As a U.S. citizen‚ you have many responsibilities. We have responsibilities because we have rights of freedom‚ speech‚ of press‚ and freedom of religion. Our country gives us rights‚ we need to preserve these and to do so we should take up the responsibilities that each and every one of us have‚ not only for ourselves but for our country. My main goal of this essay is to express these acts of responsibilities. As an adult we grow into many responsibilities such as paying taxes and taking care
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Ideal Citizen in the Superhero Movies The 2012 summer movie season is coming to an end and guesses who the winner is? Ding! Superhero movies! Quite a lot of them shattered box-office records. Just in U.S. theaters‚ “Marvel’s The Avengers" ($618 million)‚ "The Dark Knight Rises" ($410 million) and "The Amazing Spider-Man" ($257 million) were the top three highest-grossing movies‚ lumping $1.3 billion together. It has been noticed that there have been around 50 superhero movies since 2002 and it
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As American citizens‚ we are taught in schools‚ and by the people around us that our responsibility is to follow laws‚ and keep the peace. That being a respectable‚ and dependable American that people can count on is what it is all about. But as a person that was raised in a family of immigrants‚ lucky enough to be born in the USA and to really reap the benefits. It’s hard to say that those standards justify the magnitude of what it means to have a responsibility towards an entire country. Being
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to understand words. It is about reading‚ listening‚ or hearing texts and coming up with your own thoughts on them. Being able to discuss your thoughts between many different people using your life and knowledge as a baseline. Critically literate citizens challenge thoughts by advocating as well as being active in their government. An activist uses literacy to critically understand and challenge social and political power. Activist’s enjoy collaborating with other groups to change attitudes‚ policies
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Slave and Citizen Essay It is common knowledge that slavery was an immoral and corrupt practice that destroyed lives‚ families and cultures. However‚ author Frank Tannenbaum the culture of the slave masters dictated how well the slaves were treated. Tannenbaum attributes factors including religious views‚ cultural traditions and laws granting slaves protection the credit for the polarizing differences between slave holding societies. He argues that centuries of inhumane and brutal treatment coupled
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Claudia Rankine‚ author of the book Citizen features multiple artistic genres including: poetry‚ prose‚ images and videos that can be found online. She uses many images that strike readers as beautiful and intriguing to show the importance of understanding the message and main ideas of her book. On image she used in her book‚ which can be found on page 160 was created by Joseph Mallord William Turner. The Slave Ship was created in 1840‚ based on a poem that depicted a slave ship that was caught in
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confuse the reader. Learning how to effectively use syntax is key when you are putting together words in a sentence because in order for the poem to be effective they must fit together as a sentence and appear as a line of poetry. I really liked “Citizen” by Claudia Rankine because she touched upon some issues that are very prevalent in the United States.
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Amber Champion December 1‚ 2012 SPC 2608 In today’s society there seems to be many different restrictions in place. Many people would say too many. For example‚ restrictions on the minimum age requirement before you are allowed to drive a vehicle‚ minimum height requirements for children and adults in order to be able to ride a roller-coaster‚ and how old you have to be in order to legally be allowed to consume alcoholic beverages. Although‚ many of these restrictions are in place to
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I’m going to become an active citizen in four simply steps which are learn about the issues‚ figure out what is not working and try to come up with solutions‚ take action‚ and make sure to talk to others. Step 1: read a good newspaper or website like www.cp24.com. Find out what is going on and what’s good and bad about my city‚ state‚ country‚ and the world. Step 2: start by looking in my city you I don’t get confused. To do this‚ I will need to make a list of categories‚ which will help me break
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Women as Second Class Citizens Women have been regarded as second class citizens throughout history. It is common knowledge that almost every language and culture tends to be male-dominated. Some think that the feelings of superiority by men can be traced back to the biblical times of Adam and Eve as Adam was created in God’s image and Eve came from Adam. Women did not gain equal rights until the early 1970s in the United States. They were finally allowed to possess a credit card without their
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