“Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)‚ American philosopher‚ essayist‚ and poet‚ was born in Concord‚ Massachusetts. Following his graduation from Harvard University (1837)‚ he worked for a short time as a teacher‚ but quit over his disagreement with the practice of punishing students by whipping them”(Axelrod‚ Alan and Phillips 202). Thoreau wrote an essay called The Civil Disobedience that was based on his life experience‚ “he was jailed one night for his refusal to pay a poll tax to support the United
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threat in american society due to the large‚ and continually growing presence of the Latino population. Alongside these growing numbers‚ the population’s refusal to fully assimilate to American society also tends to pose a threat to Anglo Americans (Chavez‚ 2013‚ p. 37). Such fear is usually based on the idea that undocumented people would abuse public resources‚
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Larry Dulay Itliong (25 October 1913 – 8 February 1977)‚ also known as "Seven Fingers"‚[4] was a Filipino American labor organizer. He organized West Coast agricultural workers starting in the 1930s‚ and rose to national prominence in 1965‚ when he‚ Philip Vera Cruz‚ Benjamin Gines and Pete Velasco‚ walked off the farms of area table-grape growers‚ demanding wages equal to the federal minimum wage‚ that became known as the Delano grape strike.[5][6][7] He has been described as "one of the fathers
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Two stories that are abundant with feminist views and stereotypes are Cisneros’ Barbie-Q and My Tocaya. In both stories‚ we see characters struggle with what it means to be a woman. Cisneros explores the standards women are held up to‚ and the standards they make for themselves. Cisneros does a wonderful job of bringing out the worries‚ fears‚ and Otherness that women frequently grapple with in their daily lives. She writes her tales‚ all the while reflecting and dismantling stereotypes of women
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Lord‚ challenges why every girl loves Barbie. Her article appeared in the online magazine Salon under the “Mothers Who Think” department on October 27‚ 2000‚ before the launch of a new doll line called the Get Real Girls‚ which were created by Julz Chavez. In this article Lord uses repetition‚ ethos‚ comparison and name calling to convince the reader that Barbie will soon encounter a fierce competitor‚ a better role model‚ which may finally dethrone her as the best selling doll of all time‚ or at least
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1). Another example‚ as Chavez accounts‚ is when “Sharron Angle ran against Democrat Harry Reid. Angle’s campaign aired an advertisement that featured three Latino-looking male youth‚ cross the image were the words‚ in bold‚ illegal aliens (p. 2). The statement on MSNBC and the
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the fine boutiques‚ eating at the restaurants and of course site seeing (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191502081-venezuela_vacations-i). One of the best places to visit is Angel Falls‚ the 3‚212 foot worlds tallest waterfall. Hugo Rafael Chávez is Venezuela’s 53rd president. Being the current president‚ he was re-elected in 2000 making promises to help the poor‚ illiteracy‚ malnutrition‚ disease‚ and other social problems in the country. Some think he is evil and trying to take over the
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packed room. 6th paragraph Background on audience. 7th paragraph Who’s NOT in the audience. 8th paragraph Reaction from targets of the speech. Rest of story: Gives background on Venezuela’s try for the UN security council‚ on Chavez himself; reaction from UN reps from other countries; more quotes from the speech. How to write a speech story: Lead Most newsworthy statement Date and location. (can also focus on reaction) 2nd paragraph Elaborates on lead‚ providing
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President James Monroe outline what is now known as the Monroe Doctrine in a speech to congress in 1828. The President warned European nations not to interfere in the affairs of America’s neighbors the nations of the Western Hemisphere. Monroe was responding to European threats to aid Spain in regaining its former Latin American colonies. By 1822 Argentina‚ Colombia‚ and Mexico had revolted and declared their independence.(1)Originally‚ the doctrine had been intended to support weak Latin American
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The large-scale conversion of Mexicans from landowners into cheap labor begins with Manifest Destiny: the belief that Anglo-American settlers were superior human beings destined by God to claim the west and remake it in their own image. The fulfillment of this ‘destiny’ lead Anglo settlers to dispossess many Mexicans of their land and by 1848‚ the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed relinquishing the land (and the people if they chose to identify themselves as U.S. citizens) to the United States
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