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    What is your American Dream? Most people think of the American dream as the white picket fence‚ the nice house‚ an average family. My American dream is much different than the kids of today. My dream consists of serving my country in the United States Air Force‚ and after that becoming a pediatric oncologist. Most kids my age don’t even think about the military as an option they just think they are going to graduate high school and go straight to college because‚ I’ll admit it the

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    Hadaway Honors Grammar Mrs. Lindsey March 10‚ 2014 The American Dream: 1920s and Today The 1920s were new times for Americans. Wealth‚ leisure‚ and social events replaced the frugality and hard work that had defined America for decades before. A country built on the backbone of ingenuity and a “work before play” philosophy was transformed into a wasteful‚ carefree time. Gatsby fulfils the typical embodiment of the 1920s American dream; a man squandering his fortune on lavish parties‚ expensive

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    The Use of Foreshadowing Foreshadowing is a literary device that is often used by authors of short stories to keep the reader wanting to know more and keep them reading. In Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery‚” foreshadowing is utilized many times. “The Lottery” is tells of a ritual practiced by a village in which every person draws from a box to be stoned to death (sacrificed)‚ in order for a good harvest. Jackson uses foreshadowing to show that the lottery is actually a sacrifice by presenting

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    Ribe Katedralskole | The American Dream | SRO | Spansk/Engelsk | Ida Enevoldsen | 30-11-2012 | | Abstract In This assignment is written firstly to make a state of the term “The American Dream” and secondly to analyze a novel and a poem about emigration to the U.S and the problems this can cause. The novel “Soñar in Cubano” is about a girl and her family who emigrated from Cuba when she was two years old. Her greatest issue is to find out which culture she belongs to‚ because

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    Subject: Marketing assignment (video case- American Express) Date: 14th June 2009 Name: Farzana Farooq Student ID : 0810127 1.Select three of the macro environmental forces discussed in the chapter. How does American Express adjust its marketing mix in response to trends within each of these factors? The three macro environmental factors are the following: Demographic environment: American express has been since the baby boomers time and at that period they just used to offer one product

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    Nazi propaganda goal to persuade the people to take the prejudice towards Jews based on Christian beliefs that were typical for over 1500 years to an extreme level by using a propaganda technique that worked below the surface of the mind. The Nazis use of propaganda was based on the works of Gustave LeBon‚ who published several works on the psychology of crowds (Surve). In his works‚ LeBon contended that when people form groups‚ it easier for a person to abandon their

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    Kevin Kim Ms. Kindle AP English 8/28/2013 "The American Dream Reflection" The American Dream is a social ideal life of the US that involves prosperity and happiness for a family. The Grapes of Wrath narrates the situation the Joad Family has to go through to pursue their dreams during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. The Joads had to travel all the way to California from Oklahoma to try and achieve a new prosperous life. In Long Day ’s Journey into Night‚ Tyrone ’s family basically only

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    orphanage where they meet. Toni Morrison the author of this short story “Recitatif” never directly tells the readers which character is black and which one is white. Morrison encourages people to look deeper into the characters by using indirect characterization. First‚ Morrison doesn’t directly tell us the race of Twyla and Roberta. She hints at the fact that one is black and the other is white with the quote in the first paragraph of this essay. Morrison does this because she thinks people shouldn’t

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    media. The books and the cinema as well as many other factors including different types of propaganda‚ was how Hitler manipulated the mass media. Hitler

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    American Dream Written Analysis “The ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative” -- the exact definition of the American Dream. The American Dream remains seldom achieved by today’s youth. My own American Dream embodies graduating high school‚ earning a full-ride scholarship which allows me to play soccer at the highest amatuer level in the United States (NCAA Division 1)‚ and eventually playing soccer

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