She was the first immigrant at Ellis Island. She turned 15 on January 1‚ 1892. The Statue of Liberty has been standing for over 125 years to represent New york Harbor’s freedom. The famous last words are a happy welcome to immigrants that came to America. For the 20th century‚ Bob Hope‚ being a actor and comedian‚ kept American citizens
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Professor Wasserberger English A‚ 9324 3 October 2013 “The American Dream” Today‚ many people immigrate to the United States of America hoping for a better life; searching for the American Dream‚ equality‚ freedom‚ and trying to achieve goals. The American Dream is the pursuit of prosperity and an inspiration for people to push their limits and achieve something higher. Everyone in the United States has the opportunity to achieve the American Dream no matter what. The American Dream has
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the Men In Black facility. In the final chapters of the story the Men in Black push to great lengths to erase the memory of the people of New York City who have faced the catastrophic events with the aliens‚ they build a giant neutralizer into the Statue of Liberty and set it off. The lives that the aliens possess and the actions Men in Black take expresses postmodernism. The idea that the world we live in now is corrupt and any knowledge of the unknown is to be quarantined or
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What is “America” means to me My poster board is broken up into five different sections. My first section of my collage is pictures of America’s most famous symbols‚ such as the White House‚ the flag‚ Mount Rushmore‚ and the Statue of Liberty. The second section of my collage is labeled ideals and values. The pictures I choose were family‚ wealth‚ products‚ and democracy. Family‚ wealth‚ and products are three things Americans strive for; it’s a common goal for most of us. Democracy is something
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therefore his attitude wasn’t so great. Do you think the ideas of Americans today regarding immigrants are different or similar to the ideas expressed on the base of the Statue of Liberty? If so‚ how? I do not think the ideas of Americans today regarding to immigrants are different to the ideas expressed on the base of the Statue of Liberty. I think what has really changed is the attitude towards the immigrants cultures. There is one difference though‚ Immigrants back then were more legal immigrants
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“With silent lips give me your tired‚ your poor‚our huddled masses yearning to breathe free‚ the wretched refuse of your teeming shore‚ send these‚ the homeless‚ tempest-tossed to me‚ I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” This quote shows that the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of hope to the immigrants and they come to live in America to be free or to live a new life.” Another quote is from a letter called What is an American? And it says “They receive ample rewards for their labours; these accumulated
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Ellis Island Of the two highly symbolic pieces of land in New York harbor‚ the more obvious icon is the Statue of Liberty; the lady embodies every immigrant’s dream of America. But I’ll take Ellis Island—that’s an icon with its feet in reality. Almost half the people now living in America can trace their ancestry to the 12 million men and women and children who entered the country there. mainly between 1892 and 1924. “It’s their Plymouth Rock‚” says M. Ann Belkov‚ superintendent of the National
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at school and trying to pay attention the road. I noticed a figure in the distance jumping around. As I drove closer‚ the figure came into vision I noticed it was a man. On the corner of the street was a Liberty Tax worker. He was dressed as the statue of liberty. He was jumping around like his pants were on fire. My first instinct was to laugh‚ because he looked a fool bouncing around like he was. Then I grew sad. I wondered how long he had been out in the artic like temperatures to do advertisement
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message‚ and the writer of the message. 4. A. Go see the Statue of Liberty. Declarative B. If you were to climb to the top of the statue‚ then you could share in the breathtaking feeling experienced by many hopeful immigrants. Conditional C. For over a century‚ it has greeted immigrants and visitors to America. Imperative D. Did you know the Statue of Liberty is made of copper and stands over 150 feet tall? Interrogative E. The Statue of Liberty is amazing! Exclamatory 5. Satire is literary
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saying you are allowed to be in America. You are also able to get kick out for being here illegally. The government here calls them illegal aliens. (Documents 10&6) When our ship finally arrived Maria and I saw the statue of liberty. It was beautiful! On the pedestal of the statue there was a poem called “The New Collous.” The line stated that all people are welcome into the country no matter what. The excerpt from the was “Give me your tired your poor. Your huddled masses
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