...LIVING IS BETTER IN THE COUNTRY HOOK: Do people typically prefer to live in the country rather than in the city? William Penn once said, “The country life is to be preferred; for there we see the works of God; but in cities, we see little else but the works of men.” INTRODUCE THE ISSUE: Even after considering all of the negative aspects of living in the city, such as the crime rate, pollution, traffic, and the noise level, city life still offers a lot of daily conveniences. Some conveniences that city life offers are public transportation, a variety of stores, and restaurants, and lots of places to live and work. However; people who have lived in both the city and the country, know that country living is better than city living. STATE POSITION CLEARLY: The environment of a rural life style, the peace, and quiet, the beauty of nature, and the calming effect that it has on one’s mind and body, is the reason that people prefer living in the country rather than in the city. TRANSITION TO ESSAY BODY (THESIS): People prefer to live in the country because there are many advantages, and simple pleasures that can only be attained by living there. PRO REASON 1: There are no traffic jams in the country, and people need not travel to experience the wonders that nature has to offer. SUPPORTING EVIDENCE: There is no traffic in the country, so typically, the sound of passing cars, and trucks is not heard as frequent as in the city. The load noise of the sirens from fire trucks,...
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...My Little Bit of Country – by Susan Cheever My little bit of country is an essay from the anthology, Central Park. The author of the essay is the American writer, Susan Cheever. The topics that the essay deals with is the country-life and the city-life. The angle of approach takes place when the main character talks about the ancient yak, which lived in a foreign place in which he originally does not come from. She is using the yak example to amplify her situation when she is forced to go living in the country with her parents. She felt that she did not belong to the country and she is longing after her previous life in the city in which she finds familiar and safe. The city and Central Park illustrates the beauty and the good things while the country portraits the ugly and not so welcoming environment as a contrast. Beauty vs ugly. Good vs bad. Everything vs nothing. She is describing the city as a romantic place of dreams and prosperity where everything is possible and by the hand, you just have to grab the opportunities the city and the environment is giving you. Her father was an artist and the short stories he wrote was the beginning of his masterful portraits of the city and the suburbs. It was stories about long lost world of New York City, when it was filled with river light and when everyone wore a hat. Her parents dreams about living in the post war American chimera in a house with a white-picked fence, instead of living in their rented two-bedroom apartment. Central...
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...Country VS City Living Although I have lived both in the city and the country; my experiences have been quite different .Both have a certain appeal to people of all ages. We tend to spend our time in the place that suites our style, Country vs City living. Environmental conditions differ greatly from city to country. The absence of green landscape will be lacking in the city. Other colors will catch your eye. Bricks and concrete will be the main theme of the places there. Buildings will be harder and bigger, opposed to the smaller country houses and barns. The air of the city will also smell of car exhaust, as well as fast food shops. These things make you remember those spaces. Although the country will smell differently as when a meadow is being cut, and there is the scent of fresh cut grass. Horse manure odors will fill the air to open up your sinuses and make your eyes water. Also the night sky will have a lake of stars in the city because of light pollution. However the country night sky is darker and you will see more stars. There are many different environmental conditions to separate the two. Living in the city will be different from the country. City life is faster paced and noisy whereas country life is slower. There will be changes in shopping and eating conditions as well as housing .The city is closer together, so it is faster to get around. The country is more spread out; in fact, and it takes longer to get around. Although...
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...think that the city life is the ideal place to live, others think the suburbs are. The short story “My Little Bit of Country” by Susan Cheever deals with the life of the protagonist, who is Susan herself, from early age to adulthood. The story depicts Cheever’s life in New York City and shows the eternal love she has for the city life, being the exact opposite of her view on the country life. Central to story are the themes growing-up and urban living vs. suburban living. To comment on the short story and on its main points it is obvious that Cheever tries to convince her readers to obtain the same opinion as she has regarding whether to live in the city or in the country. Cheever attempts to accomplish this through a description of the spectacular city and park by using numerous adjectives and metaphors to paint beautiful and romantic pictures for the readers: “… but its incidental beauty has often taken my breath away” (p. 9). Feeling comfortable and happy living in the country or in the city is different from family to family or even from individual to individual. All humans are unique, which makes it impossible for everyone to feel at home in either of the two mentioned places to live. As Cheever mentions in her story she had had her first memories with her dad in the city. These early memories about her trip to the zoo where she was always greeted by her good friend Joe might have been the cause of her close connection and her sense of safety to the city. Later when her...
