Every single day millions of American women turn on their television or flip through their magazines looking at the women in them and think to themselves “I wish I looked like that”. The media has formed their own idea of the “ideal woman”‚ and this is shown through all of the actresses and models that we so fondly look up to. All have specific characteristics in common: unrealistically skinny & many times underweight‚ perfect style (which is quite expensive)‚ they are always filthy rich‚ and of
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availability of rights‚ and opportunities. A person may not have the same status‚ but the base of which someone can achieve a status is equal. While‚ in America‚ equality has not been fully achieved‚ the chance of success through equality is an American Ideal. The ideas of equality are evident in America’s founding documents‚ The Articles of the Confederation‚ The Constitution‚ and the Bill of Rights. The Articles of the Confederation discusses the equal rights between citizens. Article IV says
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Cited: Baldwin‚ James. "Sonny ’s Blues." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ and Drama. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. Pearson/ Longman: New York. 2005. 53-76.
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Traits of an Ideal American There are several traits of an ideal american‚ one of them is honesty. Honesty is very important because it shows other people what type of person you are. If you are not honest then nobody will be able to trust you. Without honesty the world would be a very evil place. Honesty also shows your trustworthiness and worth of a person. You cannot be an ideal American if you are not a trustworthy person. Being dependable is another trait an American needs. Being dependable
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Blues Racism is one of the world’s most horrible problems. Racism is one race seeing another race as infernal to their race or seeing their race as weak. Some white racist were harsh to the African American race because of their skin being colored during the 1800s. Some white sees the African American race as "non-human." Racism can be to any race. In the story "Sonny’s Blues" the narrator’s uncle got killed by a car crashing into him. The people that hit his uncle were white drunk men although they
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AMERICAN IDEALS AND VALUES I. Ideals: 1. Freedom: “The notion that America offers freedom for all í an ideal that unifies Americans and links present to past. Yet this ideal has not always corresponded to reality.” - Americans commonly regard their society as the freest and best in the world Proud when thinking that their country a heaven destination for those longing for freedom and opportunities. all people are equal all people are equal - Americans’ understanding of freedom is shaped
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As a first generation‚ American‚ my family always had high hopes and expectations of my cousins and I. We were dictated on how to act thing and believe. To always keep our morals true to home‚ yet stay integrated into the American culture in order to stay prevalent sand become successful. Since I was the youngest of them all‚ my family is expectations of my cousins were further expected of me‚ and I feel as though this is an ideal that is consistently set on younger generations in families. We are
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government has bloomed into an extremely invasive party on the lives of American citizens. This “big brother‚” who watches over and regulates our every move‚ masks itself as a democracy. We Americans take stride as if we’re living it large with a freedom unknown to the rest of the world. However‚ our country is not run “by the people‚ for the people” as President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address claims. On the contrary‚ Americans live in a nation under the false presumption that we are indeed free
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The Epic of Gilgamesh emphasizes throughout its workings the value of manhood. To be a man at this time means that one is a respected and useful member of society. Manhood and its related qualities were greatly value and revered throughout the culture. Therefore‚ the elusive quality of manhood must be strived for at all times in order for one to become a hero of that time. The descriptive passage alludes to the qualities of manhood and the weight that this carries. Man and beast is a binary presented
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The text under analysis is taken from the book “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin. It is a dedicatory letter to his nephew and namesake James‚ entitled in short "On the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation." Baldwin advises his nephew on how to deal with the racist world in which he was born. In spite the horrors of America‚ Baldwin believed the Negro must take the high road and show whites‚ in their ignorance and innocence‚ how to live the good life‚ how to love. The text is in the
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