Island Sound Essays

  • Government And The Long Island Sound

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    The Long Island Sound The Long Island Sound is a vital resource used by both humans and wildlife. The quality of its water is an issue that affects everyone and everything. Scientific studies and continuous monitoring provide evidence as to what actions need to be taken to improve and restore the water quality. In more ways than one, the United States government has devoted much of its time to ensure the revival and protection of the Long Island Sound. There are many ways to help in the protection

  • Pollution Problems Concerning the Long Island Sound

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    "The Long Island Sound is a national treasure, to be prized for its beauty, abundant and diverse resources, and recreational and commercial opportunities" (Long Island Sound Study). It is true that for many of the residents of the area the Long Island Sound is a source of inspiration and renewal. The Sound is widely believed to be the most substantial natural component adding to the beauty of the entire island. The Long Island Sound provides more then just beautiful scenery, but crucial natural elements

  • Salt Marshes

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    forming along the margins of estuaries, where freshwater from the land mixes with seawater. These marshes can be found near the Great South Bay and the Long Island Sound. The entire south shore of Long Island is considered to be a salt marsh important to the health of the marine life. Beginning in Jamaica Bay and extending to Montauk Point, Long Islands salt marches help remove toxic chemicals that are caused by pollution, thus making them a vital part of the eco-system. The Salt Marshes contain different

  • Kings Park Psychiatric Center

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    The Kings Park Psychiatric Center has had a large effect on the social changes of Long Island. A small town grew larger and prosperous from the direct effect of this State hospital from the time of 1885 to the present. The history of the town, the patients and court cases held, and the concluding plans for the land after its closing have all had a significant mark on the social changes of the town. The first hospital was built in a quiet farming town later named Kings Park. In 1885, officials of

  • Animals and Nature in the Work of Margaret Wise Brown

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    understanding she possessed of children’s love of and interest with animals. Another area of focus when creating her books is nature. As a child, nature became Brown’s life as she notes, I grew up along the beaches and in the woods of Long Island Sound. This was the country. And from then on I was terribly busy hitching up all the dogs I could find to pull me around on my sled in the snow, and picking cherries high up in cherry trees, chasing butterflies, and burning leaves, and picking up shells

  • Critical Examination of a Passage in Great Gatsby

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    describes the action of the multitude ladies moving around is described successfully. Fitzgerald’s style might be called imagistic. The language used is full of images-concrete verbal pictures. There is water imagery in descriptions of the rain, Long Island Sound, and the swimming pool. There are the Godlike eyes of Dr. Eckleburg and in words such as incarnation, and grail. Abstract images are used as well when there is referred to the artificial world as snobbery, sadness. These images do not only describe

  • Excessive Behavior in The Great Gatsby

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    Excessive Behavior in The Great Gatsby Excessive behavior is seldom a good thing.  The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a love story that takes place during the Roaring Twenties.  Excess frequently leads to unhappiness.  In this novel, Tom’s excessive behavior leads to the unhappiness of himself and other people. Tom’s excessive wealth, carelessness, aggressiveness, and abusiveness lead to the death of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and Jay Gatsby, resulting in unhappiness for Tom as well as everyone

  • Evolution Of American Music

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    There are many different styles and forms of music, that have their own distinct sound. Each sound that is heard is the sound of a culture, each piece of music has a tie to places, ideas, thoughts and feelings based on opinions. This often results in stereotyping and portraying the music and culture with an inaccurate view, of the larger population of the cultures in which the music has originated from. Many times the way a culture advertises itself, and is portrayed, is the visual that is reflected

  • Passage Commentary From The Sound Of Waves

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    In this excerpt from The Sound of Waves, Yukio Mishima’s use of descriptive diction and imagery depicts the tumultuous island during the storm and helps the reader visualize the milieu and events of the passage. The reader feels an understated, ironic excitement and anticipation that is established in this passage because of the author’s diction. This simple but illustrative passage from The Sound of Waves altogether creates an enhanced experience and familiarity with the backdrop and atmosphere

  • Reflection Paper On Cockatoo Island

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    On the 12th-14th of May, first year students of the UTS Design faculty stayed on Cockatoo Island to do field work in groups. Our assignment was to create three maps of specific features of the island in a non literal way. The brief was very open which was both easy because we did not have to follow rules, yet difficult because it was too broad. My group consisted of five members decided two weeks before the camp, Rosie and Eliza from interior design, Roy from industrial design, Yael from fashion

