Initially, I did not realize how popular and famous the Brooklyn Bridge really is to both natives and tourists of New York. I recognized it as just one of our numerous bridges and nothing more. To me, it wasn’t any … Continue reading
The Island of Manhattan is connected to its boroughs through several bridges. Among these bridges of New York is the Brooklyn Bridge which catches the most of attention from natives and from visitors alike. This famous bridge was built between … Continue reading
Yesterday, I walked the Brooklyn Bridge with my step-dad who works in Chinatown. I met him in DUMBO and we walked together to his work. I had gotten the idea from the texts and realized I had actually not been … Continue reading
But here is a quick video I made for my presentation. http://youtu.be/SdHplZobje4
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For my presentation, I chose Charles Reznikoff’s poems (620-625). Reznikoff enjoyed traveling twenty miles a day from his Upper West Side home. Reznikoff’s poems are based off of the things he would see or encounter during his travels. The section I … Continue reading
My presentation was on Frances Trollope’s “Domestic Manners of the Americans”. Trollope’s experiences in New York and what she thought of the city as a tourist interested me immediately. She described the city as being lovely, noble, and desirable. The … Continue reading
Today I did my presentation on Satanstoe by James Fenimore Cooper. This is a story about Manhattan in the 17th century when the Dutch had just settled. Throughout the story cooper is talking about the slaves and the African American … Continue reading
I decided to do my presentation on “Drowned Their Sins” by Abraham Cahan located on page 320. My reason for choosing this piece was similar to another classmate’s. I was just reading through the table of contents and I decided … Continue reading
My presentation is on Sara Teasdale’s poem called Union square. Beginning off, I just want to a say a little biography about Sara Teasdale that I found very interesting. She wrote a quite number of poems that were based in … Continue reading
My partner and I (Everard Best) are doing our presentation on an excerpt from Frances Trollope’s piece Domestic Manners of the Americans. We’re going to record ourselves talking about the piece using modern English, that way people can understand use … Continue reading
