The Shame Of The Cities Summary

Ultimately, the city’s corrupt political system harnesses the unfettered capitalist economy in an effort to generate wealth and influence for those in power. When Jurgis is first introduced to the city’s democratic election process, he learns that politicians are able to collect large amounts of “graft” (i.e., money/privileges gained by corruption) by winning public office. In order to secure these positions, politicians must resort to corrupt elections tactics such as 1) buying votes, 2) hiring party-men to vote multiple times and 3) naturalizing foreigners in order to gain their vote. Sinclair uses vivid depictions of morally reprehensible politicians in order to demonstrate how the “system” is rigged against the workingman. For example, the venal Mike Scully misappropriates city funds to support his various business holdings (including the dump, tenement homes, the brick factory, and the ice house). He exempts his various businesses from taxes and also pays his workers with city funds (Ch. 9). By conducting business practices as such, Scully is able to scam honest, working men into buying inferior products at high rates. Although Scully campaigns as a man of the people, he is only concerned with collecting graft and offering special treatment to his supporters (e.g., he secured an alderman position for a

The novel "The Devil in the White City" is divided into four parts. The first three of the four parts take place in Chicago between 1890-1893. In 1890, Chicago won the bid on the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Daniel Burnham and John Root became the architects to build the fair. Burnham and Root encountered many obstacles that threatened the success of the fair. Root died early on, which left Burnham alone. Burnham wanted to build something that was more amazing than the Eiffel Tower. He faced hurtles but found a new way to outdo the Eiffel Tower. He uses the Ferris Wheel. The fair opens incomplete in 1893. The World's Columbian Exposition was designed for the commemoration of the landing of Columbus in America.

In “The Possibility Of Evil” by Shirley Jackson and “The Fall of the City” by Alden Nowlan, Miss Strangeworth and Teddy experience the loss of their town as a secret is discovered. The protagonist, Miss Strangeworth, in “The Possibility of Evil” portrays herself as a sweet and caring old lady, though her exterior does not mimic her interior. Miss Strangeworth 's one duty and job is to rid her town of any possible evil. She believes she has power and status in her town. However, once her secret duty is revealed, the town sees Miss Strangeworth as the possibility of evil and destroy

Krist’s introduction of Mayor Thompson allows for him to criticize any action that Mayor Thompson makes. As Krist gives background towards Thompson’s previous positions in office, he refers to Thompson’s as elections as games. This gives Thompson a boyish nature that continues throughout the book. Once Thompson became president, Krist shows that Thompson only did his actions to gain public appeal as Krist states that “[Thompson loved] the applause and cheers above all else,” (Krist, 22). Krist proves this when he says, “Chicago loved him back. Not admittedly, the Chicago of college professors,” (Krist, 34). This shows that Thompson was looking for what would make the average person of Chicago love him, not the intellectuals that knew how economic and government

The last time the Cleveland Indians won the World Series? 1948. The last time the Chicago Cubs won The World Series? 1908. This year one of those teams will be crowned the champions of baseball and its city will have a reason to celebrate. Earlier this summer, Cleveland captured the cities first championship in 52 years and since then the city of Cleveland has been reborn. Sport’s have the ability to inspire, teach, and provide hope. In fact this September Cleveland lost its title of “America’s Most Miserable City” and 76% of Clevelanders would recommend others to move to their city. Biggest reason for the change? The city's first major championship since 1964.

Slam! The door behind us slams shut because one of the idiotic crew members forgot I told Steven to be a look out and only four of us were going in. It was Lucy, Frank, Josh, and I going into the Bushnell Police Department. We were in need of ammo or just some type of weapons. Lucy had a crowbar, Frank had a wood baseball bat with nails in it, Josh had a Katana but it was on its last stand, and I had a Glock 19 with two bullets and an old pipe I found when we went through ST.Louis. We are heading north because the “infected” can’t move well when it is cold outside and it helps more if it is snowing. But we ran into a problem. Josh needs a new weapon and Frank got bit on the leg. When someone gets bit they only last about 20 hours then they get a fever, stomach ache, sharp pains in the back or stomach area, and many more problems. So that leaves us here, in a police station with a guy who can turn into an infected any second. Plus we don’t know who or what is inside the station. People that are alive say infected are more of an easy target than humans. We are only 7 meters into the station and I seen something move down the hall. I brought up my gun so that it was eye height with me. We slowly walked down the hall looking from one room to another. Once we got to the end of the station, near the back where they kept the cells, we seen him. It looked like a young boy maybe 17-18 years of age.

