<center><b>The Unknown Citizen Is Me</b></center> <br> <br>"The Unknown Citizen"‚ a poem written by W.H. Auden‚ reflects a period of vast change in America’s history‚ making "The Unknown Citizen" an example of the government’s view of the perfect modern man in an overrated‚ unrealistic society. <br> <br>During the time period that this poem was written‚ in the late 1930’s‚ The United States was going through tremendous social‚ political and economic change. Following the passing of Black Monday
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Citizenship in the Nation. While completing the requirements to get this merit badge‚ I needed to define the rights‚ duties‚ and obligations of a responsible and active American citizen. I believe there are very specific responsibilities of an active American citizen: supporting and defending the Constitution‚ staying informed of the issues affecting your community‚ participating in the democratic process‚ respecting and obeying federal‚ state‚ and local laws‚ respecting the rights‚ beliefs‚ and opinions
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will compare the rights and responsibilities of both employer and employee looking at their similarities and differences and explaining them. I will point out each similarity and difference by sections – RIGHTS and RESPONSIBILITIES. Also I will stop my attention at explaining how important is to be able to compare both sides and what are the consequences for both parts if we were not able to compare them and there weren’t any similarities and differences.. SECTION - RIGHTS * Both sides
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enjoyed the fact that they were both physically fit and cognitively alert. They both felt confident that with the advances made in health care that the quality of their lives would continue to empowering. They enjoyed the benefits of being Senior Citizens‚ discounted travel‚ free education‚ and other incentives marketed towards the aged. The expressed a sense of well-being with respect to the numerous housing options geared towards the graying population‚ such as Retirement Villages‚ and assisted
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Karen Cote English 102 15 February 2011 W. H Auden: The Unknown Citizen The marble monument erected by the state or town is usually of a hometown hero. The person is almost always someone who did well for the country and originated from a certain town. The statue is almost never of someone who is just an ordinary man living life just like everyone else around him. This man is the model citizen; one who never causes a stir‚ goes to war when asked‚ and does everything to serve the common good
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Citizen Kane is an American classic film from 1941 and it is regarded as one of the top ten greatest movies of all time. It was able to achieve this with a complex and clever way of telling a story and revealing the plot. Along with a great cast of new but talented actors‚ each helped brought their characters to life to make the film memorable. Especially the character Charlie Kane‚ whose performance made you both love him and hate him at the same time. The actor director Orson Welles crafted this
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Assignment I: Is Socrates a good citizen? Discuss with reference to the Apology and the Crito. The Socratic Citizen Plato’s Socrates is a character plagued and prized with contradictions. He professed to care for nothing so much as virtue and human excellence but was incriminated by the greatest and most open democracy in ancient history. He was wrongfully convicted‚ yet unwilling to avoid his unjust execution. He is at once the most Athenian‚ citizenly‚ patriotic‚ and other-regarding of philosophers—and
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Thomas Fernandez Professor Rachel K Cremona Intro to Political Science January 24‚ 2013 The “Free” Citizen Freedom is defined as “the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one wants.” (Oxford Dictionaries) Although the United States of America and many other countries pride themselves on being “free” this is not entirely the case. There is currently no such thing as an entirely free country anywhere on this planet. There are on the other hand many free countries that preach freedom
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It is indeed important that rights are considered with responsibilities. In every human undertaking‚ it is understood that rights are given because of the responsibility that a person has adopted. Rights cannot be given to irresponsible people. It is true that people who are given rights often abuse them and make society pay the price. Certainly‚ teenagers are old enough to make decisions about things that concern them. It is at the end of the teenage that a lot of decisions are made. Decisions
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In order to reach the best conclusion on what it means to be a citizen‚ a discussion of the most primitive answer to the question must be established. To put it bluntly‚ a citizen‚ without any outside considerations or sophistications‚ is a person who is associated with a group of people. This definition is necessary‚ but not sufficient to define what a citizen is. To generalize what a citizen is under a set of definiens creates complications with regards to analyzing different cultures within different
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