- As Straus Park was being demolished by a group of workers, the author felt as if his home was being taken away forcibly. Despite the negatives, the dirty wooden benches and the decaying pavements, he still finds some sort of an emotional attachment to it. Is there a place where you are/were affixed to than your actual home?
- How would this article relate to the topic of ‘displacement’?
- What is the significance of the title “Shadow Cities”?
-Sammi Looi
3. The significance of the title explains his whole thinking process throughout the reading. I realized the meaning of this title after reading a lot of the text. I feel that his idea of “shadow cities” can be pushed further in relation to New York City and how we can see many other cities in it. We have places like Chinatown and Little Italy, who give us a small taste of what these places actually are like over seas.
1)yes there is a place that holds a special place in my heart and never wants it to change the monument in the Dominican Republic is a place where I used to go a lot when I was little if I ever see it that it is being demolished it would probably hurt me to not see it there.
1) My high school, I may have hated most of it but there are some people and memories that are important to me. I made lifelong friendships and acquired support system for which I will forever be grateful.
1. St. Thomas, in the USVI is a special place in my heart that never changes. It’s always been my second home; I go there year round and it is beautiful, the people are friendly, and the ocean is actually blue. In 2017, they were hit by two hurricanes and they were practically destroyed; it broke my heart.
3) The significance of the title” shadow cities” is his memories and his past that he is carrying with him. They are like “shadows” that follows him throughout.