Tux and the Places He Visited

First, I want you to imagine any country, go ahead and choose one out of the 195 countries. Now, choose a city, I promise you that there’s plenty. Lastly, choose a neighborhood, whether it be a good one or a bad one. Now that you have a setting, begin to imagine that you’re time traveling thousands and thousands of years into the future. Allow yourself to forget

The seaport type town attracted the cosmopolitan population” foreshadows the diversity found in New York.

I walked around unsteadily all day like a lost baby, far away from its pack. Surrounded by unfamiliar territory and uncomfortable weather, I tried to search for any signs of similarities with my previous country. I roamed around from place to place and moved along with the day, wanting to just get away and go back home. This was my first day in the United States of America.

Author, Bill Bryson, in the book, “Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe” takes his readers on a journey backpacking around Europe. Bryson’s purpose is to indicate the contrast between Luxembourg and American cities, specifically, New York City. He maintains an energetic and humorous tone throughout the text in order to illustrate his experience and feelings of admiration to the American readers.

I had already moved once to a different country where, from my point of view at eleven years old, the culture and the people were strange. The change from Cuba to Mexico had been difficult and adapting to their traditions and their dialect had been challenging, but I was able to adjust to this new place. It wasn’t bad, moving from my birth country to Mexico had taught me to observe the world in a different perspective and while struggling to adapt I learned a lot about myself.

The class Discover New York, will be about really finding New York, its history, landmarks and the politics behind all of it. There is much deeper history to New York that many do not know or care about. This short essay opens your eyes to the different perspectives the

Bill Bryson sets out on a journey in the travel novel, The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America. Bryson is inspired by the media exposure as a young boy that depicted a “perfect town,” characterized by friendly merchants, a courthouse square, pretty houses, a paperboy delivering the newspapers, a man sweeping the sidewalk of his store, and the two men in suits walking by. Returning home from England, he goes in search of this “perfect town,” simultaneously allowing the readers to realize that while traveling we are able to make discoveries about ourselves and our world around us if we simply, take the time to stop and look around. On a trip to Ohio in celebration of my cousin’s christening, I learned something important. Sitting around

I have always loved stories. I love to read them, write them, and tell them. The telling part, though, quickly became a problem for me as a little kid because I ended up labeled a “compulsive liar.” But in my 5-year-old mind, I wasn’t lying, I was telling the more interesting version of what had happened. When I was six I wrote my first “book”. It was ten chapters and ten pages long and told the story a king who lost his jewels and hired a pair of ninja-detectives to recover them. When I was eight I wrote a memoir – although I didn’t know what a “memoir” was at the time – about a recent trip to Tuscan, Arizona. However, it wasn’t until the fifth grade that I really started writing short stories. The first one I wrote was about a town in Australia ruled by an

New York City and its immigrants are the central topic in Garnette Cadogan's essay "How to Walk Around the World Without Leaving New York". Immigrants consist of Native Americans, Refugees, and Tourists who choose to build a life in the Big Apple. Diversity, adventure, and sense of home are just a few of the many offerings that the city provides its inhabitants. Improving my claim, I selected several examples from Garnette Cadogan's essay.

The busy streets of New York City, filled with skyscrapers and food carts is the city that I grew up in. As an immigrant, New York City is one of the greatest cities to live and grow in. From it’s unlimited opportunities to the multicultural population, it has created a whole new society consisted of integration amongst different people.

Thailand is, an independent country, located in southwest Asia and is considered a tropical country. The capital is Bangkok and is also the largest city within Thailand. It is the 51th largest country in the world with a surface area of 513,000 km2 (198,000 sq mi). “In the Thai language, the full name of the city is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. The lengthy name is usually shortened to "Krung Thep Mahanakorn," or "Krung Thep", which means "City of Angels".” Within Thailand there are 63 million people making Thailand

Glancing back at the nurse 's station, two of them have disappeared. A gentleman is standing there. Speculating, I assume he holds a high position by his attire. He 's wearing a navy blue Blazer, blue and white checkered shirt and khaki pants. It pairs nicely with his navy blue bow tie. He’s talking in depth to a lady that has her hands on

The sounds of the city penetrated the walls of the cab as we drove through the streets of Manhattan. I could hardly wait to partake in the action that was happening outside. The buildings themselves were an amazing site to behold. The buildings took on personalities of their own. Each building was bigger and more graceful than the next. When lights were added to the mix it was a dazzling combination. The city itself felt like a great big hug, and I felt overwhelmed by its power. The city allowed me to become part of it just like many others many years ago who immigrated to this awesome city. As I was looking out of the cab I finally got to see in person the sight of all sights; Times Square. The main juncture of

Energetic, boisterous New York City is not the first place someone would think of when they are trying to define themselves. From the beautiful cathedrals, buildings, and cultures that lie throughout the city, New York is the melting pot of all different aspects of life. Tourists from all over the world flock to this city to begin or extend their version of the “American dream.” Jamaica Kincaid writes of her beautiful country in A Small Place. When she writes, the audience also sees the ugliness tourism leaves in her country taking away from its beauty. Kincaid’s idea that a place is not just relative to the present or even relevant in the same way for all people helps to explain why, in my own life, New York has given me a sense of wonder of what not only is but was and a love for history. This sense of wonder and love of history has greatly defined who I am.

I have discovered only one other key point after reading the article again. I noticed the author explains his struggles throughout the article of how he tries adjusting to being in a new place. I think the author is seeking to show the reader how being American makes his move to Paris more challenging than his peers. The author even provides an example of how the teacher uses his paper as a way to belittle him. Most of the key points remained the same, because I believe the author's overall goal is to explain his transition and to demonstrate to his audience and provide examples of how