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..."My Little Bit of Country" by Susan Cheever What would you prefer; The relaxing life of the suburbs or the wild diversity of the urban life? Some would prefer one while the other would feel inexplicably horrible in choosing the other. “My Little Bit of Country” is an essay by Susan Cheever, this essay starts from when she was a little girl and ends in 2012 which is when she wrote the essay. In the beginning little Susan Cheever was living in New York and was pretty happy with her life there, but that wasn’t enough for the family, they wanted the American Dream with the white picket fence and a place in the “real” country, as Susan Cheever puts it. This did not please her and she really disliked the suburbs, that when she got older she would go to New York as much as possible. In the end she moves to New York again and is happy and forever satisfied with the urban life. The story is basically written with contrasts, contrasts and more contrasts. The most obvious one is the suburb life vs. the urban life; country vs. city. She very much dislikes the country life, it being a step down from the city: “Why would I want to scrape around the rough, dangerous ice of a country lake when I could glide around the smooth ice at the Wollman Ring and pause for a hot chocolate when my toes and fingers get too cold?” here she compares the natural procedure of the lake turning to ice with a manmade ice rink specifically made to be the most safe way to skate. Some would say that the country would have something special about it...
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...intended to replace reading the text. Also, these are “rough” notes. They were devised initially for my own use. They are not polished and stand open to correction. But I think you want them, so here they are. Dr V What is culture? A complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life of a given group or society. Material and non-material Characteristics of culture: Shared Learned Taken for granted Symbolic (meaningful) Defining idea: transmission by non-biological means Distinctions(?) between human and animal cultures (language & tools). Elements of culture: Language: symbol systems. Does language shape culture? Norms: cultural expectations for how to behave in a given situation. Implicit vs. explicit; ideal vs. real. Folkways/mores/laws/taboos Social sanctions Ethnomethodology and the study of norms. Beliefs. Values: Value-orientations Institutions. Cultural diversity: Dominant culture. Most support from major institutions. Function of power. Subcultures. Often develop as a result of exclusion from mainstream society and culture. Counter-cultures Rejection of dominant cultural values, often for moral and political reasons. Cultural diversity issues: Ethnocentrism Seeing things only from the point of view of one’s own group. The judging of a culture by the standards of another. Multiculturalism. Do cultures have the right of self-determination? Conflict between cultures and the values of rationality and humanism...
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...My Little Bit of Country Pamela Prehn and Laura Rexen 3.K My Little Bit of Country is a short story written by Susan Cheever. The essay was published in the anthology Central Park that was published in 2012. Humans are different, there is no doubt about that. It is amazing how every single human-being on this planet is unique, it will always be something that amazes us. You can never figure a person out; the human mind is simply astonishing. The human mind will always behold a surprise. However, even though humans are difficult to figure out, we would say that there are mainly two different types of people in this world: Country-folk and city-folk. Susan Cheever is as mentioned earlier the writer of the essay My Little Bit of Country, and in this essay she reveals to us the thoughts and minds of a ‘city-person’. The story follows a chronological structure, and Susan Cheever starts the story with mentioning how she spent her summer mornings as a child in beautiful Central Park in company of her dad: “My earliest memories are of summer mornings in Central Park with my father” (Page: 1). When reading this essay, it becomes clear to see that Susan Cheever considers herself different from her family members: “I too often felt, even then at the age of three or four, that I had come from another exotic foreign place to live with my disappointingly ordinary family” (Page: 1, L.25) as this quote shows, she describes her family as being painfully ordinary, which clearly...
