Voice of Democracy “American History: Our Hope for the Future” The democracy states that‚”All men are created equal.” All though that many people don’t believe that this statement is being followed right now. My hope for the future is that we learn from history‚ stand as one nation and have pride in our country. In the past our country has been divided by slavery and war. We have been through the great depression and 9/11. There have been many times where the country could have been torn apart
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The Divinity of Australian Identity From the fabricated tale of mystery in Peter Weir’s ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’‚ to the prototypical portrayal of Australian principles and behaviour in ‘Crocodile Dundee’‚ directors and audiences alike have been fastidiously and attentively representing their beliefs about how true Australian’s should behave in film for decades. With the recurring themes and values of courage‚ mateship‚ resourcefulness‚ and the toughness of the Australian people as the centre of
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seen the fall of many Australian businesses and the decline of industries such as the fruit and car industries. This is not just due to droughts and high fuel costs‚ but largely due to the amount of opposition from products that are imported from other countries. Consumers choosing products on price rather than the country of origin are having major effects on our economy‚ beginning with the employer to the employee and to the related businesses. We are not only losing Australian owned businesses to
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Voices of Freedom Critique This selection‚ Letter by a Female Indentured Servant‚ really gives you incite as to what life was like in the 1700s as an indentured servant. (Foner‚ 2011) The reader can really feel the pain she is going through while she was in America trying to pay her dues for passage to what they thought was the promise land. She wanted to ensure her father really knew what kind of horrible life she was living because of the details she included like she was whipped to the
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Keith Gilyard in his book Voices of the Self states a position about pluralism in education. Giving his own experience as well as others within the educational system as an example‚ Gilyard demonstrates what can happen if schools only acknowledge‚ accept‚ and represent the culture of the majority. Gilyard‚ as an African-American boy suffered the uprooting from his atmosphere to be placed in a ?divided by two? new environment. After he finished first grade‚ he and his family moved from Harlem to Queens
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Do Australian people have a distinctive culture or are stereotypes of in texts true? Australians are perceived in text as‚ beer-drinking larrikins‚ people who use kangaroos as a transportation‚ crocodile wrestlers‚ lack in fashion‚ foster beers‚ desert‚ sparsely populated and bushmans and mateship. However these representations are not true. Stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. National identity is a person’s identity
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The Australian identity is a diverse concept that has developed overtime through significant events in our history. As a result of these events‚ it is has established Australia into a multicultural society that now includes numerous new lifestyles. However‚ it is an evolving concept that is still becoming‚ as further cultures are migrating to Australia and introducing unique traditions to the Australian life. This idea is further explored in the poem ’No more boomerang’ by Kath Walker‚ which exhibits
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“I love a sunburnt country”. This Australian viewpoint can be represented in various ways and can be spotted in a range of Australian poems. These poems are written by Australian poets who try to portray the Australian lifestyle and depiction of Aussie culture and experiences. Good morning/afternoon fellow audience members‚ I have selected two poems titled “My Country” and “Australia” to deconstruct and explain how they reflect on the Australian representation. The poem "My Country" was written
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exchange rate and fiscal policy on the Australian Economy in the past twenty-(20) years. Introduction The Australian economy is one of the most stable globally and the floating exchange rate has played an important role in maintaining that stability. This essay seeks to assess the relative importance of the floating exchange rate and fiscal policy on the Australian economy over the past fifteen-(15) years. In order to do so‚ it looks at the history of the Australian economy over that period‚ how it
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have contributed to the expansion and change of the Australian identity‚ however because of Australia’s cultural diversity Australia has come to discover many but one‚ and be known as a stereotyped nation rather than a nation of identity because we are known for many things but one. The main aspect that contributes greatly to the Australian identity is Australians passion for barbeque which is ironically portrayed in text one where “new Australians “are assessed on their ability to use a barbeque‚
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