“Chicago” Analysis “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg is a poem written to describe the everyday lives of Chicagoans. Sandburg uses poetic devices such as similes‚ personification‚ and imagery to emphasize parts of the poem‚ which helps him show his love and pride for the city of Chicago. Imagery played a very important part in the poem because it gave the reader an image in there head of the city and the environment with the people who lived there. The main purpose of this poem is to defend the
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too easy to achieve at first compared to other immigrants. Chinese suffered a lot more obstacles and discriminations because they are relatively small and easy to be targeted on. Even more the legal system passed a law in 1963 forbidding Chinese to testify against white men in court. This anti-Chinese action was most critical in the Pacific Coast; as a result‚ it caused the dispersion of Chinese that had settled in California to the mid-western and eastern states.(Chicago-Chinatown‚ 1996)1 Many
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Chicago Public Schools should focus on Quality not Quantity Next year‚ the school day for all Chicago Public Schools will be longer. The majority of the students that will be attending a public school next year have been complaining and oppose this extended school day. On the other hand‚ Mayor Rahm Emanuel is determined to extend Chicago’s short school day due to the ridiculous dropout rates. Mayor Emanuel‚ as well as many parents‚ believes that the time a student spends in a class should directly
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teachers’ strikes only fueled the city’s fiscal crisis and made necessary the establishment of the Chicago School Finance Authority to address the situation. Along with negative reports by Chicago United and disappointing reported standardized test scores from students‚ the situation reached a point of severe distress. In 1986‚ Mayor Washington had called for a summit on education reform in which many Chicago leaders were brought together to think of ways to solve issues surrounding CPS. Following the
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officially became a part of Chicago sports in 1925. Originally‚ there were two club basketball teams that were put together by George “Papa Bear” Halas in Chicago. They were both named the Chicago Bruins. Another team known as the Harlem Globetrotter originated in Chicago in the 1920’s too‚ but were forced to play road games once the skating rink they played in closed down. The first NBA basketball team however to be a part of Chicago was a team called the Chicago Stags. This basketball team
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The Wing city Chicago When I first visit Chicago two years ago‚ I thought Chicago is just a city with cold winter and nothing fancy. So I always stay in my little comfort zoon like Chinatown and only hangout with my Chinese friends. However‚ after a month of exploring Chicago‚ I was totally wrong. Chicago is a place with rich history‚ culture diversity and innovation in business. It is so fabulous and modern‚ yet so calm and beautiful. When you pay close attention to your surrounding‚ you
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Chicago has world class museums that make the city one of a kind. Some of the museum are listed on the top of the world‚ for example‚ the art museums of Chicago has several famous artworks from all over the world. And the other museums are famous for their artwork and sculptures. One of the most famous and exalting museum is the cultural center‚ which is located on Michigan Ave and Randolph. The location of this museum played a big role in making this museum one of the most visited museums in Chicago
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telecommuter Smith‚ or hog butcher Smith? Chicago‚ by Carl Sandburg‚ gives ordinary jobs‚ such as a hog butcher‚ the honor of titles. Sandburg opens the poem with well worded apostrophe by giving the city of Chicago these honored jobs. Chicago does not symbolize these jobs‚ or contain people who have these jobs; Chicago actually has those jobs. After Sandburg establishes Chicago’s different jobs‚ he goes on to talk about what other people say about Chicago. Although these things are phrased as accusations
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1920’s is at odds with itself. There are those of older generations and the middle class who still cling to the Puritan ethics that accompanied our Founding Fathers. This segment of society wallows in propriety of the later 19th Century and the first decade of the 20th. Religious groups made up mostly of women searching to assert themselves politically formed a crusade against immoral practices including the consumption of liquor. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti Saloon League
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What was going on in Chicago in the late 60‘s and early 70‘s? - There was a lot of construction going on. The City was getting bigger and getting modernized and expanding with new skyscrapers‚ buildings and expressways. The Mayor of Chicago was Richard J. Daley Sr.. Chicago had not grown much since the Great Depression. Daley was a big part of the growth in the 60‘s and 70‘s. The 1968 Democratic Convention was held in Chicago. There were lots of civil right issues at the time. There was the Chicano
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