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The Triangle Fire of 1911      Near closing time on Saturday afternoon, March 25, 1911, in New York City a fire broke out on the top floors of the Asch Building in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. One of the worst tragedies in American history it is known as the “Triangle Shirtwaist Fire”. It was a disaster that took the lives of 146 workers, most of which were women. This tragedy pointed out the negatives of sweatshop conditions of the industrialization era. It emphasized

Fire in a Heritage Building, Kolkata A case study Background: Kolkata has been nicknamed the City of Palaces. This comes from the numerous palatial mansions built all over the city. Some of the major buildings of this period are well maintained and several buildings have been declared as heritage structures. Today, many of these structures are in various stages of decay. Conservation efforts are patchy and are often affected by problems of litigation, tenant troubles

In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, heat, fire, and books are the most obvious symbols that represent actions or ideas within the story. However, these symbols may represent more than is initially assumed. Heat and fire play an important role not only in upholding justice, but also in representing critical aspects of characters or the flaws of humanity. Books represent more than knowledge, as the society’s strict ban on all literature leads them to represent something much more important. Ray

McKinney1 Ben Franklin did so much for our country. He accomplished many things during his lifetime. Many things have influenced his life and others. There were social , economic, and cultural influences on Ben Franklin which affected his lifetime achievements. Ben Franklin had many people in his life that has influenced him. One person that influenced him, his name is Voltaire. He was a writer whose religions and his political beliefs has made him end up in prison most of his life. His writing

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was an infamous part of our history as a nation. The fire began on the eighth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory and quickly spread all throughout the building. The fire took almost one hundred and fifty lives, most of them being young women or girls. It was not just the fire that took so many lives though, but women and men alike jumping from many stories up, to their death, just to have a possibility to live. However, many women and men alike were brought

of people with the intention of eliminating them as a whole. One genocide that is still going on today is the Genocide in Darfur. The murders started in 2003 in Southern Sudan, the largest country in Africa where thousands of Darfuri people have been massacred. The genocide is being carried out by a group of Arab militias known as the Janjaweed. Started by Musa Hilal in 1987 and still active today, the group operates mainly in Southern Sudan. They believe that Sudan needs an ethnic cleansing

Willie’s big problem was that he couldn’t get his steamboat to start. Willie was looking for some food, because he was very hungry. After Willie found his problem with his boat he fixed it up right away. After he fixed his problem. Then his engine started to fail. Willie thought to himself why would my engine fail on me. When his engine failed on him. He was floating down the channel. He got to his spot

I heard a big crash when I was on an island, and I noticed that the boat started sinking. Right then all I had was my backpack and I was on an island. Have you ever been stranded on a island? In my backpack I had gear for camping. I had a tent, firestarter, knife, and a water purifier. Everything else that I had brought was on the boat when it started sinking, and I couldn't get it. I had most of the main items to survive on the island. I was on the island with only 4 island, and I used those items

Flies” and the hidden messages and references to human nature and a criticism of society. The author, William Golding, uses a huge amount of symbolism to reflect society of the outer world with the island. Symbols of fire, the conch and water are described all throughout the novel. Fire represents hope, strength and knowledge, but it also represents disorder and destruction, switching from good and useful to evil and uncontrollable. The conch, a precious shining pink shell, found by Piggy, rescued

inventors and how they got started, This reminds me of the time I watched a cartoon movie meet the Robinsons, where a boy creates a machine that looks through people's memories. According to Richmond Times-Dispatch, a News Website, April 1st, 2015 The students behind this invention are Viet Tran, a computer engineer major and Seth Robertson, an electrical engineer major. They are both Undergraduates at George Mason University in Virginia. Their idea fight fire with sound started as a senior research project