Here is New York.ppt

Here is New York Group members: 沈燕玲，沙庆雯，王兆鑫 Content Part 1: Author Part 2: Summary Part 3: Themes Part 4: Quotes Author Author Elwyn Brooks E. B. White Born: July 11, 1899 Mount Veronon Died: October 1, 1985 (aged 86) North Brooklin, Marine Occupation: an American journalist and essayist Personal Life E.B.White, born in 1899, was an anxious little boy who did not like school, but did enjoy playing with musical instruments and the barnyard animals kept behind his huge home. White served in the army in 1918 White graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1921. White worked as a reporter on The Seattle Times and as an advertising copywriter before joining The New York magazine in 1924 Writing Genres and Best-known Works He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as Strunk White. He also wrote books for children, including Stuart Little (1945) Charlottes Web (1952)Charlottes Web was voted the top childrens novel in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, an accomplishment repeated in earlier surveys. The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In 1949, White published Here is New York, a short book based upon a “Holiday” magazine article that he had been asked to write. Content “Here is New York” gives a detailed description of parts of New York and the difference between the New York of 1948 and the New York that White first visited when he was a young man starting out writing. While White is quick to describe many parts of New York that he doesnt approve of, he has a clear place for New York in his heart and stands by the city to defend it. Content E.B. describes New York and the ability to be close to so much and so separeted from it all at the same time. He also takes time to explain to the reader the amount of people in the city and the different ethic, and religious aspects that