Wherever I am, I find it hard to resist the tempting call of my hometown. My hometown is a small village located in Shandong province. There are about two thousand people in the village. Small as it is, it's a very beautiful place and has its own folk culture. The weather is warm in winter and cool in summer. It's a good place for tourism. The most attractions in the village are the river around my hometown and the green hills opposite the river. On the hills there are large tea plantations and fruit trees. The river, in which there are all kinds of big and smooth cobbles, flows gurgling in four seasons, with groups of fish and shrimps playing in the water. When spring was coming, the fields look like a green carpet, and the willows by the river are putting forth a lot of tender branches. With breeze blowing, the long thin branches gently brush the cool and refreshing water; there are groups of ducks having fun in the river. Spring is also a season of sowing. When the parents are working in the field, the child are playing all kinds of games near the river, such as swing, eagle catches chicken, seesaw and so on. Summer follows spring. The children sit on the large stones in the river, where they pat the water and make splashes. The sound of water, and the noise of the children's chatting and laughing are mixed together. The birds in the woods are unwilling to be lonely, singing and dancing with joy. The old people sat under the big trees talking about their life experiences. The government has set up a drift on the slope of the mountain, so you can experience a great drifting experience on the hot summer day. Autumn is a bright and colorful season. The leaves of the trees along the river are as red as fire like pieces of rosy clouds. The paddy fields glitter in the sunshine, with dropping ears of rice. They ripple in the autumn wind just like a golden sea. The fish in the water jumped out of the water. A large group of people are fishing with a harpoon along the river. They set up a grill, enjoying a great seafood feast. In winter, the pine trees on the hills stand like soldiers. They are evergreen. The children lead an active life though the weather is very cold; they skate and dance in the snow,
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I used to spend the last part of my summer vacation with my uncle and aunt. As a continuation of a long–ago–established tradition we decided going to York– a small, picturesque tourist town at the seaside, located in the southeastern part of Maine. On the 27th of August, early in the morning we went to my uncle's car with the entire luggage, prepared to leave and spend a nice, relaxing vacation, far away from the problems of the city. Unfortunately the unpleasant surprises started from the first second of our vacation. To our great disbelief the two front tires of the car were missing, and as later became clear, stolen during the night so at this moment the car was lying on the pavement, like a big wounded animal. I remember that my...show more content...
Our mood was bad, because we were tired from the hours spend in the car and the accidents, that happened to us. As far as I remember we had another problem with the reservation of our hotel rooms, but after such an exhausting day those things seemed almost normal, too easily–predicted to make us an impression.
The very first days of our vacation passed smoothly, without any sign that our badluck will follow us. We started to enjoy our rest, making jokes from the strange situations that happened to us the previous days. Then the event that changes my life happened. It was the fourth day of our vacation and we had already forgotten the events from our departure. As usual, after breakfast we went directly to the beach with the intent to stay there till late afternoon. This time my uncle proposed us to change the place and go to some more quiet and far from the crowd one. We of course accepted the idea. This new beach was exactly what I was dreaming for – beautiful shore, clear and calm sea, clean sand. I was really excited. This magnificent "heaven" was naturally surrounded by high cliffs, which separated us from the rest of the beach, that is, from the crowd. The day passed very smoothly. At the end of it we were even slightly bored from those sunbathes. Then my aunt proposed me to climb up one of the cliffs that surrounded the beach. I grinned broadly and accepted the idea with enthusiasm –, as all kids will do when proposing
Where I live is one of the greatest neighborhoods in the city to live in; however it does have its draw backs. Importantly it has nearly everything a resident might want, beautiful picturesque scenery, proximity to shopping, and many of the cultural centers. Nevertheless the roads can be some of the most congested in town, and the streets are not safe to walk late at night. Fortunately, I wake every morning to the most beautifulsun lit house. I sit on my porch sipping coffee, while I drink in an atmosphere that steals my breath away. Rolling hills lay before me that undulate until they crash into golden purple mountains. Oh how they are covered in spectacular fauna, ever blooming foliage, and trees that are heavy with pungent fruit....show more content...
