Running head: American Reasoning A Shift in American Reasoning The United States of America is a country full of people from various backgrounds and cultures. This nation contains a highly diverse population‚ the product of numerous waves of immigration from the early 15th Century to present day. (BBC News‚ 2011) Ethnic and racial diversity‚ known as the "melting pot"‚ is the core element of the American ideology. Like some countries‚ the United States
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described the lake with subjective description that delivered his emotion and impression towards the lake. He wrote “Once More to the Lake” recalling his memories with his father and taking along his son for the first time. The theme of this essay was the passage of time and the changes occurred in the lake. He revealed the differences of the lake and that he himself had changed by time‚ yet still felt the bond tied between his past existence. By looking at his son‚ he felt like his son was he and he
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Georgia Paul December 9‚ 2014 Marijuana’s Impact upon society The first recorded usage of marijuana was in 2727 B.C by Chinese Emperor Shen Nung who recognized the heeling properties of the plant. Marijuana was introduced to the Jamestown colony in North America in 1611. In 1854 the United States Pharmacopeia listed the medical properties of the use of marijuana including treatment options for gout‚ migraine headaches‚ rheumatism‚ hysteria‚ depression‚ loss of appetite‚ childbirth pains‚ and many
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martial artist‚ and screenwriter‚ once said‚“It’s a rare thing when a father and son can share the same experience” (Rick Yune). The relationship of the quote‚ relates to Elie and his father because it demonstrates that father and son rarely get to encounter the same situation together and when they do‚ it is something that is not forgotten. During Night‚ father and son become closer together due to the experience they encountered‚ while at the concentration camps. Once at the concentration camps‚ and
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their common adversaries‚ the “real orphans with beautiful dead parents” (Recitatif page 1) and “the gar girls” (Recitatif page 4)‚ their undeniable differences drew a line between them. In addition‚ their differences are imposed strongly for the first time through their mothers: “Roberta’s mother looked down at me and then looked down at Mary. She didn’t say anything‚ just grabbed Roberta with her Bible-free hand and stepped out of line” (Recitatif page 2). From this incident‚ the author forces the reader
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Andrew Carmona Mr. Carlson History 1700 30 January 2013 We Were Soldiers Once… And Young Almost everyone you ask will tell you that the Vietnam War was one of the most gruesome and hectic of the wars that the United States has fought. We Were Soldiers was a movie about the battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam‚ also known as the “Valley of Death” to US soldiers. Lt. Colonel Hal Moore (played by Mel Gibson) is a hardened veteran from Korea who is given command of the 1st Battalion/ 7th Calvary regiment
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Women ’s Beauty: Put Down or Power Source? What is beauty? Beauty to the Greeks was a virtue. Sontag explains if it had occurred to the Greeks to see inner or outer beauty‚ both types of beauty would be looked upon; one beauty is not more significant than the other is. Through time‚ people are taught that those with beauty aren ’t exactly the brightest‚ and those that are intellectual aren ’t beautiful; however when we see someone beautiful and intelligent‚ we are surprised. Socrates‚ a Greek
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changes. Cambodia has many differences and stretches the materialistic culture while the U.S. is more prominent in the non-materialistic culture. Despite their differences the U.S. and Cambodia distinctly show some similarities throughout the film. Upon the Daily Motion’s video displayed the current ways of non-materialism and materialistic culture‚ in Cambodia’s daily life style which consisted of religion‚ day of transportation and economy. Cambodia’s culture consisted striving heavily on religion
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Not the Hero You Once Thought Ralph Waldo Emerson once said‚ “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man‚ but he is brave five minutes longer.” In the book‚ The Odyssey‚ written by Homer‚ we follow a mortal named Odysseus through his journey home to Ithaca. Odysseus faces many obstacles along his way and the way he chooses to combat them may make him appear a hero. Despite his obvious heroic qualities‚ Odysseus is not the hero you once thought. A person may act as a hero at times and those heroic
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Determining whether the God you praise and worship is choleric because of your presence by the sins you’ve created is a never ending battle in the 17th-18th centuries. Upon the Burning of Our House is a poem‚ with nine stanzas‚ written by Anne Bradstreet explaining her understanding and able to live and learn from sin with God. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is a work‚ written as a sermon‚ by Jonathan Edwards who preaches to all the non-Puritan sinners‚ that if they don’t convert and take blame
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