Category Archives: Week 2

Adam Ellick was frustrated during his stay in Jackson Heights – disappointed by the unfruitfulness of his search for a taste of bona fide ethnic culture. He decided that the neighborhood’s authenticity destined him for outsider status, but, reading the … Continue reading →

Ellick’s failure is both predictable and mortifying. He comes to the community on the idea that he can simply stroll into an established community and become one with all of the ethnic enclaves he sees. However, Ellick never makes an … Continue reading →

In his article “In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book,” Adam Ellick completely fails in his portrayal of Jackson Heights, most likely because he was similarly unsuccessful at immersing himself in the neighborhood to begin with. The problem … Continue reading →

In the articles “In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book” by Adam Ellick and “The Meltingest Pot” by Suketu Mehta, authors write about the diversity of Queens. Although both journalist talk about the same topic using similar narrating … Continue reading →

The Chateau Calloway: quite possibly the most diverse building in what is certainly the most diverse area in the world. In his description of this building, Suketu Mehta creates the vision of an almost unrealistically motley world. Mehta’s article reads like … Continue reading →

The car pulled to a stop; someone said that we would have to walk from here. Out came the long skirts to be pulled over our jeans and scarves for the married women to cover their hair. As we walked … Continue reading →

Reading Suketu Mehta’s article, “The Meltingest Pot,” I was amazed by the fact that there exists what is called “melting-pot tracts,” areas as small as apartment buildings where the population is so diverse that there is not one dominating ethnic, … Continue reading →

Adam Ellick appropriately named the article in which he describes his failure to fully understand Jackson Heights, Queens “A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book.” I think it is his own fault that he found Queens to be a “closed … Continue reading →

When reading, “In Queens: A melting Pot, and a Closed Book” by Ellick, I felt that I could really connect with some of the things he was feeling while on his journey “to discover these discreet ethnic underworlds.” The struggles … Continue reading →

Ellick views himself as a person in search of melting into the “discreet ethnic underworlds.” He’s lived in developing countries for years and that experience fostered a desire to once again be immersed in those “exotic” cultures. He only once … Continue reading →