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    Fascism In America

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    The influence of neo-Nazism has been on a steady rise in America. It is a political platform that is used to promote the ideas of fascism in our country. The recent spike in this party has been the cause of a considerable amount of debate in America. The Nazi ideology was almost non-existent in America prior to World War II. Fourteen years after‚ the American Nazi Party was founded and the rise of neo-Nazism in America began. Starting as just the simple ideas of fascism‚ and then sweeping over most

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    In the writing Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes Mrs.Luella Bates Washington Jones is like a mother to Roger. One reason is she’s understanding like you see in a mother. Another reason is she tough-loving like a mother bird to her chicks. The finally the last reason is she is forgiving like when a child gets introble a mom forgives them. The first reason is she is very understanding. The reason behind this is she’s been there done that scenario. Such as She states in the text “I were young once

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    Equality In America

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    America‚ is a country that is well known from people all over the world. It is known for its success‚ sacrifice‚ unity‚ bravery‚ freedom‚ dedication‚ liberty‚ equality‚ diversity‚ and courage. In my opinion out of all that were listed‚ the three that stand out the most are sacrifice‚ freedom‚ and equality. These three topics are not only presented in the present‚ but they stood out a great deal in the past too. The next few paragraphs will show how sacrifice‚ freedom‚ and equality is shown in our

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    Battleground America

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    Battleground America Jill Lepore New Yorker‚ 4/23/2012‚ Vol. 88‚ Issue 10 Jill Lepore’s Battleground America addresses in precise detail gun violence in The Unites States of America. The author uses actual occurrences as well as referrals to documents of the United States Constitution and Articles of Confederation. Lepore uses organization‚ expression and contrasting to address her concern for gun violence in America. Statistics‚ contrast and comparison are techniques Lepore skillfully uses

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    In the story‚ “Thank you‚ Ma’m”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones‚ a ‘large’ woman‚ bravely walked the streets of her small town‚ at eleven o’clock in the night‚ when all of a sudden a young boy of 14 named Roger tried the steal her pocketbook. Mrs. Jones grabbed the boy‚ tackled him for good measure‚ and lugged him to her house‚ where she coaxed the reasons why he stole out of him. Satisfied with the answer that she got‚ Mrs. Jones cooked the boy dinner and talked with him

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    Equality in America

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    diversity swept across the United States of America. What is diversity? Diversity implies a wide variety in gender‚ race‚ culture‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ and other characteristics of certain groups ("Diversity‚" 2006). Diversity is present in every possible aspect of life. It does not matter where one goes or what one does in America‚ no two people look or act exactly the same. America has been and still is known as a nation of freedom and diversity. Today‚ America is considered to be the "melting pot‚"

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    Unemployment In America

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    My prevailing concerns for the United States of America and its future are unemployment and underemployment. These two issues cannot be solved by throwing money at the problem or creating additional meaningless regulations. These concerns must be faced with vigor and the willingness to experience trial and error. Unemployment in the United States is staggering. The U.S. needs to end outsourcing and once again begin manufacturing their own goods‚ preferably exporting more than they import. It is

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    Digging to America

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    Anne Tyler’s Digging to America truly embraces the true values and unique attributes of America. As an American 20th century writer‚ Tyler explores the modern American culture and what it means to live in such a vast and diverse country. In the story‚ she lets us in on the lives of different characters from two separate American families‚ who struggle with their identities and try to find a sense of belonging. The story starts in an airport in Baltimore‚ where two families‚ the Yazdans and the Donaldsons

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    Mark Twain and Langston Hughes are both respected authors. A piece from Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ appropriately named “Huck and Jim‚” describes the battle Huck is having with himself if he should return his friend‚ Jim‚ runaway slave. Hughes story‚ “Salvation‚” is the story of his childhood experience in which Jesus did come to him‚ resulting in his own disbelief. In both of these individual stories‚ the characters did not fully understand the truth about their dilemmas. They were

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    Langston Hughes’s poem "Dream Deferred" is basically about what happens to dreams when they are put on hold. Hughes probably intended for the poem to focus on the dreams of African-Americans in particular because he originally entitled the poem "Harlem‚" which is the capital of African American life in the United States; however‚ it is just as easy to read the poem as being about dreams in general and what happens when people postpone making them come true. Ultimately‚ Hughes uses a carefully

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