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    On 1871, October 8th a fire started in a town called chicago on the property of catherine o’leary’s farm. This is how the chicago fire happened and how they rebuilt from it and how it affected the people of chicago. People don’t know how it started but some people think it started by one of their cows kicking over a lantern and other people think it started from meteors. The fire was 4 miles long and 4 miles wide, about 300 people died from the fire and about 100,000 without homes.The fire caused

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    Essay On Chicago Fire

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    The Great Chicago Fire: A City in Flames Third Draft Hope Hudson How would someone react if they woke up and their house was covered in flames, or what if the town they lived in was being burnt to the ground? Millions of people have had to deal with the effects of fire. Across America there have been too many fires to count. In the city of Chicago, 1871, thousands of people were affected by a fire. The Great Chicago Fire will always be remembered, one of the worst in history. When society imagines

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    Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was a tragic event that impacted many people at the time. The fire raged through the city of Chicago, Illinois from October 8th to October 10th, destroying 3.3 square miles of downtown Chicago. While the fire was devastating, it laid the groundwork for rebuilding a stronger Chicago. Chicago, Illinois was a popular city in the early United States. Chicago was a center for trade due to the water sources running through it. The two rivers located in Chicago, the Chicago River

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    Carl Sandburg Chicago

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    In the early 20th century Carl Sandburg wrote a poem called “Chicago”. In this poem he opens with brutal imagery about the city Chicago by calling in a “hog” and the “butcher of the world”. Sandburg later defends the city from the hateful terms that have been expressed towards Chicago. Carl Sandburg expresses a very clear tone throughout the poem “Chicago”, the tone can be easily analyzed by evaluating how Sandberg describes the city towards the middle of the poem. Reading through the poem you can

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    The Chicago Bulls are the best team that in the NBA for the past, present, and in the future. The city of Chicago has come and go with Hall of Fame all-stars like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Derrick Rose, and Jimmy Butler. Also, there are new upcoming recruits coming in from different teams or colleges. Although the Bulls haven’t really accomplished anything these past years, but people think they could do some damage during the season. The best player to play in Chicago and the

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    “Chicago” was written in 1914 and was a part of the Chicago Poems, a series of nine individual poems about the city of Chicago. It has since become known as one of Carl Sandburg’s most famous and well-known poems. He would describe the lives of ordinary everyday people. However, while the poem is overly famous and well known in the literature community, it has caused some kind of tension on Sandburg’s reputation as a poet. Critics continue to debate its importance to this very day. All of their opinions

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    or positively; how people deal with deviance is all depended upon the society and how it is organized. What is considerate Deviant in one society may be accepted in others (Macionis). In certain countries such as Saudi Araba the woman are forced to wear an abaya, which is a cloak that covers their entire body. Choosing not to wear the Abaya would be considerate deviant behavior, whereas a woman who is not from Saudi araba does not have to wear one. All over the world people are committing crimes

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    words used by various amounts of people on twitter, when asked to describe Chicago using one word or phrase. If I were to describe the city of Chicago, I would simply say: complex, diverse, misunderstood, windy, and lastly beautiful. Many people who view Chicago as a bad city, because of all the crime and murder rate, which is why people refer to Chicago as “Chirac”. Being born and raised in Chicago, I can tell you that Chicago is a much better city than most people view it as. This windy city, specifically

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    off the chains of violence and hate,” said Martin Luther King Jr. According to an editorial in The Chicago Tribune “Chicago is a city awash in blood amid a surge in murder and other violent crime.” The chicago tribune also reports that there were 786 homicides in the year 2016. These homicides are usually caused by shootings and the sheer size of the city. In 1992 there were 943 homicides in chicago the highest murder rate of the city. Throughout the years the number of homicides has dropped. However

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    Three days after my high school graduation, Randolph and I spent a day in a whole new city. Being from Roselle, I had never really been to one of the most beautiful city such as downtown Chicago. Spending the day in Chicago was like discovering a new way of living life that I had only heard from siblings and the news. I checked my bags to make sure I didn’t leave anything essential behind and I checked them five more times. we were sleepy during the flight as we arrived at the airport and made our

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