QUESTION 1: Part 1: Explain how difficult it was in the early 1950s to belong to one culture and live in another * Have to assimilate into American culture so that they could have some friends in school * American influence 1. K and L pretended to smoke like floozies walked back to the car‚ sat on the hood and swung their legs like floozies. 2. K’s accent had already become very Southern “Lee-uhn” instead of L‚ “you all” instead of “you”‚ “you don’t sah-eee” instead of “really”
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Explain both the general principles of Utilitarianism and the distinctive features of Mill’s Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is a teleological and consequentialist theory as it focuses on whether an action is good or bad depending on the outcome‚ regardless of what the act may be. For example an act could be a horrible one‚ i.e. murder but if it brings about a good consequence it’s seen as a good act. J. Bentham devised the greatest happiness principle which states that an action is right if it results
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The world revolves around currency‚ in reality we all use money in our everyday life we are making it‚ spending it or saving it. Andrew Lang wrote “Ballade of Wordly Wealth‚” through repetition in this poem we learn about the people in the 1800s and 1900s and what they thought about money. What money can buy a person is the idea of the first six lines of each stanza. But the thought of what money cannot buy is always revisited. At the end of each stanza a refrain is made “Youth‚ and health‚ and
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Annotated Bibliography Jackson‚ Jermaine. You Are Not Alone Michael Jackson: Through A Brother’s Eyes. New York: Simon & Schuster‚ 2011. Print. Jermaine Jackson’s book presents an in depth and personal retelling of his younger brother Michael Jackson from his childhood to his untimely death in 2009. Clarifications of myths in regards to the discovery of the Jackson Five are discussed. The book offers insight into how giving and caring of a man Michael Jackson was‚ but could not find that inner
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Andrew Carnegie‚ a Scottish immigrant‚ rose from a job cleaning bobbins in a textile factory to become one of the richest men in America. While Carnegie was a teenager‚ his skill as a telegraph operator caught the attention of Tom Scott. Scott hired Carnegie and lent him money for his first foray into Wall Street investment. In 1872‚ Andrew Carnegie built the world’s largest‚ most up-to-date steel mill in Braddock‚ Pennsylvania. At the time‚ steelmakers produced about 70 tons a week and in 20 years
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Why Egypt Was Great Did you know that the Egyptian pyramids served as tombs for Pharaohs? Egypt was the first society in history to bury deceased inhabitants. Without Egypt‚ we may not be burying our deceased family or friends today. As a result of Egypt’s customs‚ later cultures began to bury their dead civilians and honor them. Prior to Egypt; Mesopotamia‚ Harrappan‚ and Chinese societies did not believe in preserving the dead or mummification. Also‚ Egypt gave women many more rights than the
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Summary Julie Andrews was born Julia Elizabeth Wells on 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames‚ Surrey. She is a born natural at performing‚ and she loves the stage. She made her first stage appearance at the very young age of two‚ as a fairy. Her aunt‚ Joan worked for dancing school where her mother‚ Barbara provided piano accompaniment for classes and performances‚ and her father‚ Ted made the stage sets. It was all too natural for her to come to be on the stage. Due to her mother’s stage
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In the decades following the civil war‚ The United States followed the example set by many European countries‚ and used industry to catapult the nation’s wealth. The lives of the general public were greatly impacted by this shift from agriculture to industry and this time became known as the Gilded Age. Railroads‚ steel mills‚ factories‚ and other forms of industry dominated the economy. One of very few men to accept this change in the U.S.‚ Andrew Carnegie overcame his humble underpinnings and became
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. Andre Carnegie was one of the richest men in America who led the steel industry in the United States. He was born into a poor family‚ which directed him towards working hard to help his family and society in the future. Andrew Carnegie’s views on wealth were always about giving back. He believed that becoming wealthy and successful should be worked for not handed to. He also believed that the wealthy should donate back to the society through charity. In order to have the money put to good use
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Jesse Jackson A. An American Hero Knowing how to address Jesse Jackson might be a problem. Should one call him Mr.Jackson‚ or should he be addressed as Jesse in response to his relaxed‚ unaffected style? Perhaps he should be called Reverend Jackson to acknowledge that he is an Baptist ordained minister‚ or Dr. Jackson in recognition of his doctor of divinity degree. However one decides to address him‚ only part of this complex and influential person will be acknowledged. (1) Jackson was
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