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.