Villages in Cornwall

Andrew Just last year, Dylan and I traveled to Haiti on a missions trip. As you may know, it's one of the poorest countries in the world. When we were beginning our descent on the airplane, I thought about how little roads and how poor the housing was. We drove through chaotic roads and rubble filled alleys, until we reached the orphanage. New Life Children’s Home is a safe haven for kids who lived in the mountains a couple miles north. These kids were neglected, sick, beat, starved, etc.…

At first it could seem like the conversion of industrial spaces in Williamsburg to housing would bring down prices in the area because it is creating more housing. However, the reality is that since the rezoning was approved, the rent in Williamsburg has continued to rise. The primary for this increase is that the majority of new housing that is being built is for wealthy residents and the rents on these units reflect that (Martucci, 2013). These luxury units have brought up the average rent…

Stonewall Inn leading to the revolutionary battle toward the LGBT liberations movement (The Historic Stonewall Inn). Stonewall Inn is a gay bar located on 53 Christopher St, New York, NY 10014, between West 4th Street and Waverly Place, in the Greenwich Village of Lower Manhattan. Stonewall Inn is a tavern open to all genders, but more specifically to the gay community of Lower Manhattan. This bar represents and brings awareness to the LGBT community that fought long and hard for their equal…

A setting of a story must be colorful, descriptive and inquisitive. Shirley Jackson did a tremendous job of creating such a setting in the story “The Lottery.” The setting of the village is that of what a reader might see in an old British film Starting the story as if the reader was already present within the village, Shirley Jackson began to play with the readers imaginations. For example the author gave a vibrant…

Background & Thesis The movie The Village directed by Shyamalan was released in 2004. The storyline creates a setting placed in the middle of the woods during the 19th century. To give some background to the plot—there is a community of people, hence the name The Village, that have formed their own government and way of living. In this town there is evident fear and angst regarding creatures that attack the village resulting in bloodshed. This fear drives them to not go near the woods that…

This journal will include many topics and connections to real life. This is the third book of the Asylum series by Madeleine Roux. A quick summary of the book would be that there are 3 characters who are spending their senior year on the road and things don’t go as planned. They start to get weird text messages from someone who had died a long time ago. They now have to find out why that’s happening and stop it. One of the three characters are named Dan and he is a very important character. He…

Background Lorne Avenue Public School has been an important institution in London’s Old East Village for 141 years. After many struggling debates between the parent council of Lorne Avenue and the Thames Valley District School Board, Lorne Avenue will be closing its doors this June. As such, a celebration will be taken place to celebrate Lorne Avenue’s 141 years of educated and shaping young minds. However, Lorne Avenue closing has more societal issues. This story is important because it…

Village of Obses Today is Wednesday normally I would be at the training center to improve my swordsmanship, but Father has called a meeting which I am required to attend. Normally I would be dreading the meeting, but today I hope for information about my brother. Bryn left two weeks ago for a trade errand for our Father and has yet to return. I am starting to worry. Today’s meeting isn’t starting until 11 o’clock so I have decided to visit my friend Arian. I head out into the village right…

What is Gentrification? Gentrification can have a negative connotation and is often compared to white flight, it also can be seen as a race issue. Whereas, a Caucasian population will take over poverty stricken mixed-race neighborhoods and revitalize them with their newly brought in businesses. Alex Schafran writes in the Berkeley Planning Journal, “residents of gentrifying neighborhoods have been "displaced" from the literature on the subject. [They] are so busy trying to define it, quantify…

On the morning of June 28, 1969, New York City Police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located on New York City’s Christopher Street. This soon turned violent when police forces roughly dragged out the patrons and employees out of the bar. The police arrested the employees for serving liquor without a license, which was their reason for disturbing the peace, and forced multiple patrons into a police van. This unnecessary act sparked a riot, bringing together residents and bystanders as they…