In the current political environment‚ the question “What does it mean to be an American?” is one that provoked deep reflection. And while some are vowing to “Make America Great Again‚” I think there are numerous qualities that already make America great and make me proud to be an American‚ as well. Early on‚ our founding fathers suggested through the Constitution that‚ at its core‚ what it meant to be an American was simply “life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness.” That’s a fairly simplistic
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The novel‚ Inside Out and Back Again‚ first takes place in Saigon‚ South Vietnam from February 11th to April 30th . Saigon is where Ha and her family reside in. The Vietnam War has impacted the way they live and where they live negatively. For example: On page 15‚ Ha’s mother quotes “...if the price of eggs were not the price of rice‚ and the price of rice were not the price of gasoline‚ and the price of gasoline were not the price of gold…”‚ indicating that prices increased dramatically and the
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show on the outside‚ and anxiety that overtakes my mind when exciting or scaring events take place. Something that has always been a characteristic of mine is my heart for people. My biggest dreams are to help people: children‚ homeless people‚ deaf people‚ and starving people in other countries. I want to be the help in their storm
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just treat us all like we were cattle as if it was nothing? The speedometer crept up to 60 miles per hour. Didn’t he care that people everywhere were starving? How could he do this? When he was elected he promised that he would Make America Great Again. 70 miles per hour. I had to get to the rally. We needed change‚ we could be that change. 80 miles per hour. My thoughts were interrupted as my eyes caught the reflecting glow of red and blue lights paint the night sky behind me. Crap. I pulled over
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Let America be America Again Analysis In Langston Hughes poem “Let America be America Again” he talks about how America should return to the way that it was perceived to be in the dreams before America was truly America. Throughout the poem he uses various methods to evoke the patriotic images and dreams that he feels America should and will eventually be. Hughes states that America is supposed to be a place of equality for everyone including both white and colored people. During this period in
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grandma’s delicious mash potatoes‚ when all of a sudden the room erupted with laughter. I asked my cousin‚ Nada‚ who was sitting next to me‚ “What’s so funny?” She looked at me with a deadpan face and said‚ “She’s telling them about the “water story” again.” I sighed‚ “She says that story all the time.” The reason for my indifference feeling is that she tells us this story every time we visit her. The story‚ or what my cousins and I call it the “water story”‚ is about the time when my grandmother went
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It was Ben Franklin who said: “lost time is never found again.” Mr. Benjamin Franklin also said: “Remember that time is money.” Each of us has exactly 24 hours per day. Neither more nor less minute. Those of us that maintain a full time job know very well that we trade our time weekly in exchange for money. Some of us earn more money for less time and of course the opposite is true. Nowadays there are two categories of people. People from the first group work hard in order to make enough for a living
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Lost time is never found again I can’t but agree with this proverb. Time is a very precious thing‚ because you can easily lose it and you can never return it. That is why we have to think a lot before doing something in order not to regret it later. We must appreciate every moment as if it is the last one. People must organize their lives in such a way that they have enough time to accomplish everything they dream about. No matter how difficult it can appear to be‚ we must use all our time to reach
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The deaf-mute John Singer could not communicate with most of the world because he couldn’t speak. He strove to break out of his isolated existence because he desperately needed to communicate his feelings with somebody who understood him. The isolation from which John Singer suffered was a combination of a personal individual control and environmental factors. John Singer‚ a tall man with gray eyes‚ and his friend Spiros Antonapoulos was an obese man of Greek descent. Both men were deaf and dumb
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Nocatee Grows Again: New Amenities on the Way One of northeast Florida’s most popular master-planned communities also happens to be one of the United States’ most popular master-planned communities. Nocatee — a more-than-13‚000-acre development in Ponte Vedra — is the third best-selling community in the U.S. And it’s 10 years old! “Goodness‚” you say. “What’s the big deal?” Follow along as we detail it for you. It’s Big Enough to Make Everyone Happy One reason for Nocatee’s perennial appeal
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