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    An Analysis on the Decline of the American Dream Coined by James Truslow Adams in 1931 in response to the economic growth and prosperity experienced in the 1920’s following the end of World War I‚ the American Dream has served as a source of motivation for working American citizens and a pull-factor for those immigrating to America for decades. Defined as “the ideal that every American citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and

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    Art of the United States Out of all the works of art with in the Art of the United States exhibit in the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park‚ Shipwreck by Thomas Doughty really made an impression on me. It is a 25 x 30 ¼ in. oil on canvas. The reason this painting caught my eye is because it has two especially unusual qualities. First‚ Doughty rarely painted seascapes‚ and his paintings usually focused on the lyrical aspects of nature rather than the threatening ones. Shipwreck was composed

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    The Rhetorical Analysis of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man Aleksandra Slijepcevic Dr. Hahn‚ PRWR 611 December 14‚ 2011 Written in 1791‚ Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man was a literary attack on Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France. Furthermore‚ it was a defense of the French Revolution. Thomas Paine believed that a political revolution was justified when and if a government failed to protect its people‚ their natural rights‚ and their national interests. In Paine’s

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    The poem begins “we real cool”‚ which happens to be the title. The statement “we real cool” is fairly self-explanatory. The pool players are conveying their feeling that they are in fact “real cool”. The first statement to follow “we real cool” is “we left school”. The poem accentuates each individual statement by separating the word “we” from the rest of the statement by a line

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    Milton Friedman on the Minimum Wage Milton Friedman appeared on Phil Donahue in 1979 to discuss a multitude of topics involving economics. When at first I saw the image of the video that was about to play I felt dread. How could this man impart viable information towards our class? Much of what we have discussed has been over the way our Constitution was written and the course our Judicial System. Well I was wrong. Milton Friedman was not your average Economics Professor. He was a Nobel Peace Prize

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    The movie‚ Requiem for a Dream‚ takes place in Brooklyn‚ New York in an apartment where a middle-aged woman‚ Sara Goldfarb lives. She is visited by her son‚ Harry‚ who steals her TV set to pawn it for money in order to buy heroin. Harry and his friend‚ Tyrone‚ becomes high on drugs as they plan to make more profit selling drugs at Coney Island. Meanwhile‚ Sara‚ watches her favorite show‚ “Tappy Tibbon’s Month of Fury” and gets a phone call that asks if she wants to appear on the show. She then

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    Thomas Jefferson is considered to be one of the most influential people in American history. He’s made many achievements during his presidency. He wrote the Declaration of Independence‚ made the country larger with the Louisiana Purchase‚ and made the country what it is today. Even with those achievements‚ it doesn’t change the fact that he was a slave owner and a racist to other races.Thomas Jefferson is a hypocrite because his ideas on slavery‚ biracial relationships‚ and other races contradicted

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    Honors 11/05/12 Thomas Jefferson; from nothing to America “Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us‚ but is always the result of a good conscience‚ good health‚ occupation‚ and freedom in all just pursuits.” (Jefferson) Thomas Jefferson‚ one of the founding fathers of America. He was put on earth at the right time. When America needed a man of many talents and of wise words‚ Jefferson was there. Jefferson helped shape America into what it is

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    Edward Thomas wrote “Rain” during World War I. His use of the image of rain and his word choices create a mood which is somber and dark. All alone in a house‚ the speaker listens to the rain is confronted with thoughts of death. To Thomas‚ death would be a welcome relief from the misery in which he is living. Thomas says “Remembering again that I shall die / And neither hear the rain nor give it thanks / For washing me cleaner that I have been” (Thomas 3-5). To the reader it makes mood clear

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    A Dream Meant To Be Belle‚ a thirteen-year old French girl lived at an orphanage in Troyes‚ France. She had lived there since she was only three years old since both her parents died from severe illness. Ever since she was a little child‚ Belle had one dream‚ and it was to become a professional ballerina for the Paris Opera Ballet Company. Dancing helped her express her feelings‚ whether they were feelings of rejoice‚ rage‚ or delight. She roused one morning at 6:00 to the sounds of loud banging

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