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...In most developed countries, broadband services are spreading and expanding continuously, However, unfortunately, something different can be said about people who live in rural areas. People who live in the city have greater access to high speed broadband. Why? Well, there are two main reasons for that: 1. ‘’The physical structures that are needed for a service or operation’’ is usually already in place and usually would just need to be expanded or improved in order for the business to provide their customers with high-speed broadband services. Due to this reason, costs are lower and not as much money has to be used to set up the infrastructure. 2. Cities generally have a larger population, which automatically means more customers. That is why, even if building an infrastructure, the costs would be quickly recovered. As mentioned, because people living in city areas have greater access to high speed broadband, people living in rural areas, in contrast, have less access to the high speed broadband. The main reason for this is due to the fact that the infrastructure is not available in such a place. Therefore, building an infrastructure would be very...
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...------------------------------------------------- My Little Bit of Country Do you remember you favorite place when you were a child? My favorite place was a playground near where I live, and I LOVED it! I could be there every day at all hours. I was on the verge of tears when I have to go home. In My Little Bit of Country is Susan Cheever writing about how she felt when she and her family moved from New York to Westchester. She have to move from her favorite place, Central Park. This essay is from 2012. Susan Cheever describes in her essay her relationship to Central Park in New York. She recollects many good experiences in the park as a kid. She describes the city as a magical place with many options, but her parents want a typical suburban life so they decided to move from their apartment in middle of New York to Westchester, which in outside the city. Susan Cheever’s relationship to Central Park does not end here, because she commutes to New York as soon as she gets an opportunity to come back to the life she and her family had in New York. Susan Cheever moved back to New York some years after, she had children and she raised them in New York, and they love Central Park as much as Susan Cheever does, and even though they are adults, they still love to celebrate functions in the park. Susan Cheever thinks the life in New York is safe, while the suburban life is a little bit scary. In the essay, there is a first person narrator and an omniscient narrator, because...
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...Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York, USA Abstract Purpose – The choice of which country or countries to enter is a critical decision and needs to be made with considerable care and deliberation. Initial market entry decisions have typically focused on country evaluations based on macro-economic data. While appropriate in providing an initial screening of countries, other factors, notably contextual factors, can provide important insights in assessing international market opportunities. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of context at four distinct levels. Design/methodology/approach – The literature on the influence of context on consumption and purchase behavior is reviewed to provide a framework to understand contextual factors as a means to refine entry strategy and develop effective segmentation strategies. Findings – A wide range of contextual factors exert influence on consumption choices and contribute to within-country heterogeneity. These are typically examined at the macro-level, but also need to be examined at the meso-level, micro-level and situational level to fully assess market opportunities and establish viable market segments. Practical implications – Examination of contextual factors provides a richer and deeper understanding of which international markets to enter and which segments to target. Within-country cultural diversity, dramatic economic and regional disparities and marked differences in the infrastructure...
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...The rural women migrate to the city to work because these young women want to earn some income, try to fight against their typical destiny ( get marry and be a house wife in their young age) , find an opportunity for self development and to experience the metropolitan life. However, these young women have underestimated the hardships of living in the city such as Beijing. There are many disadvantages according to the article that these young women encountered while migrated to Beijing such as labor exploitation from a local employer( pay less than the standard wage, work in a sweat shop and long hour), gender discrimination, and sexual violence. Rural women are the target of the labor exploitation because they are lack of capital resources to be independent on their own, lack of education, and the traditional patriarchal society. Some other major disadvantages that these rural women are facing are the risk of losing their jobs anytime after they pass twenty five year old and being deported by local authority( due to the big volume of migrant workers in the city and a the unwillingness of a local owner to employ an employer who passes twenty five). There is no doubt that rural Chinese Women have more freedom in making their own decisions compared to the past, but the question is at what cost does this come? It is hard to believe that women nowadays have given the full legal protections but still have to pay a high price to prove their abilities. Their contributions are being...
