King Street

The What Street? Mom grips my wrist with her clammy hand, sweat running down her forehead from the hot, early September Saturday. She drags seven year-old me along the street before turning a corner, ignoring my wails and protest. I don’t want to go to Chinese School. What’s the point of it anyways? My friends tell me they watch television over the weekend. But sadly, my schedules are packed with academics every day. Mom’s other hand holds my sister’s, only five years-old and too young to realize

In this song Sound of Silence the author/writer of this song went through many tough times in his life to make this a popular hit. Their first recording of the album which was released and finished early Wednesday morning. They soon realized it wasn’t a big hit and there band split up and went their separate directions. Soon after many months without the knowledge of Garfunkel and Simon, Columbia Records stepped in and modified their song and added many new instruments like guitar, bass, drums to

Although undoubtedly influenced by England, the American Colonies formed their own unique way of life. One aspect much like England is the layout of the town and its house, especially in Salem, was rather haphazard with streets and alleys crossing at irregular angles. Unlike Europe, property ownership was not the only way to ensure a fortune, a considerable number of Americans found New Money through their occupation. The upset of wealth standards also led to the development of different and more

devoted solely to survival. Yet still, the banner of L'Empereur lies at the top of the hill, setting our hearts aflame as we ready to march once again. We must cross the river. Beyond it lies the empire, home. My father’s winery in Marne, the warm streets of Paris. Maybe I can finally convince Amélie to marry. We’ll have a summer wedding in Versailles. Mama and Papa will be there. Louis will be there, Francois and Claudia and all their little children. Pierre will be there, to fly our colours. Surely

Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn neighborhood. Slowly but surely we see the heat melt away the barriers that were keeping anger from rising to the surface. The Blacks and the Hispanics own the streets the Koreans own the corner store and of course the Italians own the pizzeria, the Cops who happen to be all Caucasian, prowl the streets inside out, looking for anyone to harass. Toes are then stepped on and apologies are not made. Spike Lee creates the perfect set-up for a modern day in Bed-Stuyvesant. Without fail

The men behind him echoed the verse, followed by a harmonious “Long live the King.” Elias turned off the TV. He had heard enough about the new Scottish king. The news had seemingly only covered stories involving Julius Lorrain for the past month. Elias had grown tired of listening to rehashed news stories concerning the ruthless

lifestyle that many people actually live. Thug Passion is the novel that I will be evaluating. Being that author Mz. Lady P provides everything you need to have a great urban fiction story in this book. In this essay I will explain how the grimy streets, along with the story-line, and relatable characters make up the characteristics of a great urban fiction book. Mz. Lady P is one of the national bestselling authors in urban fiction. She lacks a filter and possess grit, so nothing is held back while

Where was home? I could never find it. Not in the old apartment I used to live in, not in the house I lived in now. The closest I remembered ever getting to the feeling of home was in my room, but it still didn 't feel right. It hid from me. It taunted me. I could never catch it. Then we went to visit a country, my home country. România. We landed in the main city, Bucharest. However, as the landscape settled, creating a picture holding familiarity, it stirred no sense of nostalgia. Nonetheless,

Street railways were created and they were the most aggressive expansion in the 19th century. From the 1880’s to the 1890’s street railways took up at least six miles from City Hall in Boston. The service of the first railway began in 1852. The first street railway in Boston would go between Harvard Square, Cambridge, Summerville, and Union Square. The increase in the street railway brought excitement for the entrepreneur’s as well in other cities in America. Eventually the street railways

Close by the giant textile mill row on row on row of drab terrace houses huddle together as if to fend off the bitter cold of a winter night in December of 1811. Night obscures the narrow streets of the industrial village of Holmeside as morning’s hesitant light pokes through the canopy of dismal clouds. Inside the mill, workers have been toiling for hours. They rose from their beds early and put on their work clothing. The lucky ones ate a crust of bread and drank the remains of yesterday’s milk