characteristics of a society‚ modern or historical‚ real or fantastic. New York is the center of the American finance industry. It is also one of the most importance centers for arts and culture in the U.S. And‚ in a country that styled itself as a "great melting pot" of people from all of the world‚ it is ethnically diverse. Obviously‚ economically advanced‚ artistic attainments‚ and ethnic makeup are among the most important characteristics of the young and developed country‚ one would learn a lot about American
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The Melting Pot The myth of the melting pot was created by a man named J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur. His idea was that immigrants from all over the world would come together to create a new society. A new race‚ religion and way of life would come from this society. The myth is widely known today and is often related to the United States. America is known to be a melting pot because it is a society made up from people of different race‚ culture and beliefs. The myth of the melting pot implies
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It has been said that America is designed to be a melting pot of culture from all over‚ and that is the reason why efforts to be more incorporating of other cultures have been practiced still as of today. However‚ there still exists a group of people who believe that America belongs to the white people and thus they believe that the aforementioned race is superior to the other races. These so-called white supremacists have been rising in prominence as of late since Donald Trump became president last
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Vietnamese Youths No Longer Look Homeward Nancy Wride In her essay‚ ‘’Vietnamese Youths No longer Look Homeward’’‚ Wride familiarizes readers with the so-called 1.5 generation and does this by interviewing a group of California high school and college students‚ who share their thought about the American dream‚ Vietnamese ancestry‚ and assimilation. According to Wride the 1.5 generation are Vietnamese who immigrated to the United States of America‚ typically at an early age‚ thus most
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They say that America is the melting pot of the world. Certainly‚ many different people from many different countries‚ and with very different worldviews came to America and made it their home. But perhaps some of those people‚ and indeed‚ some of their cultures‚ melted easier than others. Almost all immigrants struggled with assimilation‚ but the promises of a new life‚ and the cruel reality of their old one‚ made immigration worth it for many. America offered practically free land in the Louisiana
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names. Fitting into American has been a major topic for my English courses for the last 3 years. From an inside perspective‚ it doesn’t seem very hard to be able to fit into a country where just about anything is acceptable. Known as “the melting pot” of different cultures‚ America should be welcoming to non-Americans. The father describes a dramatic moment in their immigration process when he says‚ “We are people without a country‚ until we walk out of that gate‚ and then we are American” (Nguyen
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The United States is often referred to as the “melting pot” to describe how different cultures have combined to influence American culture. 1 The population of the United States is comprised of immigrates from other countries causing it to become one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. The different cultures have contributed to the languages‚ religions‚ style‚ cuisine‚ arts‚ sports and‚ holidays that are seen throughout American history and present day. If all of these areas are
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America is often called a melting pot. A land born from immigration. However‚ in today’s society there is often a divide between “Americans” and immigrants. There are even political cries to prevent immigrants from coming to the United States. Why is this? Two non-American authors who have spent time in America examine this divide between the Americans and immigrants. In their novels‚ The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid and Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid‚ both Hamid and Kincaid utilize American
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continue to occur throughout the world‚ there are multiple wars that we all forget. The Cambodian Civil War: Pol Pot was one of the major war and the only a small number survived the War. Those survived are now close to retirement as the Cambodian Civil War: Pol Pot War ended in 1979. Not many people know about the war as few survived and only some people are willing to talk about the Pol Pot War because it brings back “terrible” memories. Chou Onn‚ 58 is one of the lucky handfuls who survived and are
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The experimental melting point range of the desired alkene product‚ trans-9-(2-phenylethenyl) anthracene‚ was found to be 132-134 ˚C‚ in comparison to the literature value melting point range of 130-132˚C‚1 it was slightly higher than expected. Overall‚ the experimental melting point range varied from the initial melting point temperature and maximum melting point temperature by 2˚C. As the experimental melting point had a small range of temperature variance and was above that of the literature value
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