1.) “Throughout its history‚ the US has been a land of refuge and opportunity for immigrants.” Assess the validity of this statement in view of the experience of the Irish in the 19th century urban northeast.Between the years of 1830 and 1860‚ immigration from many Europeans countries very much shows that the United States has been a land of refuge and opportunity for immigrants. Because of the high rate of immigrants‚ looking for refuge from the problems of their homeland‚ the population of the
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Speaker’s notes Contours on the map are the brown lines drawn on a map connecting points of equal height above sea level. They are labelled with the height and with the topes of the figures uphill. A contour labelled 500 is 500m above sea level‚ and every place on that contour is precisely 500m above sea level. On a 1: 25‚ 000 map‚ they are usually 10m apart. If contours are very close together that means the hill is steep. However‚ is they are wide apart‚ it has a gentle gradient. When
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How does Priestley hint at the tensions within the group that later become more clear in Act 1? In Act 1 of An Inspector calls‚ Priestly makes it crucial that he sets out hints of conflicts and tension that later become clear to the reader. He is careful in his creation of tension through themes that occur throughout the play‚ which guide the reader through the text in what reveals itself to be a cautious downfall of an apparent secure and wealthy family structure. As the scene begins‚ Priestley
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Land of Opportunities I’ve been here for almost two months. Observing and listening to other people’s advice.. Back in the Philippines‚ I worked in the Government for about 8 ½ years.. being the chief of political affairs of our Mayor in the City‚ I have the opportunity in dealing with different kinds of people‚ from rich to the poorest‚ from (few only) kind politicians to (too much) corrupt Politicians. And most of the problems that I encounter are in Legal aspects. From land issue‚ to accidents
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Land of Confusion The music video I chose for a representation of a phoenix is a cover of “Land of Confusion” by Disturbed. The video focuses on the corruption of government in a capitalist society and the people fighting back for what is rightfully theirs. The beginning of the video starts off with planes with dollar sign symbols on them‚ bombing city buildings and a big man with a monocle giving orders. As a Phoenix ages‚ its body withers and dies away. The Phoenix dying represents the destruction
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The Waste Land‚ a 434-line modernist poem by T.S. Eliot revolves around a world of what seems to be chaotic and dead‚ and led by a single protagonist. Throughout The Waste Land‚ there are many uses of symbolism with tarot cards‚ astrology‚ and especially the game of chess: The game of chess is such a meaningful symbol throughout the story‚ that metaphors are used to describe the situation and emotions of the characters throughout the poem by describing them as chess pieces and in check-mate situations
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The main character in the short story “Land of the Lost” written by Steward O’Nan‚ is an elder woman. Throughout the entire short story we do not get to know her name or a description of how she looks. She works as a cashier at a BI-LO and lives alone with her German shepherd Ollie‚ her two sons moved out shortly after their parents got a divorce. Even though we do not get a lot to know about her looks‚ we get a lot of knowledge on her way of thinking and her mental state. Even though she is mentally
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In the article “The Land of Opportunity” written by James Loewen the author argues that most students leave school (preferably high school) with no understanding of social inequality‚ mainly due to their assigned textbooks. When they are told by their teachers that America has a great deal of social inequality that continues to this day‚ the student’s reactions are never positive and almost always defensive. “The students blame the poor for not being successful. They have no understanding of the
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process is different for each person‚ either in time‚ magnitude‚ or circumstances. In the book “Peace like a River”‚ the author‚ Leif Enger‚ presents many characters that go through situations that help them to grow and learn‚ one of them is Swede Land. Enger presents Swede as a character that at an early age needs to go through a fast process of changes that transforms her into a mature girl to help his family through the journey of life. At the beginning‚ there is a description of Swede as an “eight-year-old
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The land of Supremacy: An Essay on what it means to be An American The United States of America is perhaps the greatest country in the world today. The US obtains a booming economy and by far one of the most ferocious military forces imaginable. The United States is also the ultimate land of opportunity with abundant freedoms and the longest lasting democratic government in the history of the world. One can clearly observe what makes the country so grand; however‚ the real question remains‚ what
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