The Subway in New York - Tsutomu Fukuda by Hubert Yeo

New York's Skyscrapers

hubert_yeo_jing_jie3 — 2024-02-19 07:19:49 UTC

How differently would you describe New York City to Singapore? Here is what all of you said:

New York's Subway

hubert_yeo_jing_jie3 — 2024-02-19 07:20:33 UTC

How differently would you describe NYC's subway compared to Singapore's? Here is what all of you said:

Stanza 2

hubert_yeo_jing_jie3 — 2024-02-19 07:22:59 UTC

Pick out and explain some interesting uses of language or imagery from the above stanza. An example has been done for you below.

Stanza 3

hubert_yeo_jing_jie3 — 2024-02-19 07:23:22 UTC

Pick out and explain some interesting uses of language or imagery from the above stanza. An example has been done for you below.

hubert_yeo_jing_jie3 — 2024-02-19 07:24:51 UTC

Based on what you have done in Task 1, use PEEL to write an answer to the following question:

What is your impression of New York based on the poem? Explain your answer.

EXAMPLE

hubert_yeo_jing_jie3 — 2024-02-19 08:41:16 UTC

New York is an extremely overwhelming city to live in. This is evident in how the city is described as a place where "forests of skyscrapers / Compete with one another in height". The choice of the word 'forests' suggests that skyscrapers are densely packed together in a small area. This shows no signs of stopping as these skyscrapers are constantly '[competing] with one another' to be the tallest. These reflect the culture of competition in the city, and the constant desire to be on top of another makes it an overwhelming city to live in.

melissa_ng_shu_ — 2024-02-20 02:23:27 UTC

hubert_yeo_jing_jie3 — 2024-02-20 05:45:47 UTC

Respect: Be courteous and respectful of your friends’ opinions.
Relevance: Only comment what is asked of you. There should be no irrelevant comments.
Integrity: Stay on task and do not get distracted.

TEMPLATE

hubert_yeo_jing_jie3 — 2024-02-20 06:32:18 UTC

(POINT) New York is ... [insert your impression here]

(EVIDENCE) This is evident in ... [insert your evidence here]

(EXPLAIN) The choice of word / the imagery implies / suggests ... [insert your explanation here]

(LINK) Therefore, this highlights how New York is ... [insert your point again here]

Hiinthuja

2024-02-21 05:11:52 UTC

long, noisy tube. - this is referring to a tunnel.

stole a glance - looked very quickly .

debbbby 2a1

2024-02-21 05:14:41 UTC

"the shifting scenes of the outside world" the poet uses visual imagery to show how fast the train is going as the poet is looking at a lot of different things at once so that's why the poet said "shifting scenes of the outside world".

aris

aristotle_lee_yun_ze2 — 2024-02-21 05:14:51 UTC

i could see only dimly meaning it was very dark and quite hard to see

Dani Aman 2A1

muhamad_dani_aman_abdul2 — 2024-02-21 05:14:56 UTC

Dirty were window panes, spoiled with many rain-marks

-window were dirty and has rain marks which made it look disgusting

Nitish 2a1

2024-02-21 05:16:00 UTC

shifting scenes refer to how fast paced and progressive the NY life is.

"Shifting" usually states change.

Shifing scenes of the outside world usually mean that it moves fast and it is hard to keep up with.

It cannot be kept up with

It is unhygenic

jun xiang

chang_jun_xiang2 — 2024-02-21 05:18:23 UTC

shifting scenes refers to the fast paced and progressive the NY life

Vishnu

2024-02-21 05:18:29 UTC

dimly. that means no light and it is scary

Wai Yan (26)

2024-02-21 05:19:06 UTC

Language: The speaker uses interesting language in "I stole a glance At the magazine a girl was reading" showing the author trying to not be seen staring by quickly looking at the magazine.

aris

aristotle_lee_yun_ze2 — 2024-02-21 05:24:18 UTC

from task 1 i can infer that even dough ny has alot of facilities the people dont seem to care about it as you can see the subway has broken chairs and dirty floors meaning the people just casually toss there rubbish on the floor showing that they dont care about the trains this suggest that people in ny dont care about the facilities

Tanishka 2R1

2024-02-21 05:25:34 UTC

New York is dirty. this is evident in "dirty were the window-panes. spoiled with many rain marks" this shows that the people of new York do not take care of their subway which is the most popular which means it should been more taken care of. therefore it is unhygenic

Hiinthuja

2024-02-21 05:25:52 UTC

Point - NYC looks very nice referring to the skyscrapers but when referring to the subway it is very bad.

Evidence - "The window frames of the car i got into were encrusted with much rust. Its matted seats were worn and torn and disembowelled."