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... : Japan VS Korea Introduction The topic that I choose for the presentation is Japan vs Korea. These 2 countries are near to each other. Japan is in the continent of Asia. Its country is made up of many islands. Since the sun rises in the east, Japan is often called "The Land of The Rising Sun. "The Japanese refers to their country as "Nippon" or Nihon" which means "source of the sun". The Japanese flag represents a red sun on a white background. The capital of Japan is Tokyo. In fact it is one of the largest cities in the world. It is modern, very busy, and extremely crowded. In fact, today, Japan is a modernized country. They have factories, televisions, radios, cameras, and other familiar objects. Japan has a population of about 127 million, of which 99 percent are Japanese. The Japanese economy is one of the third largest in the world. On the other hand, Korea is located between China and Japan on the Korean peninsula. The peninsula is approximately 1030 km long and 220 km wide. The population of Korea is about 49 million and almost a quarter of that population lives in Seoul. Other major cities in Korea include Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Incheon, Ulsan and Kwangju. About 70% of Korea is mountainous making for some great hiking, scenery and photography. In addition, there are also beautiful beaches and islands around the country, ancient temples and breathtaking natural scenery. The best seasons for travelling around the country are the fall and winter...
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...deeply held view that protecting the environment constitutes a net expense to our economy. The popular wisdom these days is that environmental concerns have faded from the political radar screen because of the recession. 4. To the extent that environmental concerns have faded in economics hard times, and they have, it is a reflection of the fact that most of the public and most of the leadership still believes that protecting the environment represents spending money rather than saving it, represents consumption rather than investment. 5. Living in the city or the country (rural), both has its pros and cons. So it depends on the individual. 6 City living have more conveniences and everything you could possibly want is more easily attainable. The cons are the traffic congestion, the lack of housing, the noise, and air pollution. 7. Rural living has cleaner air, slower pace of life, and the friendliness of the community. The cons of living in rural areas are no fast foods or movie theaters close by. Or to have better hospital care available and that it would be nice to get quicker responses from police and fire departments. 8. Global climate is and will have an effect on our lives. Our health is in danger due to the warming change with fewer cold-related deaths and more heat-related summer deaths and skin cancers. 9. I think what makes this issue an argumentative claim is because the issue of the quality of life is a very important claim in viewing the argument about the...
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...Caribbean which is currently composed by the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti. These two countries despite sharing an island and historical institutions are completely different. While the Dominican Republic enjoys the beauty of the Caribbean and its weather, Haiti suffers the consequences of it. These two countries share certain similarities, but within these similarities there is a big difference. The Dominican Republic and Haiti have a similar economy, environment, and education system, but in reality they are similar to opposite ends. The Dominican Republic and Haiti are both third world countries ranked on the top 100 poorest countries in the world. The Dominican Republic currently holds place 94 being in a sense wealthier than Haiti, who holds place 20 being the poorest country in Western Hemisphere. In 1960 these countries had the same GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita, but, ever since, they’ve manage to increase in opposite ways. The Dominican Republic and Haiti perform the same activities to increase their GDP, but somehow the Dominican Republic has increased unlike Haiti, which has been decreasing since then (Figure 1). The Dominican Republic currently stands at $5,855 GDP per capita which has more than tripled Haiti’s, which stands at $673. (Taylor, 2011) The difference in their economy is not only shown in their GDP, but also in their cities, people, and cars. In the Dominican Republic a person walks on the sidewalk dressed properly, drives a...
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...Gwen McFerran Mrs. Cullen AP World History May 24, 2017 Living in West Berlin vs East Berlin: Thesis Paper The Berlin Wall was built in the August of 1961, when the East German soldiers constructed more than thirty miles of a barbed wire barrier through the center of Berlin, Germany. The citizens of East Berlin not allowed to pass into the Western side. Soon, concrete would take the place of this barbed wire. (Taylor, 458) East German authorities thought that this wall would protect their citizens from the influence of the capitalist system that was occurring in the west. In the west of the world, the Berlin Wall was just like a symbol of communist oppression. The Berlin wall was the biggest boundary separating two worlds; the totalitarian...
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