history. As a result‚ the disaster of oil pollution affected three environmental disasters‚ which are human loss‚ air pollution‚ and chronic diseases. One of the leading effects of wars to the environment is human loss. In the article‚ “American Individualism” Hoover (n.d) writes that “Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” Wars always comes with sacrifices. There were people who disappeared and were not found till this day. Many family didn’t have a closure to their children
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Popularized from the theory of mercantilism‚ capitalism has become the modern day American system of economics and has ultimately shaped the core foundation of America’s development. Operated on a system directed towards profit maximization‚ capitalism thrives off of a strong degree of competition between privately owned sectors for the consumer market. As a result‚ the economic system has also developed a classist society in which the wealthy‚ bourgeoisie‚ hold the power over the middle and lower
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On Different Values of Individualism in Chinese and American Cultures 1. Introduction Everyone‚ every social class and every country have their own unique values. It is the fact that value is the core of cross-culture communication and the differences of culture among countries depend on different values. Value exerts great influence on everyone’s daily life. Scores of people rely on value to obtain knowledge‚ master the basic skills and foster correct world outlook. China and America are two
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The American Civil Defense program during the cold war reinforced American cultural ideals of individualism and self-sufficiency. During the cold war there was fear of the other countries use of nuclear weapons against the United States. Since this fear was gradually increasing throughout the U.S. president Truman established the American Civil Defense program to help protect citizens if there was a nuclear attack on American soil. Because of the increased fear of a nuclear attack the government
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Individualism and the American Spirit in Leaves of Grass Who is a rebel? Is it someone who sky dives‚ a surgeon who does not prepare for his or her surgery‚ or even an entrepreneur? Walt Whitman was not a skydiver‚ surgeon‚ or an entrepreneur. He was a laborer‚ school teacher‚ journalist‚ nurse‚ and poet. Experiences from his various careers such as working as an office boy‚ nursing wounded soldiers‚ encouraging his students to think outside of the box‚ and editing at the New York Aurora all led
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in a more universal religion‚ a religion that began on consumerism and paved way toward the goal of economic freedom. American consumerism not only provided the basis of the economy in the United States‚ but introduced the country to cultural individualism as well. First and foremost‚ one of the driving factors that led to the discovery of the new world and colonization of the Americas
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E.E. Cummings- Defender of Individualism and Non-Conformity E. E. Cummings established himself as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century‚ triumphing in hundreds of poems that struck his readers with a sense of awe and imagination. Cummings’ poems stand out among other poems as amazingly unique. Cummings was a staunch advocator of the individual‚ going against the grain of traditional‚ conformist poet. Cummings experimented with words on a page to make pictures and called it poetry;
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the philosophical value like ethical egoism of the author‚ since he himself developed a philosophical system‚ Objectivism‚ and other concept like sanction of the victim‚ and other values regarding to government and business‚ property rights and individualism‚ and theory of sex. The story is surrounded a railroad company and its operators‚ the Taggarts‚ and the two main characters‚ Dagny Taggart and John Galt‚ who together face several conflicts in the business with the government. After exploring many
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challenging decision in a convoluted situation demonstrates their personality and individualism. In the story‚ Mary refuses to sign the petition that every other parent at the party signed saying "I don’t think we have the right." This petition was to convince the municipality to build a lane through Mrs. Fullerton’s house‚ which would force her to abandon her home. Mary‚ by declining to sign the petition‚ demonstrated her individualism and her personality. She revealed to everyone that she is a person that
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Literary works are able to shape an individual. The Republic by Plato contributed to how the American government system works; To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee continues to fight racism and inequality; literature is a major factor in the evolution of both the society and the individual. This is exemplified in a number of historical figures‚ though perhaps the best example of novels’ effects on an individual is Frankenstein’s Monster of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or‚ a Modern Prometheus. However
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