Hanshin Expressway

In the winter of 1777 to 1778, Commander George Washington brought his troops to set up camps at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 18 miles northwest of General William Howe and his British troops. Should I re-enlist or not re-enlist? I have decided to not re-enlist because I would be starving, I would be cold, and I could die of sickness. On December 19 of 1777, a week before Christmas, the first job of the men was to build log “huts” for the men to sleep which only held twelve soldiers. Would you quit if you were a soldier? If you quit, then you would get to go home early and be able to care for your family once again. If you stay, you would continue fighting for liberty and saving our country. If you die, it would be for a good cause. I have decided to not re-enlist for three reasons which are starvation, bad weather, and sickness. These reasons have made me decide to not re-enlist. “Naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery”-Governor George Clinton. The first reason I will not re-enlist is because of the inadequate supply of meat and bread. Many soldiers received their only nourishment from “firecakes” a bland mixture of flour and water. One of the causes for the malnutrition was due partly to the location of their camp. Valley Forge’s natural defenses made it challenging to transfer supplies there; the Schuylkill River was covered with ice for most of the winter and the roads were so treacherous that the…

Essay Regent Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto where recent immigrants go to live. It is right beside Cabbage Town, which is ironic because Regent Park is a poor area, and Cabbage Town has houses that are the second most expensive in Canada. Regent Park is a community that the city of Toronto wants to revitalize because it has many old building and structures and because it is a very poor community. Revitalization leads to urban renewal, which refers to building new infrastructure such…

Introduction The Distillery District is a heritage building community located to the east of the downtown core in Toronto. Gooderham and Worts founded the site as a distillery in 1832, and by the 1860s, it was the largest distillery in the world. The deindustrialization of neighbouring areas subsequently resulted in the closure of all remaining distillery operations by 1990. By 2003, the Distillery District was transformed into a pedestrian oriented area, allowing for a dynamic public space…

When The ‘Self’ Isn’t Enough: Identity in After The Quake In Murakami’s short story collection After The Quake characters search for a greater sense of identity in wake of a massive earthquake. Though none of the characters focused on are directly affected by the Kobe earthquake, death and the decay of social structures are peppered throughout the collection to gauge the atmosphere of Japan at the time. This outer imagery of death and decay reveals the lack of identity within the individual to…