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City Limits Summary

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In the short story, “City Limits”, by Colson Whitehead, he emphasizes how one persons New York differs from another persons. Every person has their own perspective on how they might view New York. Whitehead talks about the impact that New York has on people. He says that whether you were born in New York or just moved there, once you are there it will not compare to any other place. It might actually end up making your old town look small and uninteresting.  Whitehead makes a point that there is a certain moment when a person becomes a New Yorker and starts building their personal New York. This occurs the first time that you view the crazy city with your own eyes. Whether you were just a kid or an adult, maybe on vacation or there to stay, that moment is your first memory for you to begin building your own New York. Your New York is further enhanced when you start to grow attached to certain buildings, restaurants and shops that surround you. Over time these places might become replaced by others, but those memories will makeup your New York and forever will be there for you. “Our streets are calendars containing who we were and who we will be next”.  Whitehead is explaining how the city has watched us grow into the people we are today and how the city in the present will determine who we will be next. This city consists of old memories of the people we used to be.

 

 

 

Summary on City Limits

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The Story City limits written by Colson Whitehead is about a guy that observes The city of New York, he explains the amazing city that he saw and that makes other city seem very weak next to New York City. He says: “The city also puts a lot of effort into making your hometown look really drab and tiny” some people may read and think like he’s talking about New York city really cocky and thinking every other city is bad. he also spoke about the first experience to go through when you visit New York city for the first time, he explains that “that’s the first brick in your city” meaning that when you visit New York, many have their first memory as a busy city and everyone walking fast and moving at the speed of light. Others may experience their first memory in New York by the View that they might see. These are some examples the Author Whitehead to demonstrate the several ways people might see the City of New York. But one thing he emphasized in was a lot and grabbed my attention was “The New York City you live in is not my New York” what he meant by it was The memories , your way of life, the way you see New York is not that way he see’s it. Many remember New York City with Old buildings and those buildings might not exist anymore but to the person who saw them, they still are there. Everyone has a different prospective of New York, everyone experienced it in a different way. At the end like that author had said Our lives might move on and we might pass away but New York will continue its daily routine, it will continue without us.

Egocentrism

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adjective

Full Definition:

concerned with the individual rather than society, or limited in outlook or concern to one’s own activities or needs.

source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egocentrism

Leading your audience pg 56.

“one way to understand how speakers approach the public speaking process is in terms of egocentrism and audience-centeredness.”

now that I know more clearly what this word means, I understand what the sentence is saying. What the sentence is saying how the audience should understand the speaker the way he  or she  expresses him or herself as a person.

 

Summary of City Limits

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In the story City Limits by Colson Whitehead, he talks about New York. He says how New York is so great that he doesn’t need to go anywhere else. He also states how everyone has their own view of New York and that people start to build their New York when they lay their eyes on it. Since New York changes over time and people come to New York in different times whatever they see is their New York for them. For example, he says that the Pan Am Building is now the Des Moines but in his view of New York, it will always be the Pan Am Building because it was there when he started building his own New York. Also as New York is changing over time places like the pizza store, newsstand, restaurants, movie theaters etc. have changed into new stores, buildings etc. but for him they will stay in their in his eyes. He says that things change so fast that buildings which are gone don’t even have a chance to say goodbye.

City Limits – Summary

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In Colson Whiteheads “City Limits” He explains how he has his own New York, and how everyone else in the city has their own personal New York. He then describes when he first started building his own New York, on the uptown No.1 train. He describes the time in a sarcastic tone saying “It’s the 70’s, so everything is filthy.” In his own New York he thinks everything is still filthy because that’s his own New York. He also talks about how to make your own New York based on strong experiences that you’ve had in the city. He then goes on to explain how you shouldn’t listen to anyone trying to tell you facts about New York because if you didn’t witness it, it didn’t happen in your New York. He says that everyone has their own New York because the buildings are always changing and different people are always visiting at different times so their is no one specific New York to him. He then says in your own new york if your apartments could talk they would have their own stories and gossip about you, He then goes on to say how you should cherish these places because they carry all your old stories and experiences.

Summary on City Limits.

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The Colossus of New York By Colson Whitehead is a summary about each individual building their “own New York”. Whitehead says that being in New York makes other places seem inferior. Whitehead also believes that every person starts building their own New York the first time they lay there eyes on the city. Whitehead says his first building block of his “own New York” was when he first saw the city’s No. 1 train. We all see the same thing but have different perspectives on what we see in New York. Things in the city will always be changing but we will remember those things as they were the first time we laid our eyes on them. It’s true that NYC is changing everyday and it’s up to the people to decide on how they want to view the changes. Those who have lived in New York for decades have seen the city undergo massive transformations. Whitehead will always believe what he saw or experienced at the time, no matter what others tell him about New York because there were stories that hes heard such as when Whitehead heard about the “rumors” that there was water at Bryant Park, but the only time he has seen water there was when there was a huge water pipe explosion. Whitehead believes that it’s important that you remember how things were because the day they will be gone you will not get the chance to say your farewell as it could happen at any given moment.

Summary of “City Limits”

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In the passage of “City Limits” by Colson Whitehead, he tells the story of New York. He describes NY in few words that it is the greatest city. Colson whitehead was born in NY as well and he loved this place. He says that everybody has their own version of New York and  there are 8 million cities in the naked city. We all see it in our own different ways and we starting seeing that when we first lay our eyes on it. The first instant that you lay your eyes on it, that is the first brick of your New York.  As you live on in new York you build your own New York. The things around us start changing but we still remember how they were. We see them how they were in the past. We see things as they were in our experience while the others see it in their experience or remember it that way. We might still remember the stores or other places that were replaced by new stores. There is a time when we have to say good bye it hard to do that. It is hard to see your favorite shop being replaced by a different shop or leaving you apartment building. However we realize that New York still moves on even if we are not there and that makes us New Yorker. When u realize that than you try and remember your New York version even more and try to fix city in place, your city. You remember everything of Your new York which is replaced but u still remember it the way you experienced it and saw the city  and  for you it will always stay like that. Everybody will remember their own version of it and live on but You will stay here because once you live in New York , You cant live anywhere else.

 

City limits summary

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” City Limits” by Colson Whitehead is a summary about each individual’s “New York.” He claims that New York is the greatest place ever and it has ruined him for other cities and towns. According to Whitehead, everyone has their own version of New York. People begin to start building their own version of New York when we lay our eyes on the city. The building that was once the Pan Am Building is now Des Moines but in Whitehead’s version of New York ,it will always be Pan Am Building because it was there when he started building his own New York. Everyone’s New York is different because everyone came to New York at different times and every person has had different experiences with this ever changing city. Buildings that were once pizza shops & pharmacies are now completely different places. Because these buildings are coming and going so fast, many times we are not given a chance to say good bye. We don’t get warnings when these places suddenly disappear. No one tells us that this might be our last ride in a Checker cab before it stops running or that a restaurant we’ve always loved will suddenly go out of business. If there is a chance, Whiteman would love to go back and say his proper goodbyes. If his old apartments could talk, they’d say goodbye too. Everyday is a day that changes everyone’s New York and the day we realize that New York moves on without us is the day we become true New Yorkers.