  • The Significance of Sound and Music in The Tempest

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    The Significance of Sound and Music in The Tempest ‘The Tempest’ is on a basic level a play about a magical island, complete with its own wizard, monster and handsome prince. However, it is much more than a fairytale. Complex themes such as usurpation, colonialism and the supernatural are interwoven into the plot to produce a play so diverse that it is widely considered to be one of Shakespeare’s finest works. Music and sound are dramatically significant in this diversity. This makes

  • Controversy Over Wind Farm in Nantucket Sound

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    For Better or Worse: Controversy Over Wind Farm in Nantucket Sound For 100 years, Cape Cod has been defined as the ultimate summer getaway, a place to unwind and relax. A place where visitors can tan on the beach, play in the waves and sail in the sound. The result is a region that is absolutely dependent on tourism and tourism that is dependent on the Cape’s aesthetic scenery. What will happen if part of that scenery changes from a serene and untouched ocean view to an industrial wind park

  • Chilly Morning.

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    so one just makes the most of it. All around the sights and sounds of the morning begin to take affect. Very few people are there in the beginning. They all are in a sleepy haze, yearning to be back in the sweet comforts of their own bed. There they can wrap themselves in a blanket of never ending warmth and dream a never ending dream. In the harsh reality of the morning, they are here in the chilly morning air. There are very few sounds in the twilight of the day. All that one can hear is the buzz

  • Metmaterials: The WAVE Of The Future

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    specifically arranged and distinct materials (Rowe.). They can be 3d printed in sheets, applied directly to a surface, or even be produced using a special method to silk. These metamaterials have the power to manipulate electromagnetic radiation including sound waves, light waves, and ocean waves. Most all materials have a refractive index which dictates how waves would pass through or bounce off of them. For example, a pencil placed in a glass of water will look bent due to the natural refractive index of

  • Childhood

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    view from the hills, on a sunny peaceful day. The poet uses sibilance to keep the reader’s pace slow: “Far of the silent, changing sound was still” The repetition of the S sound called sibilance causes the reader to linger as they read each word, it causes the reader to linger on the image as the S sound is slowing the reader’s pace, this gives the evocation of an island which is safe and peaceful and there is protection, he is close to his father’s house, this gives the idea that the person being

  • Personal Narrative: My Two Days Of Being Deaf

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    I learned a few things on my two days of being deaf. I used earplugs to help me not hear otherwise it didn’t feel authentic to me. A lot of stuff makes sounds that I never noticed before until I didn’t hear them, like my own footsteps on the tile floor, or my cat who I talk to a lot and he meows back in response. I never really noticed this stuff because it was the norm. Everything else that morning was somewhat normal, it was different eating breakfast in total silence; usually I have loud music

  • Personal Narrative: West African Music

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    is lively and uplifting. As an evolution of Afro-beats- songs with African origins with upbeat rhythms and tempos come to rise it has gained attention from worldwide artists like Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus. Many of these upbeat fun sounds speak of God and how hard work pays off while some like many modern music has shifted to oversexualized content. African music keeps my life active- not only is it a good workout when dancing to it, but it replaces the need for caffeine in the morning-my

  • The Effects of Noise Pollution

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    health, policy makers have constructed noise standards of annoying sounds and their effect. In protecting communities from noise pollution, government agencies have had difficulty in making accurate predictions in individual differences of annoyance and the psychological effects noises may have on people. One government agency, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), measures noise in decibels by using the "A scale" that weighs sound frequencies that come near the ear's perception. By adding 10

  • Sound in The Tempest and the New Orthodox View

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    Sound in The Tempest and the New Orthodox View Critics have offered varying evaluations of the characters in William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Some consider Prospero to be magnanimous for forgiving his enemies, for freeing Ariel from the confines of a tree, and for treating Caliban with great sympathy until the monster's attempted rape of Miranda. Others view Prospero as an oppressive colonizer and consider both Caliban and Ariel to be his innocent and mistreated subjects. In his article "Reading

  • Evaluating Music Concerts

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    describe to my friends the vibe of the event. My evaluation of concerts reflects my cultural values because the Jamaica is known for its good vibes especially from the music. The reggae rhythms with other music forms, create new sounds, infusing their messages and spreading island vibes. Dancehall is more energetic and satirical in nature, yet still all about the vibes and how everything feels. I also evaluate concerts for my friends by the lyrical content. A lot of music that is made and played today