Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
¶ … Flushing
Edmond Love's novel, The Situation in Flushing, is an engaging story that effectively brings us into a small-town world that seems to come straight out of American mythology. As the capable love tells us about his upbringing in Flushing, we are transported by his crisp prose into his recollections of the era. While his recollections are not supported by outside sources, this is not an important factor in the enjoyment of his book. Historical accuracy is not necessarily as important as capturing Love's impressions and feelings about his childhood. As such, The Situation in Flushing is an effective and engaging look at growing up in small town America.
In The Situation in Flushing, first published in 1965, Love tells the story of his childhood in the small town of Flushing, Michigan. This nonfiction work focuses on the humor and charm of small town America as the horse and buggy are replaced by the automobile. He gives a deeply personal and detailed account of his life, and in doing so describes a world that seems to...
He has written nine books, including Subways are Sleeping, which provided the basis for a 1961 Broadway Musical. He has contributed to The New Yorker, Harper's, and The Saturday Evening Post. Perhaps most importantly, for a book of nonfiction, Love claims to recount his own personal experiences in growing up in Flushing, Michigan in The Situation in Flushing. Certainly, the immediacy of his experience is important in establishing his credibility in writing the book.
Love's descriptions of Flushing seem to be accurate and reliable, at least from the perspective of someone that has never visited the area. He provides little in terms of outside sources, either primary or secondary, to establish the credibility of the tale. As such, it is difficult to objectively analyze the accuracy of his writing.
However, perhaps establishing the accuracy of Love's descriptions is not absolutely necessary in reading this book. Love's book does not…
Works Cited
Love, Edmund. 1987. The Situation in Flushing. Wayne State University Press; Reprint edition.
This study demonstrates that different total P. fraction releases may differ between two bodies of water under similar oxygen conditions (Kisand & Noges, 2003). This study is important in that it highlights the complexity of understanding P. fractions in any given body of water. There are a multitude of potential reactions in any body of water. Oxygen plays a role in the reactions of any individual lake, but one
Therefore, it is very crucial for all the nurses examining the athletes to carefully differentiate the murmurs of the behaviors of athletes and recommend if it is safe for them to continue sports behaviour. Discussion 2: Anaphylactic Shock Anaphylaxis shock is a very dangerous and life threatening allergy reaction that needs right, quick and aggressive treatment on time. Due to lack of recognition, the exact evidence of this condition is difficult
Leadership Vision Over the last several years, a wide variety of organizations have been addressing challenges associated with effective leadership. This is because most firms have traditionally created strategies behind closed doors and then introduced these ideas to everyone. The problem with this kind of approach is that no one is able to share the same kind of vision as the individuals in the planning group. The reason why is, most
Evidence-Based Solution to Reducing Incidence The goal of this assignment is to increase my ability to appraise and synthesize evidence to provide experience a logical argument in support of a proposal for practice change, and to provide experience in designing a detailed implementation and evaluation plan for my project. I need to discuss my project plan with you. An evidence-based solution to reducing incidence of hospital acquired infections through indwelling medical
Instead of acting on the intelligence firmly and avert the crisis, the government introduced some reforms that were just cosmetic to cover up the real situation. The politicians and the government made people have a false hope that they were secure and that the counterterrorism measures were well in place, only to get a shocker. If the ideas of Rodney Stich who was a specialist in air safety were implemented
Bioreduction will be most effective in the future if researchers and engineers can develop more effective means of delivering needed nutrients to the microorganism strands used in remediation efforts, as well as tailor site conditions as needed. In the final analysis, it seems most likely that a combination of extractive and immobilization techniques will produce the best results, by each removing aspects of chromium contamination that the other cannot