Does the "American Dream" Still Exist? By definition‚ "American Dream" is the ideals of freedom‚ equality‚ and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American. If one is willing to work hard‚ he or she can be successful and owns a prosperous life for his or her family. For the immigration people‚ the American dream is about establishing a better life and having the freedom to practice their belief that elsewhere may have been impossible. For those reasons‚ many people over the
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Does Racism Still Exist? According to Google Dictionary‚ “Racism is the belief that every being belonging to a specific race has certain characteristics‚ abilities‚ especially that distinguish a superior race to an inferior race‚ also it is the discrimination of a specific race based on one’s beliefs.” Although slavery‚ and the Civil Rights movement are long gone in America’s past‚ there is still racial controversy brewing up a storm in our country. This controversy has been a huge subject
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alive and thriving. The divide is due to various factors that make up the American Dream. There are different ways people look at the subject‚ which would explain the divide between the opposing sides. In order to determine if the American Dream still exists we must consider the benefits from the Dream‚ the people who are eligible to obtain it‚ and the factors that make up the American Dream. Many people believe that the benefits of the American Dream are values or rights. “The American Dream is dead
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Absolute Truth in Autobiography: Does it Exist? The recent discovery of lies and deception in James Frey ’s memoir A Million Little Pieces has literary critics and common readers alike looking more closely at nonfiction writers. Some authors‚ such as Maxine Hong Kingston and Augusten Burroughs have been criticized by those who claim that their so-called memoirs are not completely truthful. Others‚ such as Jill Ker Conway are so committed to writing the truth down to the last detail that they
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If one were to ask whether early human societies could have existed without religion‚ the answer would be a resounding no. Their collective knowledge was simply not considerable enough to explain the pertinent questions about life that faced them everyday. It’s human nature to seek answers to the unknown‚ and with each generation the human race is becoming exponentially more intelligent; able to explain more about our world with each new discovery. Although religion was an essential institution in
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regardless of how much "proof" exists about that one particular subject. Everything that we believe in takes some degree of faith in order to believe it. Whether it be Christianity‚ Atheism‚ Satanism‚ Wicca‚ Judaism etc. Yes‚ there are plausible arguments for everything but to come to absolute certainty about any one thing is virtually impossible. In other words nothing in this world is provable. Absolutely positively without a doubt concrete rock solid evidence does not exist‚ there fore any one aspect
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Have you ever imagined if morals can exist without religion? One day when I got lost in a multitude of useless trivia in the Internet I accidentally came across a thought-provoking sentence by a British writer Arthur C. Clarke who said that "one of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion." After that‚ I started to think about this controversial matter. As a young Polish student‚ raised in the Christian tradition‚ in a country where according to WIN-Gallup
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is one of the world’s important issues today. It is clear that prejudice is terrible as decades prior to us have proved however‚ it’s beyond any doubt has not gone away. Racism is not a thing of the past‚ it still exists today. Many people are not aware of how much racism still exists in our schools‚ workplaces‚ and anywhere else where social lives are occurring. The time has come for people to begin considering the questions and answers for this matter. Essential reasons‚ media‚ businesses‚ government
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My utopia does not exist in a perfect world; the reason for this is that I believe there is no such thing as a perfect world. There are balanced worlds‚ and worlds that exist in harmony‚ but never a perfect world. So in my utopia‚ my world‚ things are different from today’s world but it is nowhere near perfect. My utopia takes place on an isle not far from the Bahaman Islands. The citizens are jubilant and content with their beautiful paradise. The tropical island houses less than 100 people who
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Should Fraternities and Sororities Exist? Stereotypically‚ sororities and fraternities are thought of as hosting extravagant parties and students being entitled to power. Despite that‚ sororities and frats are very beneficial to students‚ because they are more involved with the community therefore‚ leads to great leadership and social skills. (Kokemuller 1) In 1776‚ Greek life on campus all started when a student studying Greek at the college of William and Mary’s‚ by the name of
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