the Fourth of July [pic] INTRO: Through out the history of life there has been death and destruction. It comes in many forms‚ but the form we will focus on is the death and destruction of one’s faith‚ self image‚ beliefs and even ones motivational factors. I came across this move in the list and thought about my own experiences and the experiences of others like me that had to go through the previous trials and tribulations and I found that the movie “Born on the Fourth of July”
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The Fourth of July is an American tradition/ritual that comes from the original thirteen colonies declaring independence from Great Britain‚ but now let me tell you in more detail. On July 4‚ 1776‚ the thirteen colonies claimed their independence from England‚ an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on July 4th‚ also known as Independence Day‚ Americans celebrate this historic event. Conflict between the colonies and England was already a year old when the colonies
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Rhetorical Analysis of Frederick Douglas Frederick Douglas in his speech‚ “What to the Slaves‚ Is the Fourth of July?”‚ eloquently establishes the hypocrisies prevalent in American society during the 1800’s. He was asked to give a speech at an anti-slavery meeting during a Fourth of July celebration‚ and he took that opportunity to demoralize the institution of slavery. He deemed it hypocritical for the anti-slavery constituents to ask him to deliver such a speech. Considering he
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purpose of writing “Fourth of July Oration” was to show the failure of America not living up to it’s core of liberty for all men. Douglass focuses on the aspect that the Fourth of July celebration not able to truly be celebrated by all citizens. Some stylistics choices made by Douglass‚ I believe‚ made his piece successful. However there were choices he made weakening his argument. The speech organization helps focus on the important points‚ establishing the issues with the Fourth of July celebration.
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2009 Born on the Fourth of July Analysis of Ron Kovic’s Autobiography Some of the most popular pictures are those of soldiers running up to their families right after getting off of the plane from a tour of duty‚ crying‚ and thankful that they are back home and safe. But how many of us actually care about those soldiers beyond knowing that they are home and safe? Ron Kovic’s autobiography‚ Born on the Fourth of July‚ is out to prove that going through a war has an affect beyond what most of the population
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Wise libertarian in local government: Ron Swanson‚ once said that‚ “History began on July 4th‚ 1776. Everything before that‚ was a mistake.” While standing on the very soil‚ which once oppressed the patriots of young America‚ Swanson‚ filled with a strong pride for our nation and detest of our former British monarchy‚ understands the importance of our independence and the celebration of it. The Fourth of July is both a pivottable date in our democracy‚ declaring our liberty through law‚ and serves
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“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot‚ Nothing is going to get better. It’s not” (Dr.Seuss‚ The lorax). In The Fourth of July by Audre Lorde and The Joy of Reading and Writing : Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie‚ both protagonists are treated as outcasts and have their unique selves suppressed by society‚ but continue to question why their identities are being taken away. Sherman Alexie and Audre Lorde both undergo the merciless cruelty that is racism‚ and discover they must actively fight
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My Fourth of July It all started about three or four years ago when my friend or as some people may consider her as my sister invited me to go for two weeks to a beach house for the fourth of july with her family. As soon as the sun was up we hit the road for about five or six hours until we finally arrived to cayucos which in this case was next to moral bay where ¨finding dory was filmed¨. As soon as the car stopped we ran out the car and started running towards the ocean as you hear the
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Every year for Fourth of July‚ my mom’s side of the family gets together and celebrate. Each year my family come from all over the country to celebrate as a family. Some of them come from Columbia‚ Georgia‚ New York‚ Bermuda and even Baltimore. We all get together the day before Fourth of July to go stay on Myrtle Beach‚ SC. Before going down to Myrtle Beach‚ my family would have majority of the food prepared. Our menu for Fourth of July‚ consisted of many different types of food. Some of food we
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------------------------------------------------- Born on the Fourth of July The ending of the WWII culminated with the beginning of the cold war. The cold war was a major political and military conflict between the superpowers of America and the Soviet Union. The conflict is also an insight of the rising democracy and the attempts on removing the communism. In the 1960’s America joined the Vietnam War on the South Vietnamese side‚ against their opponents inspired by the communist ideology: North
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