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- 1121: Ben Franklin 2
- ... would serve as an example for Americans and as an advertisement to the rest of the world. He wrote his autobiography in full self-consciousness that he was offering himself as a representative of the American citizen. Just as America had succeeded in creating and forming a nation, Franklin was successful in showing how an American went about creating his own character. Instead of being a personal account of his past for his son, Franklin's autobiography became a model for those who wished to fulfill the rags to riches American Dream. He was successful in fulfilling the image that his public wanted him to play. Following James' and Vaughan's letters, Franklin wrote about some important aspects of creating oneself: the image that one ...
- 1122: The Mafia and Street Gangs
- ... successful in the usual mob rackets like protection, money, gambling, and bootlegging. (Exactly What Is The Mafia?) In the 1940s, a census ranked Pittsburgh third behind Chicago and New York in terms of Italian- American Population. (26 American Mafia Cities) During this time, gangsters openly flaunted their wealth and power. This period established many young men as leaders in the New Age American Mafia. Goals of the new age gangs like the Bloods or the Crips are not far from what the Italian- American Mafia did in the 1930s. Gangbangers were also out to make a ...
- 1123: American Pastoral
- ... time that it will happen. They will often avoid situations in which stuttering will be a problem. Stutterers have no control over when they stutter or dont. Contrary to the therapist in the novel American Pastoral, stuttering is not an idea conjured up in ones head to gain attention. It is not a psychological problem that comes and goes as one needs it, or when it would be beneficial to ...
- 1124: Clinton Vs. Nixon
- Clinton vs. Nixon The resent scandal in the White House has brought my attention to the American Presidents as people and Presidents. Looking into the American history and her presidents I have found out that presidents are not just political figures but that they are also people. In my research I will compare and contrast two of the American presidents current Bill Clinton and ex-president Richard Nixon. President Clinton and President Nixon both associated themselves with criminal actions. Both the presidents misled the American public, causing personal as well as professional problems. ...
- 1125: Profiles In American Enterpris
- Profiles in American Enterprise A.G. Edwards Inc. The industry for securities is undoubtedly an exciting and fast paced industry. This means that brokerage firms such as A.G. Edwards and Sons must always be watching the stock ...
- 1126: American Gulag The Death Of Bu
- ... cameras for a "status update" that really amounted to a suicide note, personally recited over the public airwaves. Just before Budd Dwyer untimely demise he was quoted as saying, "...my prison would simply be an American Gulag...", and I for one cannot disagree. Budd believed all his life that America was the "world's greatest democracy", yet in the end it was a country whose judicial system had let him down ...
- 1127: Five Imporant Events Of The 19
- ... never been assassinated. One effect is for sure, that no President of the United States will ever ride in a open convertible again without the fear of being attacked. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a American clergyman, Nobel Prize winner, the main leader in the civil rights movement, and a advocate of nonviolent protests. He challenged segregation and racial discrimination during the 1950s and 1960s. He also successful in convincing whites ... he provoked some whites to act out violently against the protesters, which lead to the federal government to confront the discrimination and racism. King was able to make connections with radical activists such as the American Communist Party, who gave him advice and supplied him with money to fund protests. He also met with white Protestant leaders and other white public figures to help him in stopping discrimination. On August 28 ... in science and technology was the invention of the laser. The idea of the laser and how it would work was first invented by Albert Einstein in 1917. The first laser was outlined by the American physicists Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes that were patented in 1958. But a working laser was never seen until 1960 when the American physicist Theodore Maiman observed the first laser in action. ...
- 1128: American Psycho
- ... at times, but he is repulsed by the constant battle to find something new or better. This is the novels great contrast for the reader. Bateman is in a way sickened by the everyday all-American life he leads, while the reader is sickened by the flip side of Patrick Bateman. From the beginning of the novel Bateman seems content with his life style. He seems perfectly happy with the daily ...
- 1129: Silent Cal: An American President
- Silent Cal: An American President Fun Fact: Calvin Coolidge, a president of few words, was so famous for saying so little that a White House dinner guest made a bet that she could get the president to say more ...
- 1130: Animal Farm - Compared To The
- All of the characters in Animal farm have counterparts in real life. This book was based on the Russian Revolution, and all the important populace of the revolution are symbolized. Some of the animals represent individuals in the Russian Revolution, and some types of animals represent different types of Russian citizens. The book carries out much like the actual revolution. It starts out with hopes of an empire where all are equal and the ...
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