The Mexican tile roofs jump out at your eyes, until the gorgeous iron gates of other estates snatch your attention. I can at times be overwhelmed with the feast before my eyes. My favorite structure by far is the towering ruins of the old sugar plantation. The words ruins, sugar, and plantation alone are enough to conjure up the most fascinating stories within ones imagination. I can see the bones of an age past; still standing before me to mourn, and dream about. I live in a grouping of villas where a restaurant and pool facilities are being constructed. I smell fresh sawn mahogany as the carpenters make bars, counters, and doors. I hear stone masons chipping at tiles, and the scraping sounds as they pull out the mortar to lay them. Sometimes in the morning I pull on running sneakers and jog down to Kmart to grab some household items. Then I might bop over to AT&T to pay my cell phone escaping the crowds and long lines that form later in the day. The bank tellers are also so much nicer in the morning before rude customers have agitated and frustrated them. On Sundays my family and I take in concerts and shows for free. We sit on the lawn that adorns the hill behind our house which overlooks the Center for Performing Arts. Whether it's paying bills, shopping for pleasure, or enjoying a cultural affair the convenience of it all is another reason I love my neighborhood. Never the less our royal neighborhood does have some less desirable elements. Most
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Linyi is my hometown, and I am deeply in love with my hometown. Linyi is a beautiful place. There are flowers, grass, mountain, water, fresh air. The people here are sincere, hardworking, simple and kind. Always working for the city and work hard. Linyi is a prefecture–level city in Shandong Province, which is the largest and most populous city in Shandong Province. It is located in the southeast of Shandong Province, near the Yellow Sea, east of sunshine, west Zaozhuang, Jining, Tai 'an, north Zibo, Weifang, south of Jiangsu. Prefecture–level Linyi City jurisdiction Lanshan, Luo Zhuang, Hedong 3 District and Tancheng, Lanling, Junan, Yishui, Yinan, Pingyi, Fei County, Mengyin, Linshu 9 counties. My family in Yishui county. Linyi...show more content...
Which Mengshan 1156 meters above sea level, the second peak in Shandong, known as "Dai Zong of Asia", long renowned, renowned Chinese and foreign. There are many water erosion caused by the table–shaped mountain, the local known as the "Gushan", known as Yimeng seventy–two Gushan. Linyi is one of the important representatives of Qilu flavor, Linyi region of ancient times for the land of Lu, thousands of years to form a "steamed, boiled, roasted, brewed, fried, fried, boiled, cooked, fried, wax, Vinegar, sauce, wine, honey, pepper "for the framework of the Lunan cooking techniques; was born such as Linyi fried chicken, eight treasures lobster, Linyi grits, a product three fresh chicken, garlic fish, pancake fruit, pancake pancakes, Junan donkey meat, boiled boiled yellow tube and so on dozens of local names to eat. You should go to visit Yishui County if you want to go to Linyi. Yishui County, belonging to Linyi City, Shandong Province. It located in the south of the region, Yimeng Mountain hinterland, living Yi River, Shu River upstream. Yishui has a glorious revolutionary tradition, is the "red sister" hometown, Yimeng spirit of one of the birthplace. Yishui has a lot of fun places, the following describes several famous tourist attractions. Snow Valley Rainbow Valley Scenic Area is located 3 kilometers east of Yishui
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Growing up in the city of Lagos Nigeria where everything is immensely distinct in comparison with parts of the country with a fast pace flow of things, with people from every ethnic group and religion you could never feel isolated in Lagos it almost reminds me of New York City vibe filled with clustered building and congested with an abundance of people. One evening we received news that we would be heading to the village to visit family and at last go, to the farm we heard so much about my dad is from the village known as IVIUKHUA which is located in Edo state nicknamed the heartbeat of Nigeria. See compared to the city life the village life was rough but my grandparents seem to love it and I remember visiting them ever so often you know you know you were in the village once you start to notice the absence of electricity poles that alone gives you an idea of what a day to day would be in the village. The village consisted of several walking distance towns and villagers tend to spend their everyday lives tending to their crops in farms. I learned so much in such a short time at the farm
It was a lovely Sunday morning on August 7, 2005 it was a much–anticipated trip filled with excitement and joy it was about six of us (my mother, father, siblings, our driver and I ) all dressed in protective gear drenched in bug spray to prevent mosquito bites, at the time malaria was very common. We were riding in a white Isuzu 4wd drive 2000 model pickup truck which I remember vividly.
