Brooklyn Cop‚ by Norman MacCaig is a poem about an American policeman and the daily dangers he faces. The cop appears to be a savage yet we are later made aware of his underlying vulnerability. New York’s reputation of violence and crime leads to our awareness of the cop’s fear of not returning home to his wife. ... We are first made aware of the cop’s intimidating appearance in the first line‚ of the first stanza when MacCaig uses the simile "built like gorilla." This gives us a very negative and
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Sanford Professor Brown English 101 23 October 2014 Compare & Contrast In the painting‚ Brooklyn Bridge by Joseph Stella and the photo Brooklyn Bridge by Walker Evans a comparison of the two artistic figures‚ colors utilized‚ perception‚ painting verses film‚ and the mood each creates reveals that the oil on canvas that Joseph Stella is the more interesting presentation of the Brooklyn Bridge. The two artists portray the same subject in two totally different ways that change the mind
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Brooklyn Cop “Brooklyn Cop” written by Scottish poet Norman McCaig‚ is a poem that conveys a police officer in Brooklyn to be an aggressive yet affectionate man. Throughout the poem McCaig uses word choice and imagery techniques to express the dual sided nature of the cop. We see that the way he behaves on the streets of Brooklyn contrasts with how he is at home with his wife. The dual sided nature of the cop is shown through the physical description that McCaig uses to convey him. McCaig does
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The whole movie deals with emotions and how they grow up in that environment and that reflects in next generation’s life. Their perceptions are a lot different from my culture. One thing that I felt from this movie is whatever you see from parents or elder siblings‚ most of the time you will follow that way and it’s also happen in my culture also. Twenty years ago at about the same time that "Cisco" and "Stingray" Santiago became leaders of the notorious Assassination gang and Luis also became a
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One of the main conflicts of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith is person (Francie) vs. society. Poverty and judgment runs down the streets of Williamsburg‚ Brooklyn‚ New York. Francie dives head on into conflicts concerning gender‚ economic state‚ and religion. “She put the penny in her dress pocket and turned the rest of the money over to him. Neeley was ten‚ a year younger than Francie. But he was the boy; he handled the money” (Smith 8). In essence‚ this shows females were not trusted to
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The Brooklyn Bridge After the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883‚ it was known as the longest bridge in the world during that time period. The bridge is also defined as the first bridge to have been built with steel wires. In addition‚ The Brooklyn Bridge is included among the most elegant inventions of humankind and the best architectural achievement of its period. The history of the Brooklyn Bridge is a classic written by the strength and forfeit of two brilliant engineers‚ John A. Roebling
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The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest and most iconic bridges in the world this majestic bridge is located in New York City‚ New York. In 1853‚ the only way to get from Brooklyn to New York City was by ferry boat. John Roebling‚ a famous bridge builder‚ was on a ferry stuck between ice chunks in the middle of winter. He set out to design and build a bridge connecting these two cities. Building the Brooklyn Bridge would not be an easy undertaking. The bridge would need to be high enough
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K. Dwyer The Brooklyn Dodgers (1947-1957) Brooklyn‚ one of the 5 boroughs in New York and being known as a magnet for immigrants‚ had its greatest amount of people moving into the borough during the 40s and 50s. It was the post-war era and families were sprouting all over New York. During that time the Brooklyn Dodgers were a significant part of Brooklyn and baseball history. Today the Brooklyn Dodgers remain as one of the most historical teams to ever play the game. No team could ever compare
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Assignment 1 Art 100: Introduction to World Art Visit to the Brooklyn Museum of Art. INTRODUCTION: For the first assignment in Instructor Laude’s Art 100 class‚ the class had to visit the Brooklyn Museum’s Egypt Exhibit on the 3rd floor. Where we chose a work of art each student thought was interesting and writes a paper describing and analyzing the art work. The work of art that I chose is the Anthropoid Coffin of the Priest Thothirdes. The reason I found this artifact interesting because
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Everyone won’t belleville us but it’s true right Brooklyn and Cheyanna said Lakota. One dark and stormy night a girl her name is brooklyn her and her sister were plan a halloween party her sister names are Lakota Cheyanna they thought they saw a bloody knife they did they graded the bloody knife they heard something it sound like blood drip my sisters and i went to go see where it was it was coming from are bedroom but we saw something it looked like fangs there was a vampires and bats they were
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