What does it mean to be a citizen of the United States? I would define a citizen as someone‚ who was born in‚ or to a certain place‚ who is guaranteed certain rights in the place that they were born in. Citizenship in the United States means that a person is a legally recognized member of the nation. Each citizen has equal rights under the law. All citizens have certain rights‚ privileges‚ and responsibilities. Americans who are not citizens have many of the same rights‚ privileges‚ and responsibilities
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Throughout the article feature “This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix‚ Arizona.”by Shermin Alexie‚ in the beginning of the article it expounds that Victor‚ the main character’s father has died of a heart attack.Victor hasn’t seen his father in a few years and is trying to find a way to get to Phoenix‚ arizona. He calls Tribal Council but declines the funds offered. Thomas Build-the-Fire a former friend of Victor is acknowledged as an Indian‚ repetitive storyteller. Thomas stands out in the narrative
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The story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” by Sherman Alexie’s focuses on Victor and Thomas. Victor and Thomas has grown up and spent their childhood together. Thomas is an eccentric character; he likes to tell same stories again and again and sometimes babble to people. Because of Thomas behavior‚ nobody likes to be around him and listen to him. The tale is about Victor‚ who comes to know about his father’s death from heart attack. Victor has a strained relation with his father‚ and
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The title of the story was This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix‚ Arizona was written by Sherman J. Alexie. The main character of the story was Victor‚ an employee of Indian Affairs‚ who lost his job same day his father died and his friend named Thomas‚ a childhood friend he meet after years. In the starting of the story Victor and his mom are not financially stable and Thomas helps him with the money. Thomas said‚ “I can lend you the money you need” (Line 24‚ Page 276)‚ this clarify that Thomas and
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Starting at a very young age Alexie had overcome many obstacles as does his characters in his stories. In the short story‚ “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona‚” the author Sherman Alexie shows the struggles of Native Americans in a white man’s world. To help us better understand these struggles‚ this paper will analyze the characters‚ theme and setting of this story. The characters of a story is what holds the audiences’ attention. It’s important a storyteller introduce characters
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In the story “This It What It Means To Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” by Sherman Alexie‚ there is a character named Thomas. Tomas is an Native American man with ratty old braids and broken teeth. Throughout the story Thomas helps an old friend named Victor get to a certain place to handle business by giving him money and along the way the make mends. Thomas is a generous and traditional man who has no friends nor family. Thomas is very altruistic towards Victor when he noticed that he is going through a
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In Sherman Alexie’s story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ he explores the challenging life of two Native American Indian men named Victor and Thomas on the reservation. The story communicates the childhood memories‚ relationships‚ and cultural aspects of Thomas and Victor’s life in Spokane (an Indian Reservation). In this story‚ Victor appeared to be mentally depressed because his father had died just after he lost his job. Although Victor’s father left Victor at a very young age
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Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Jr. was a submarine commander and son of Chester Nimitz Sr.‚ a naval hero of the World War II. Nimitz Jr. and his wife‚ at the age of 86 and 89 respectively‚ made the tragic news of committing a double suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills. In their suicide note‚ they stated‚ “We have consciously‚ rationally‚ deliberately and of our own free will taken measures to end of lives today because of the physical limitations on our quality of life placed upon us by age‚ failing
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Ages by William Chester Jordan This work explores the phenomenon of England’s use of exile during the 12th-14th centuries‚ which was employed as an alternative to proper trial and/or the death penalty in cases of criminal conviction. The book begins with a discussion of abjuration‚ which is the act of renouncing citizenship and allowing oneself to be expelled from the country. Jordan argues that abjuration into perpetual exile was not a punishment following trial but rather a mitigation of punishment;
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To whom ever has been given the burdern of reading this paper‚ Vending Machines are a terrible idea. Vending machines are terrible for the fact that they require maintenance to keep running‚ They require a lot of people to spend their money at one in order to even potentially turn a profit. Vending machines are not cheap. They cost thousands of dollars ($) to purchase and maintain. The machines cost hundreds of dollars ($) to keep fully stocked. In total‚ over 1 year a business or a school‚ depending
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