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New technological advances are something that we have faced for centuries. Whether the advance was the printing press, the radio, the telephone, or the TV, all of these things affected us globally. In the past all of these new advances tend to change social and political policies. We are currently in a new era of technology, one that we have many names for: the internet, the web, cyberspace,information superhighway, and many more. All of these computer technologies affect the way many of us live, especially the use of the internet. There are some articles with strong arguments on why this new technology could cause more harm than good to some of us. One article was by a feminist scholar, Dale Spender, who wrote Social...show more content... This is clearly not bringing people closer together. In the real world, different groups are inevitably going to hate or dislike other various groups. For example, when teenagers are in high school, the jocks generally dont like the nerds, and the nerds generally dont like the jocks. Real life groups on the web are most likely going to follow this pattern as well. This is just an inescapable issue of having people create divisions amongst themselves. The social consequences of having the internet accessible to everyone include hostile divisions between classes. Spender says, Even in First Worldcountries, there is much talk these days about a growing underclass, a social group which is cut off from the benefits of society. The homeless, the hungry, the unemployed, uninsured, unregisteredand uninformed. She goes on and compares this to the industrial revolution, and how this is creating an underclass again. Not necessarily even going that far, but it will add to the separation of classes. Spender also goes on to say, The real people in the real world are being divided up into the information rich and poor: the master minds and those who are kept in the dark. In some ways she is saying that this is unjust because a lot of people are not included in this new era of technology. Why shouldnt they be able to access it? In order to get everybody online and have a virtual community that is accessible to anyone, then the prices of computers would have to go down
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Matthew Lesko once said, "A degree of lying seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication." Quite often lies are integrated into society in order to manipulate the minds of the receiver(s) and ultimately shape the community in a particular way. The Village a 2004 by M. Night Shyamalen is indicative of this fact. A culture (even one based on fear) can flourish through use of ritualcommunication. First off to fully grasp the significance of ritual communication behind the movie, TheVillageone must first understand what exactly it is. Ritual communication is defined as, "A symbolic process whereby reality is produced, maintained, repaired, and transformed." (Carey, 1989) The method is dependent on mass forms of...show more content...
Since the dawning of Covington Woods' creation, stories were told of terrifying creatures that lived in the forests. Beasts that were attracted to the color red and repelled by yellow and so traditions began of avoiding red even to the point of burying crimson flowers that blossomed. Stakes with yellow flags marked the perimeter of the village and those who kept watch wore cloaks of yellow. Overall the affect was very convincing and the villagers' fear of these beasts kept them content with their way of life, overall maintaining it. But as is the way of life there was bound to be a hitch that if not repair could ultimately lead to the town's demise. Lucius Hunt was a man that had no fear of these beasts that kept the society running. His lack of fear even led him to ask permission to leave the village to retrieve medicines that would improve the life of the townsfolk. Unsurprisingly the Elders were stirred; Lucius' open mind and lack of fear for his own safety could prove dangerous to the conservation of their world. With the best of intentions they struck even more terror into the villagers' hearts. Finally Lucius breaks but not because he fears for his own safety but for the welfare of his beloved Ivy Walker. Unbeknownst to him, his bravery has given courage to Ivy and when Lucius falls close to death it is Ivy who seeks help to save him. It is at this point in the movie where the audience sees the power that ritual communication has to shape people. The Elders
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Stranger In The Village Summary "When, beneath the black mask, a human being begins to make himself felt one cannot escape a certain awful wonder as to what kind of human being it is."(4). In his essay, "Stranger in the Village", James Baldwin writes about the major differences that African Americans experience in Europe and America. Throughout the essay, Baldwin describes how the Europeans are naive about the black man. The outrage and amusement that Baldwin feels throughout his visit causes the overwhelming realization of the history of the African American. Before arriving in a small village in Switzerland, Baldwin had already been told that his presence would be startling because black people were rarely seen. The children would scream "Neger!"(2) when they saw him passing, men sometimes blamed him for stealing, and most of the woman looked away when he was in sight. He felt an innocence to their genuine wonder and that they didn't mean to be unkind or racist. Baldwin states that being in the village, he felt he "was simply a living wonder" (2) and not treated as a human being. The people touched him as if his skin color would rub off and compared his hair to "the color of tar"(2). They way the people treated him was innocent but it still reminded him of all of the intentional...show more content...
The anger and amusement that James Baldwin feels throughout his visit to a Swiss village develop into deeper thoughts about the history of African Americans. The unintentionalracism that he faced in the small village led to his awareness of how degrading thoughts of non–whites occur in parts of the world outside of the U.S. "Stranger in the Village" ends with the strong statement, "This world is white no longer, and it will never be white again."(8) This essay shows how much history can affect the way people treat other races and other
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The book is expressing a concern to meet the needs of education in a country that lacks quality education. Jackson Kaguri saw a need and along with the help of some faithful supporters made a reality out of a dream.
