Caesar's Column (Deceiving Character)

Hey my name is Jorge Cosme and I'm from ENG 195 at LaGuardia Community College. I'm writing about the theme of the class, violence and art. In the book Caesar's Column we get to read about one brother Gabriel Weltstein the writer in NYC, to his brother Heinrich Weltstein is the receiver in Africa. Gabriel writes to his brother about this Wonderful City, he has arrived to, and describes all the magnificent sights he is seeing in the city. For him, this city is a city of opportunities, and a way to make more money from his goods. As he is in the city he meets this other character, who as first seems like a beggar that doesn't fit with all the other people on the street. This beggar who soon is found to be named Max, is just acting that way, for unknown reasons. Gabriel saves him from a beating of a high class driver, soon finds out how corrupt the justice system is in the city. Max later reveals himself more to Gabriel, because of this "trust" he has for him. Max is a very street smart person, and knows how the city operates, he is part of the world wide secret society, which for me doesn't make sense on how easily he friends Gabriel. This friendship seems too be true at first, but I feel some sort of betrayed will happen between them. In this city filled with corruption and deceptions, I think Max is just going to use that innocence Gabriel has. Max is very smart with the way he talks and makes sure he says "just enough" to Gabriel in the beginning.

Max presenting Gabriel to his mother could be a genuine hospitable act, or pure evil.

The Destruction Of Gotham

 Hey my name is Jorge Cosme and I'm from ENG 195 at La Guardia Community College. I'm writing about the theme of the class, violence and art. This week we discussed about the novel "The Destruction of Gotham" by Joaquin Miller. We talked about the importance of breaking down a passage to identify the potential of a single word. The article I focused on was on page 8 of the prologue, it talks about the "people" and how the majority of the people are the poor. The word people could be interpret as the poor and the effort they have made to build the city. This word, tries to empathize that the city is getting bigger and better by the labor of the poor and the rich thriving on that. You can also relate this passage to the upcoming character "the girl" from the first chapter. We read of her experience as a new comer to the city. We follow her journey to find out that she had plans to meet her rich cousin who lives in Fifth Ave, but soon finds out that her cousin had not responded to her letter or will open the door for her. She than was forced to be part of the people that is talked in the prologue passage. With her having no job or people to rely on, she has to work in jobs that underpay her. According to the passage there a thin fine line between the poor and rich, meaning that a person statues could easily be changed.