Kennedy Maranion ELD 7/8 August 2‚ 2013 Ellis Island In this poem‚ Joseph Bruchac writes about visiting Ellis Island‚ which was a port of entry for so many immigrants‚ and feeling mixed emotions about his family history. He rejoices for the Slovak immigrants who found new opportunities in the U.S.‚ but he mourns for the ancestors who were here before the Europeans‚ the American Indians dispossessed by the new arrivals who seized control of their land. To me‚ the poem basically means that
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LUPU BRIDGE IN SHANGHAI L J H Ellis Dept. Civil & Architectural Engineering‚ University of Bath Abstract: This article provides a critical analysis of The Lupu Bridge in Shanghai. The bridge is currently the world’s longest spanning steel arch bridge with a span of 550m. The analysis of this report includes sections on aesthetics‚ loading‚ structural analysis and construction. The Lupu Bridge is a steel through-tied box-girder arch bridge and it is also the only steel arch
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Vanessa Hernandez 12 Smith St. Port Chester‚ NY 10-15-13 Dr.Combs 1 Tamarack Rd. Dear Dr.Combs‚ Being in high school does not give you the time to wait in line for lunch now in days. There are many students who have tests or labs to finish in class before lunch. This makes students run late. Some students do not have the time to take advantage of using their lunch period in a right manner. Why not bring back the healthy snacks? School vending machines bring many benefits into consideration
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Noah Kliemann Mr. Bosch A.P. U.S. History 11 August 2013 His Excellency George Washington His Excellency George Washington‚ written by Joseph J. Ellis‚ provides us a look at one of the most influential men in American history. However‚ instead of looking at the monumental titan as most did‚ Ellis wrote about the man behind the monument; his successes‚ failures and desires that few if any have written about before. While not as formal sounding to the reader with many questions and out of the
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gives strong arguments based on historical facts or even actual facts and statistics which made his essay reliable. Studs Terkel’s essay “C.P. Ellis” is another kind of writing that can help us to understand the causes of prejudices. Terkel tells us the story of C.P. Ellis‚ a former Klansmen who claims he is no longer racist. C.P. Ellis is a white guy from a low-income class. The numerous misfortunes of his life will lead him to become a Ku Klux Klan member. But after some events will happen
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In Joseph Ellis’s book‚ Founding Brothers‚ Ellis takes an extensive look at how the Founding Fathers established the American republic and how six instances demonstrate the most prominent issues that faced the new fragile nation. He poses the question‚ “How‚ then‚ did they do it?” [16] Ellis answers his question with four common themes that put all six events in relation to each other. The first one was that “the achievement of the revolutionary generation was a collective enterprise that succeeded
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from the past to present. Let us look at Ellis Island‚ and its historical context in relevance to New York City. Let us examine its evolution and its impact to not only New York‚ but towards the entire country of United States of America. What is Ellis Island? Based on National Park Service and the U.S Department of the Interior‚ Ellis Island
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nineteenth and twentieth century Irish Immigrants came to Ellis Island to start their new lives in America. Immigrants from all over traveled far distances to start a new life‚ and believed that America would help them. A writer by the name of Irving Howe wrote about the experiences that immigrants faced when reaching Ellis Island. He titled his work "Ellis Island". In order to live in America‚ you first had to meet the requirements at Ellis Island. Immigrants had to undergo many tests which include
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Traveling is an aspect of what is perceived from our day to day lives‚ to something new that has never been seen. Ellis Wilson traveled throughout life with many struggles‚ and trials that created barriers in his overall success as an artist. Faced with many obstacles‚ he set on a journey with a paintbrush‚ visions‚ and stories all throughout his life. Regardless what life presented to him he kept treading on. He was met with new opportunities with each experience and that led him to his epiphany
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Will Fontana 1/6/010 Immigration poem Ellis Island Here I stand so famous and remembered‚ I closed in a day in the month of November. My doors are open‚ and are often called gold‚ Once you past this door you’ll never be sold. Thousands upon thousands come everyday‚ The immigrants come through the NYC bay. The second-class people never go through me‚ While some people wait and never get through me. I closed in the years of 1954‚ But it didn’t take long to polish up my doors
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