Is The “American Dream” Still Attainable? As a young boy who was born and raised in such a terrible environment‚ I was always dreaming about the American dream. I put myself in a spot where I believed that with hard work I could achieve successful‚ rich and happiness. However‚ after I moved to the United States‚ everything has changed. The idea of the American dream was not the same as we spoke two decades ago. However‚ is the “American Dream” still attainable? If we simply ask most people about
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was a long time ago and ended before you were born it still occurs today. Although slavery is illegal it still continues and I will explain all of these kinds of slavery in the next three paragraphs. Today sweatshops can be found all over the world. Sweatshops as stated in my introduction are factories full of worker under age and under paid. A sweatshop may look like a nice well taken care of place but could still employ child laborers or still force employees to work long hours for little or no
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Under the direction of the little-known Japanese filmmaker‚ Naomi Kawase ( also credited as screenwriter‚ producer and editor)‚ “Still the Water” moves using a languid pace and embraces a strange intimacy. Set on one of the limestone islands of the Amani archipelago‚ it tells the story of a quiet 16-year-old kid‚ Kaito (Nijiro Murakami)‚ who’s not happy with his mother‚ disapproving her behavior since his father left home a few years before. It’s not that she’s not gentle or cares about him‚ but
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Does Prejudice Still Exist Today? Cultural Diversity Does racism and prejudice still exist today? Officially there is no racism in the United States in the sense that all kinds of racial discriminations are prohibited by law. But racism still exists to some extent in the hearts of the people. In general‚ there is a reduction in the prejudices people have about others based on their race or other similar social background. But these prejudices have not completely died down. A large portion of
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Deemed as one of the most prolific works of poetry‚ Still I Rise certainly impressed me and surpassed all of my expectations. Still I Rise is such an inspirational and motivational text in that it empowers its audience to think about the morality of certain beliefs in society as well as empower those who are weak and vulnerable in society. Still I Rise reinforces the idea that racial prejudice is still prevalent in the world we live in today. This poem is exceedingly special and memorable due to
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Underground Railroad"‚ William Still helped as many as 800 slaves escape to freedom. He interviewed each person and kept careful records‚ including a brief biography and the destination for each‚ along with any alias adopted. He kept his records hidden but knew the accounts would be important in aiding the future reunion of family members who became separated under slavery‚ which he had learned when he aided his own brother Peter‚ whom he had previously never met before. Still worked with other Underground
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Mary Karr’s poem "Still Memory" is her recollection of a childhood memory as experienced through a dream. It explores the issues of her past memory wondering the presence of change in her life‚ both through her parents and setting‚ but also through time itself. This theme of change is explored through inquiring her parent’s death‚ "not dead‚" and "not yet born each into a small urn of ash‚" dramatizes her views of how she see’s her parents alive‚ giving a sense that as she looks back on this memory
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unprovable statements. These poets saw the world in a different way than most people at the time and for some‚ like Marvell who wrote politically charged poems‚ these views were ahead of their time‚ and are now relevant or still relevant today. The reason that the poems are still relevant today is that a majority of the poems consist of common problems‚ emotions‚ and urges that mankind faces. John Donne’s "Holy Sonnet #10" discusses death and how it holds no power over people and is something that
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Keeping Still by Pablo Neruda is a thought provoking work of poetry. The poem was probably applicable to humanity of the time when it was authored‚ but it eerily fits so well into this moment of time and space. The notion of slowing the pace of life down for just a moment to realize that every living thing could use a moment of peace and reflection is so applicable to our lives in the Silicon Valley. With our hectic ways of trying to survive financially‚ complete our education‚ live and raise a family
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Brayan Martinez Professor Licklider Still Life with Skull and a Writing Quill This painting was called Skull Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill. It was created by Pieter Claesz in the year of 1628. This was actually one of the earliest pieces of his career in painting these stills. He was an artist that gave extraordinary presence to familiar things. In this painting there’s a big skull that you can’t miss in the middle of everything. This skull looks to be like 100 years old. It
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