Edward Glaeser, an economics professor at Harvard, is a scholar of the economy of cities and their various problems and regularly writes about this in his famous blog of The New York Times Economix . In The Triumph of cities , it offers a valuable insight into the advantages of large cities and makes a thorough and rigorous analysis of the strategies of some successful cities that can serve as an example for the development of its strategic plan outlining.

Dakota Johnson Mrs. Maggert English III Honors 11 May 2017 A Tale Of Overcoming Adversity Charles Dickens’, A Tale Of Two Cities, is a novel about adversities faced in the 18th century. The characters in Dickens’ historical fiction book overcome many adversities in their lives. Throughout the story several characters face adversity through imprisonment, love, and seemingly inevitable death.

After the repetition of the dream passage beginning in bar sixty, another interlude starts in bar sixty-eight that both transitions from the previous mood and prepares for the next. Continuity from the previous section is seen with the arpeggiation and statements of a motive from the opening vocal line. The interlude also helps to prepare for a more somber mood with the appearance of A@ minor, the parallel minor. The vocal line, in which the speaker outrightly admits doubt regarding the ideal, is marked recitative, and its chordal accompaniment is appropriately sparse. The shift to this section is quick, with an applied dominant seventh chord to B@ minor in bars seventy-four and seventy-five. In a moment of truth, all attention is appropriately

900 years ago two Witches, during the time of the witch era, which was real, placed a curse of two cities giving the people in them the Gifts. One witch, Elizabeth, thought that people didn't need powers, and wanted only a protection over the city and granted the people the ability to leave. Well, the other witch, Meredith, wanted these humans to be special beyond compare with Gifts like none other, but this was so powerful that with the gift the people would be forced to forever live in the city. The gifts would stay dormant until needed. So, when the Witch’s placed the two spells, the strongest, most powerful spells ever cast, on the cities some of the magic switched between the cities, causing the gifted city to have humans and the ungifted city to have gifted humans.

INTRODUCTION SENTENCE. Edward Glaeser is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a journalist for Bloomberg View, therefore he is well versed in the economics of cities, innovation, crime and more. In his widely known published book, "Triumph of the City: How our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier", he illustrates that cities have made civilization more successful with new technology and ideas. In the first chapter of his book, he explains how cities were created through sharing new ideas and technologies between intellectuals, especially when living within close proximities of other innovators, thereupon those within the innovative networks have built institutions to provide an education system to create more alike, and as a result of these key components, cities have helped and will continue to help the world thrive.

Sophia Fangman Wathen English 6 Oppression, Resurrection and Sacrifice in A Tale of Two Cities In the novel A Tale of Two Cities, oppression, resurrection and sacrifice are the three main themes that Dickens develops. Starting in the first few chapters, the author sets up the idea that oppression breeds oppression with depictions of starving peasants in soiled streets. Later in the book, once the revolutionaries have begun to rise up, their actions start to eerily reflect their oppressors’. Defarge insists that the entire upper class be obliterated, showing how the rebels have become so fed up with the oppression that they will stop at nothing to gain their freedom, even if it means hurting the nobles exactly how they themselves have been hurt in the past.

The sources utilized by Walkowitz (1992) present the changing notions of gender identity in Victorian society, which evolved from tabloid news articles about child prostitution. An article by W.T. Stead in 1885 defines the important use of primary media sources that challenged the stereotypical notions of female identity in relation to the dominant patriarchy of Victorian society. Stead’s article entitled” “Maiden tribute to Modern Babylon” Walkowitz (1992) defines the intense conflict between masculine and female identity in the way it empowered women to fight against men who hired girls for prostitution: “Interspersed among these sensational accounts were “realist” stories from life” of young girls drawn into the London Labyrinth.” These tabloid “stories” are used by Walkowitz (1992) illustrate first-hand accounts of the ruination of children, the capture of virgins, and the

A Tale of Two Cities: Dickens Political and Social Critiques Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities, is structured and set upon the social and political ills of the time period, in which the French Revolution occurred. Dickens displays an image of the unrighteous acts committed and of the turbulent course of historical events. These include the Great Fear, the Reign of Terror, and the French Revolution as a whole. In the opening chapter of A Tale of two Cities, Dickens illustrates the flaws and limited strengths of the two countries involved throughout the novel.

Paris, France is truly an incredible city. While it is best known for its tourist attractions, including the Eiffel Tower, Paris is so much more than this. Despite being relatively cold all throughout the year, the warmest being in the high sixties, Paris has a population of around 2,241,400. Paris is a very historical city, founded in the 3rd century BC by the Gauls. Some tourist attractions in Paris include the Louvre museum, Notre Dame, and Disneyland Paris. While Paris is great, it did need improvements, and the end result was Éclatant City, our new and advanced city.