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- 771: The Great Gatsby The American
- The American Dream I have just read a novel called "The Great Gatsby" this novel was based in the 1920's. In this novel there are lots of drinking, and partying. In this essay I'll be writing about how the novel condemns the belief of "The American Dream", this belief states that, hard working people are successful and happy lives. And in this novel "The American Dream" was just a mirage. One of the characters in the novel that represents the American Dream is Wilson he was one of the character that was a hard worker and own his own ...
- 772: Joy Luck Club
- CHINESE-AMERICAN WOMEN IN AMERICAN CULTURE In Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, there is one episode, "Waiting Between the Trees," illustrating major concerns facing Chinese-American women. Living with their traditional culture in American society, Chinese-American women suffer the problems of culture conflicts. While their American spouses are active and assertive, they are passive and place their happiness entirely ...
- 773: The American Pursuit of Happiness
- The American Pursuit of Happiness The pursuit of happiness, a right to be granted to all American citizens as according to the Declaration of Independence, sounds as though it is a clear cut right of these very citizens. Still, there is controversy surrounding the idea of happiness. The very definition of this ... and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” The Rights of the American public are exactly what Thomas Jefferson had in mind in 1776 when he replaced John Locke’s definition of rights in the Declaration of Independence from “Life, Liberty and Property”, to “Life, Liberty and ...
- 774: Gun Control
- ... similarity in the public attitude towards firearms and gun control"(586). Both Canada and the United States were originally English colonies, and both have historically had similar patterns of immigration. Moreover, Canadians are exposed to American television (both entertainment and news programming) and, Canadians and Americans read many of the same books and magazines. As a result of this, the Canadian public has adopted "much of the American culture" . In an article by Catherine F. Sproule and Deborah J. Kennett of Trent University, they looked at the use of firearms in Canadian homicides between the years of 1972-1982. There findings firmly support ... kill multiple victims". From the study conducted by Sproule and Kennett the rate of violent crimes was five times greater in the U.S than Canada, and "almost double the rate of firearm use in American than Canadian homicides" (32-33). In short, the use of firearms "in Canadian homicides has declined since the legislative changes in gun control in 1977". As mentioned in lectures, Canadian cities have been traditionally ...
- 775: The American Dream 2
- The American Dream has always been a part of our lives. The meaning of the American Dream has stayed the same, but what the dream is has changed greatly. What do I mean? The American Dream is and always will be the goals Americans want themselves to accomplish in life; the goals Americans set for themselves is the part of the dream that has changed. Like a new piece ...
- 776: Reform Movements Of The Nineteenth Century
- ... Reform movements play a crucial role in the development and shaping of a nation’s history. Between the Revolutionary War and 1850, numerous reform movements occurred in the United States, which have altered society and American ideals. Three reforms in particular have led to the evolution of American society. Prohibition, women’s right, and antislavery movements had a large impact on the history of the United States. The prohibition movement, or temperance, as it was then called, was perhaps the most widespread reform ... problem. Although not every state passed prohibition laws, the temperance movement was successful with alcohol consumption decreasing by over half throughout the United States (Moloney 11/10/97). The second major reform, which occurred in American society, is the women’s reform movement. Before 1840, women had accepted their roles as hard working housewives whose work in many cases, as described in “Martha Ballard and her girls” by Laurel Thatcher ...
- 777: Wake Island
- ... Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, America was at last forced to officially enter World War II. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt officially declared war on the Japanese and in his famous radio address to the American people, he professed that December 7 was a day that would live in infamy. Americans and Japanese alike, still remember Pearl Harbor Day, but how many remember the gallant, fighting Marines who served on a ... Wake Island, located 2300 miles west of Honolulu, was an unincorporated territory of the United States, which was placed under the jurisdiction of the Navy in 1934. It was also a Clipper stop on Pan American Airlines’ famed Trans-Pacific run, and in 1939, the U.S. Navy began construction of an air and submarine base, which was half completed at the time of the attack. Because of the construction of the base, approximately 1200 civilians were on the island, working for the American construction firm, Morrison-Knudsen, in addition to the Navy personnel and Marines who had been sent to defend the island. The first attack came at noon on December 7, 1941, when 36 Japanese bombers ...
- 778: Johnny Got His Gunn
- ... him because he always has that glimmer of hope that one day he will find a way to communicate and get out of where ever he is. Johnny’s life was filled with many typical American experiences before he reached his horrible fate. He was in many ways a typical American. The image of a typical American teen was set up for us a long time ago, and many people conform to fit this image. Its different for adults, therefore the typical American is whatever any American does that is classified ...
- 779: World War I Propaganda
- ... planes over the German trenches causing them to loose morale and hope. All of these things were used to educate and sometimes mislead the people it reached. The newspaper was the main influence on the American people because most people tried to read the newspaper everyday. The first appearance of World War One propaganda was the tragic sinking of the Lusitania1. The United States took this as a direct attack on ... thought this add was some kind of foolish prank and blew it off. Another thing that almost all of the newspapers said was that this was the war to end all wars. This led the American people to believe that this was for a good cause and it would be well worth the effort and losses. Music and the motion pictures were used to not only entertain the American people but were also used to educate and help form their opinion. Motion pictures were used to unify the peoples opinion against the Germans and other enemies2. In a short film produced be the ...
- 780: Cultural Literacy According to E.D. Hirsch
- ... to possess the basic information to thrive in the modern world. It is the "grasp on the background information that writers and speakers assume their audience already has." In his book, Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, Hirsch sets forth 5,000 essential words and phrases of which each person should be knowledgeable. The list ranges from idioms to mythology, from science to fairy tales. Why has this list prompted a notable debate on our country's educational standards? E.D. Hirsch believes that the literacy of American people has been rapidly declining. The long range remedy for restoring and improving American literacy must be to "institute a policy of imparting common information in our schools." In short, according to Hirsch - the answer to our problem lies within the list. Hirsch's book explains the importance ...
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