The book had me sitting on the edge waiting to see if it was going to be a success or a failure. There were times I felt sympathy for the people of Uganda because of all the sufferings that they endure. I loved how Jackson helped whoever came before him just as he saw his brother tending to the people's needs. I felt sympathy to know that there are those people who still shun the help that's offered like the kid Olivia, who did not want to attend another school. I also felt sad for those who wanted to learn but had HIV like...show more content...
She had nothing but the idea that school was important. When I think of someone who lost their parents and has to stay with relatives, who doesn't have running water, who doesn't know where their next meal is coming from but gets excited about reading a book and going to school but passes away. That part of the book did get some emotions going in me. Jackson was raised in a family that had its ups and downs but had the support of a father that they thought was mean. His mother was a hard working person who took good care of her children. His father was a hardworking man who demanded a lot of his kids. Jackson admitted that he would never have accomplished very much without Taata. His iron–fisted stubbornness had shaped me as surely as Maama's loving arms. It showed that Jackson had the same disadvantages as did the others in his family and Uganda. But every challenge Jackson came up against seemed to make him better.
The book was also written I think to show the life of children in Africa who are born into a world of poverty. Most families live off 2 dollars a day ad are not able to send their kids to school Parents of most kids are dying because of the slim(HIV). Raising money for the school proved to be as challenging as everything else. They had there loyal ones like Stephen Lewis Foundation grant, The generous Kampala supporters, the Global Fund for Children, and Indiana Friends of Nyaka raising money each
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My Neighborhood–Personal Narrative I would wake up Saturday morning to birds chirping. I would get up, get dressed and go outside. The children in my neighborhood would come to my backyard, and we would play 'til our parents called us in. I remember the trees being huge, and the days so long. I didn't really know many of my neighbors. I had a handful of friends who lived in the same building, and that was it. The neighborhood itself was pretty bad. Sometimes I would wake in the middle of the night to the sound of gunshots. After living around Central Park and Armitage for a while I kind of expected the gunshots. In fact, my mother and I survived a drive by shooting. I am glad my mother restricted my interaction with the outside...show more content... Most kids just imitate the stupid antics they saw older kids perform. I have always been just me. I used to think I had a horrible life. I was poor, and didn't have many physical belongings. It didn't help that my mother was nineteen. At that age she was ignorant of the things children need when growing up. Now that I look back, I understand it wasn't her fault; she is a product of her neighborhood. And, like so many others, she did not know about the affection children so deserve. Anyways, I wasn't too aware of my poverty. Nothing around me could possibly tell me I was poor. In fact I can only recall one time I went hungry. The boys and girls around me definitely did not dress any different than I, and at such an early age one doesn't really notice such things. I only saw the inside of two of my neighbors' houses. The fist was a polish home. The father worked all the time, the mother cooked all the time, and the daughter played all the time. The girl was named Kathy. She was a pervert. In fact, she taught me all about sex. My female cousin, Yaritza, and I would go to her house and play. I think my cousin was also a pervert, although I did not pay much attention to her to notice. I remember on several occasions, Kathy would sit in such a way to give other people a nice view up her skirt. Her mother would not allow her to wear pants. I, being the devilish little boy that I was, always took advantage of the opportunity and looked. It
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On March 16, 1968, over 300 unarmed civilians were killed in South Vietnam during an indiscriminate, mass murder event known as the My Lai Massacre. Conducted by a unit of the United States Army, the My Lai Massacre ranked one of most appalling atrocities carried out by US forces in an already savage and violent war. All victims involved were unarmed civilians, many of which were women, children, and the elderly. Victims were raped, tortured and beaten, even mutilated before being killed. The massacre was forever seared into the hearts and minds of the American people as the day "the American spirit died." Since the initiation of the Tet Offensive, the 48th Battalion of the National Front of the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF–...show more content...
