make knowing its effects will either be beneficial or harmful to ourselves or others. In the following short stories, “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet, “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury, and “If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth” by Arthur C. Clarke as well as the poem “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale and Psalm 137 from the Bible, this message is portrayed in a number of ways. Each story provides the reader

slope of a road affects water runoff, so engineers and construction workers must plan accordingly. Slope is also important to people who use wheelchairs and other types of devices to help others move around. Skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers must pay attention