America in the 1800’s and early 1900’s was a place of great unrest. The westward expansion created a tenuous environment for pioneers and settlers with Native American tribes; and cities in the east started to explode as waves of immigrants began arriving to fine their “New World” American dream. The wealthy in the northeast‚ generally white Americans of English protestant ancestry‚ felt a sense of urgency and entitlement to maintain control of the social‚ political and financial power in America
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Rye‚ the protagonist‚ Holden‚ goes through many hardships in his journey to self-knowledge. In the beginning‚ Holden has to deal with being kicked out of school and not having any place to call home. He is also struggling with the unfortunate tragedy of the death of his beloved younger brother Allie. At the same time‚ Holden is trying to deal with growing up and accepting the adult world. Throughout the novel Salinger addresses the conflicts faced by a young man struggling with the trials and tribulations
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beliefs‚ many young men enlisted in the war‚ yet once they experienced war‚ their optimism quickly diminished. Meanwhile‚ the common people remained positive because they didn’t comprehend the true terrors of the war. Although the citizens faced many hardships similar to the soldiers‚ the overall effects were significantly different than the soldiers because they did not face the same struggles and were not directly influenced to the same extent. The primary differences between the civilians and
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Why We Need Hardship and Difficulty in our Lives “Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines‚ but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.” -Buddhist maxim. For example‚ Bilbo Baggins in the story The Hobbit had never before left the limits of the shire. But‚ by the end of the story‚ he’s off fighting goblins and helping to slay dragons. He has become a new man who isn’t afraid to face dangers‚ go on adventures‚ or go past his former limits. He became a different person
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Yuting Gan 910745321 AAS 322 09-22-14 Early Life of Chinese American Immigrants After I read the book “Songs of Gold Mountain”‚ I learned more about the early life of American Chinese in SF Gold Mountain‚ and the book covers various aspects of the life of first-generation Chinese immigrants‚ from longing for home to dealing with abusive immigration officials. There are three chapters in this book that impresses me a lot. They are Chapter 1“Immigration Blues”‚ Chapter 3 “Lamentations of Estranged
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March 6‚ 2013 RE: Loan # To whom it may concern: I am writing to express my financial hardship and request for short sale on the above referenced property. In 2008‚ my income was reduced due to lack of work. At the time‚ I had two homes with mortgages and due to the loss of income. I was faced with losing both homes to foreclosure as I could not financially handle the payments and upkeep on both properties. I was able to short sale my primary residence on xxxx
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his family but his father Shlomo. For a majority of the novel‚ Shlomo is Elie’s reason to keep trying. Elie and his father remain together for their entire journey‚ and keep each other going. At each camp‚ the pair are given jobs and face extreme hardships not only from their labor‚ but guards and staff at their camps. Towards the end of the
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September 10‚ 2010 Essay one “ Hardships in Life” Growing up I always heard the expression‚ “You don’t know what you’ve got till its gone.” These words have never really had much meaning to me until just recently. This is happens to everyone at least once‚ not appreciating the things we have. How would we know how important things are if we never get anything taken away from us? Everyday I have been taking advantage of things that could easily be taken away‚ like my job‚ friends‚ and pets
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Initially‚ immigrants arrived mainly from northern and western Europe‚ as they had before the Civil War; the largest groups came from England‚ Ireland‚ Germany‚ and Scandinavia. From the mid-1880s until World War I began in 1914‚ the number of newcomers from southern‚ eastern‚ and central Europe increased. Among the new immigrants were also Greeks‚ Romanians‚ and Italians‚ mainly from southern Italy or Sicily. Record numbers of immigrants arrived in the United States‚ some 9 million from 1880 to 1900‚ and
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MIDST OF HARDSHIP Latiff Othman At dawn they returned home their soaky clothes torn and approached the stove their limbs marked by scratches their legs full of wounds but on their brows there was not a sign of despair The whole day and night just passed they had to brave the horrendous flood in the water all the time between bloated carcasses and tiny chips of tree barks desperately looking for their son’s albino buffalo that was never found They were born amidst hardship and grew
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