Spearheaded by Second Lieutenant William Calley and his platoon, US forces began attacking human and animal targets alike. Men, women and children were killed indiscriminately with firearms, grenades and bayonets. After the initial attack, backup forces came in and dealt with the "remaining resistance," killing every living person they could find. Although most soldiers did not or refused to participate in the My Lai Massacre , they neither resisted nor attempt to prevent the killings. Conversely, a few men, namely Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jr. and his crew, actively saved as many civilians as they could. Thomson, a helicopter pilot from an aerial scouting team, witnessed the horrific massacre being carried out below him. Thompson soon landed by a nearby bunker where a group of civilians were taking refuge and evacuated them to safety (Thompson was later awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross). Initially, the first reports stated that over 100 Vietcong were killed along with 22 civilian casualties caught in the crossfire during the fierce firefight. The operation was seen as a military victory and a strategic success. General William C. Westmoreland even congratulated involved forces for doing an "outstanding job." However, letters of distraught and remorse from servicemen and soldiers that were previously engaged in the My Lai operation revealed the true nature
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when the research don't work it should be think by mind. Today's life has many difficulties and people are the victims, so they plan to make it easy as they canother. So they can reach a good position. They have more friends in the community since it is small. The village people always try to protect their traditional habits and culture. The village has clean air and the environment is very beautiful. The village has less noise and rush. So the pollution is less. The village has not lot of vehicles. So roads are less dangerous for driving cycling. They can get fresh vegetables and fresh fruits. The environment of the village is pleasant and silent and it has scenic beauty. The village has not only good points, but also it has bad points....show more content... Although living in the city has many advantages there are some disadvantages too, the cost of the living is very high in the city, the city is always noisy, no fresh air and pure water. So it is hard to lead a healthy life. On other hand the village the undeveloped area for example, we cannot easily get many facilities the insufficient medical and education facilities, few opportunities to make money, little entertainment, no or little public transportation, also less facilities than a big city offers. Over all there are some similarities between both locations with big differences. But for each lives there is lovers who cannot switches lives to the other city, at the end, I see that Living in a village near the city is the best way to combine the benefits of this two lives.
City Life Vs Village Life
One would feel in the balmy air, green hills and rich woods of a village."–these Lines are rightly said by great English writer–"Charles dickens". villages are generally very beautiful with green hills, clean air and peace. In villages people care and help each other. Cities are normally very crowded places as compared to Villages. In the city, one might not have the privacy that one wish for. One would not be able to go outside without bumping into people. One have 10 people living in a small one room
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"who can describe the pleasures and delight, the peace of mind and soft tranquity
Do you know differences between city life and village life? Also, you may think the city life is most comfortable. You know, there are so many differences between them. That is to say, people living in cities are different from people living in the city. There are five major differences between city and village (people) lifestyle. I'm going to write social activities or opportunities, people's behaviour, most common events, safety and getting good education.
First of all; there is big advantage of city life than the village life. There are more opportunities in city. According to internet source (http:/ /dedunu.wordpress.com/ ) the main difference "there are more opportunities for people to progress in their lives. There are a lot of...show more content...
So street selling is the most common event. Kalafat (2006) states that " the assortment of the goods that are sold in the streets has reached unbelievable dimensions. From the street vendors carts all sorts of things from car fires to computers and even pianos are sold " (p:102) However, in city there are a lot of big shop or store so people don't prefer street selling.
Finally, one of the most important advantages of village life is that it is much safer than the city. There are fewer cars than in the city. Therefore, there is no noise of traffic and no accident. What's more in village, there is no industrial and factorial pollution. That is to say air is clean and fresh so people can grow fruit which is much healthier. Again the same web source gives evidence "the village has clean air and the environment is very beautiful. The village has less noise and rush. So the pollution is less. The village has not lot of vehicles. So roads are less dangerous for driving cycling. They can get fresh vegetable and fresh fruits. "
To sum up, city has many advantages over village, because city offers modern life facilities are easily available. I think, although the life in the city is more comfortable and modern than village, I like village life than city. Because, i feel relaxed and safe so if I have to choose between village or city life, I will say village
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Wherever I am, I find it hard to resist the tempting call of my hometown. My hometown is a small village located in Shandong province. There are about two thousand people in the village. Small as it is, it's a very beautiful place and has its own folk culture. The weather is warm in winter and cool in summer. It's a good place for tourism. The most attractions in the village are the river around my hometown and the green hills opposite the river. On the hills there are largetea plantations and fruit trees. The river, in which there are all kinds of big and smooth cobbles, flows gurgling in four seasons, with groups of fish and shrimps playing in the water. When spring was coming, the fields look like a green carpet, and the willows by the river are putting forth a lot of tender branches. With breeze blowing, the long thin branches gently brush the cool and refreshing water; there are groups of ducks having fun in the river. Spring is also a season of sowing. When the parents are working in the field, the child are playing all kinds of games near the river, such as swing, eagle catches chicken, seesaw and so on. Summer follows spring. The children sit on the large stones in the river, where they pat the water and make splashes. The sound of water, and the noise of the children's chatting and laughing are mixed together. The birds in the woods are unwilling to be lonely, singing and dancing with joy. The old people sat under the big trees talking about their life Get