Explanation - This shows that the subway is dirty and unhygienic. Not only that the vehiclas were also very old and dirty

Link - Therefore we can say that the subway and vehicles are old and dirty.

nichole_lee_jia_yi1_1 — 2024-02-21 05:27:11 UTC

New York is a crowded and a dirty place which is old .

This is evident in "forests of skyscrapers' and 'its matted seats were worn and torn and disbowelled'.

The choice the imagery suggests its subways are dirty and from 'its matted seats were worn and torn and disbowelled' it shows how often the subways are used and a cramped place to live in the city .

Therefore, this highlights how New York is overcrowded and an ancient city

debby 2a1 wooo

debby_zynthia_zulkifli1_1 — 2024-02-21 05:27:53 UTC

New York is scary, dirty and unhygienic. This is evident in the subways that show how rancid the place is and "dirty were the window panes" . Although the skyscrapers above give NYC a bit of glory, it will not hide how destroyed, unhygienic and dirty their subway stations are. The choices of words are because the subway station looks very mistreated and very under maintained despite how up above, it gives off a rich glory atmosphere because of the skyscrapers. Therefore, this highlights how New York is very easily deceiving then how it looks.

Taufiq 2C1

2024-02-21 05:29:25 UTC

My impression of new York is that they do not take care of their place, the people in new york are irresponsible as they do not clean up after themselves and their place is very dirty, this is evident in the second paragraph quote, 'its matted seats were worn and torn and disemboweled' which suggests that the people do not care of their environment and are super irresponsible, therefore my impression of new york is that their residents are super irresponsible.

Wai Yan (26)

2024-02-21 05:30:09 UTC

From the poem, I have an impression that New York is old and decrepit. I can tell from "Dirty were the window-panes, Spoiled with many rain-marks". This tells me that the infrastructure of New York is under-maintained and is not cleaned well. All in all, this shows that New York infrastructure is not cared for.

2024-02-21 05:30:36 UTC

New York is an unhygienic and dirty place as it has a dirty subway train for the locals and tourists to travel in. This is evident in,"dirty were the window panes." This shows that New York does not maintain its subway train windows and this makes it very unhygienic and unpleasant for people travelling by the New York subway. Therefore, New York is a dirty place which does not maintain its subway trains well. - Saharsh

Angela yap

2024-02-21 05:34:14 UTC

P- My impression of New York City (NYC) is that it has two sides, one magnificent and one destroyed and dirty.

E- From " Among the splendour and grandeur" and " I found however , its subway quite miserable."

E- This means although the city was grand and marvelous, NYC's subway was horribly destroyed, dirty and hygiene.

L- Therefore, my impression of NYC is that it is magnificent on the outside but ugly on the inside

Rachel (2A1)

2024-02-21 11:53:38 UTC

My impression of New York is it is a very unhygienic and dirty to live in. This is evident in the poem," Dirty were the window-panes, spoiled with many rain-marks, its matted seats were worn and torn and disembowelled. This shows that NY is unbothered of the cleanliness in their own area, as the window-panes have been rusted badly and the seats have been used too much that it was diembowelled.

avni_velkumar1_1 — 2024-02-22 06:28:08 UTC

i think New York city is a very confusing and intimidating place to live in. This is evident in how the city is described as a place where 'forests of skyscrapers / compete with one another for height suggests that a lot of building are cramped together in one small space. This is a continuous thing as ' competing with one another for height' suggests that the buildings want to be the tallest. it is confusing as when the people enter the subway station they are greeted with a lot of unhygienic things. this is evident in 'dirty were window panes' this shows how dirty the subway station can get and no one bothers to clean them. this shows the irony, as NYC on top is very clean but in the subway station it is very dirty and unhygienic

Anneliese

2024-02-24 07:44:51 UTC

New York is more than meets the eye - a city with vast contrasts. This is evident in "The window panes of the car I got into were encrusted with much rust" and "Its matted seats were worn and torn and disemboweled". These two quotes describe the conditions of the subway as to being miserable and neglected. In contrast, the quote "I stole a glance at the magazine a girl was reading and found that she was poring over the recent fashions in Paris" suggests that the rich and the poor live in different realities. While the poor are forced to cope with the deferred maintenance in public transport, the wealthy are living lavish lives in a world of luxury and decadence. Despite this, the ordinary people can only read about their lives, hoping that one day that could be their reality too. The rich and poor live in the same country, yet their worlds differ so much. Therefore, this highlights that New York is a city with many vast contrasts.

Vishnu

2024-02-26 01:18:54 UTC

some people appreciating its convenience and accessibility, while others may find it challenging due to issues like delays and crowded conditions and the hygine of the subways