An Ideal American “Freedom is what America means to the world.” - Audie Murphy. America is an extremely outstanding country‚ and the people that live in it have many responsibilities and privileges that make them an American. An ideal American should have great and noble qualities with loyalty and patriotism only being two. One’s loyalty to his country is not something that can be taught. Loyalty for one’s country is best explained in this quote by Thomas Wolfe: “The fabulous country-the place
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American West The “American West” is not what many people think of when they hear those words. People think of it as cowboys and Indians fighting on the Great Plains and in the canyons or the travel across rugged terrain traveling as fast as they could for the gold rush. In all honesty the west started as soon as the Americas began to be colonized and many historians say it begins at the Proclamation Line of 1763. They had many struggles with the Native Americans‚ the French trying to take their
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The Quiet American is an anti-war novel by British author Graham Greene‚ first published in United Kingdom in 1955 and in the United States in 1956. It was adapted into films in 1958 and 2002. The book draws on Greene ’s experiences as a war correspondent for The Times and Le Figaro in French Indochina 1951-1954. He was apparently inspired to write The Quiet American in October 1951 while driving back to Saigon from the Ben Tre province. He was accompanied by an American aid worker who lectured him
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Writing Assignment 3 America had a goal after the American Revolution‚ and that goal was that the United States would inevitable expand all the way west‚ to the Pacific. Through out 1790-1850‚ Westward expansion was the main goal of most presidents who fell in this time period. The country grew geographical from “Manifest Destiny”‚ socially & culturally from the increase of immigration‚ and economically from cotton in the south. Even though there were tons of problems that arouse from these
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composition as he was the director of photography for two modern classic films‚ Cool Hand Luke and In Cold Blood. In 1969 he won his first Academy Award for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. (1)Hall won two more academy awards with his last two films‚ American Beauty (1999) and Road to Perdition (2002)‚ both of which he teamed up with director Sam Mendez. On January 4‚ 2003 at the age of 76‚ Hall died from complications with bladder cancer. (8)With over 40 cinematography credits to his name‚ besides
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American Dreams Essay #2 The definition of the “American Dream” is obtaining a beautiful house with a white picket fence; kids are playing in the freshly cut green lawn with your yellow lab dog‚ you holding your young wife while having a new Chevrolet pickup truck and a Lund boat sitting in the driveway. It’s coming home from a long day of work for your kids to come jumping into your arms full excitement while you smile and kiss your spouse. As for many people vision these scenes from things they
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Hadaway Honors Grammar Mrs. Lindsey March 10‚ 2014 The American Dream: 1920s and Today The 1920s were new times for Americans. Wealth‚ leisure‚ and social events replaced the frugality and hard work that had defined America for decades before. A country built on the backbone of ingenuity and a “work before play” philosophy was transformed into a wasteful‚ carefree time. Gatsby fulfils the typical embodiment of the 1920s American dream; a man squandering his fortune on lavish parties‚ expensive
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Rachel Reyngoudt Ms. Salam American Literature 19 April 2012 Deceit in America To some people‚ the American Dream is power‚ wealth‚ fame‚ and influence. Most with this dream are willing to do almost anything to achieve these things‚ but there have been many times where “willing to do anything” has been taken too far. There have been Presidents‚ celebrities‚ and just everyday average people that have lied and deceived others to make sure that nothing comes between them and their dream. Lies
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English GT 9 17 December 2012 American Dream Analysis “People are so busy dreaming the American Dream‚ fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be‚ that they’re all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.” (King‚ Florence.) Is this statement not showing the reality of the world during the time of the Great Depression? The American Dream was created with the promise of land‚ success‚ and prosperity. It gave the people of America the hope to believe
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Gotta Love This American Ride Toby Keith is one of the best country singers of his generation and many would say one of the greatest of all time. Toby Keith has many notable awards some being‚ Entertainer of the Year‚ Album of the Year‚ Top Male Vocalist and also Video of the Year. This list keeps going on as he has won many of these awards in consecutive years. Keith started in 1993 and is still currently releasing songs today. One of Toby Keith’s song “American Ride” was released in October of
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