of Ethnicity The US escaped the divisiveness of a multiethnic society by a brilliant solution: the creation of a brand-new national identity. The point of America was not to preserve old cultures but to forge a new‚ American culture. This was the ideal that a century later Israel Zangwill crystallized in the title of his popular 1908 play The Melting Pot. The new American identity was inescapably English in language‚ ideas and institutions. The pot did not melt everybody‚ not even all the white
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Reading Essay In The Tipping Point‚ by Malcolm Gladwell‚ the tone clearly drives the strategy to be logos. Logos is an exceptional rhetorical strategy as it persuades the reader‚ not through the use of emotions and feelings‚ but rather through the use of logic and reasoning. There exists an energy in the style in which Gladwell writes that has the power to persuade the audience to believe what he believes in‚ the Tipping Point. Gladwell does not only give us his theory on how epidemics spread‚ but
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The Tipping Point is the “biography of an idea‚” that a good way to think of “any number of [any] mysterious changes that mark everyday life is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do.” (7) There are three basic characteristics of change — “one‚ contagiousness; two‚ the fact that little causes can have big effects; and three‚ that change happens not gradually but at one dramatic moment…” (9) “The name given to that one dramatic moment
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MIP experiment on the melting temperature of different polymers 8.1 Compare and comment on the results obtained. LDPE has the lowest average melting temperature (103.6°C) out of the 4 polymers. It is because LDPE is a linear polymer that has a branched structure which is able to expel the applied heat faster through the “branches” and melt faster. HPDE has the second lowest average melting temperature (139.5°C) out of the 4 polymers. Unlike LDPE‚ HDPE does not have a branched structure and the
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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) was created by chemist Albert Hofmann in Switzerland while attempting to create a blood stimulant. The drug was utilized for psychological experiments for many years and this even led to the military experimenting with it as a biological weapon in the 1960’s. During the 1960’s‚ as a result to the wide dispensing of the drug for experimental purposes‚ it wound up being the “…counterculture used the drug to escape the problems of society…” (LSD: A Short History). Due
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in an organization. The Author has nicely brought out his eight step process of successful change through a very effective and simple story of emperor Penguins‚ living in the Antarctic on an iceberg. A brief summary of the book: Our Iceberg is Melting is a simple fable about doing well in an ever-changing world. The fable is about a penguin colony in Antarctica. Kotter uses the
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“The Melting Pot‚” New York City is known for its cultural diversity. With its iconic landmarks and architectural design‚ it showcases different aspects from the world. Across the pond lies its counterpart‚ London‚ the central hub of the United Kingdom. After being colonized by the Dutch‚ New York was controlled by the British until the United States gained independence. It was here that two cities‚ New York City and London‚ followed the same architectural movements; however‚ after gaining independence
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Global Warming and Acid Rain INTRODUCTION The phrase Global Warming has become familiar to many people as one of the important environmental issues of our day. Many views have been expressed concerning it‚ from the doom-laden to the dismissive. There is little debate that the earth is undoubtedly warming. It has been the subject of intense debate for decades now. Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and industrial gases from fossil fuels play a huge role in why our environment is changing
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The Tipping Point 1. What do you think you are most like? A maven‚ salesman‚ or connector? Or none of them? Why? 2. Can you think of an example of Tipping Point in the past‚ not discussed in the book? 3. Can you think of an example of Tipping Point in the present‚ not discussed in the book? Maybe one that you could have been affected by? 4. Can you think of an example of broken glass theory that you have experienced in your life? 5. Can you think of an example of a fad that has exploded recently
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United States was founded in the 18th century‚ Americans have defined themselves not by their race‚ religion or ethnic identity‚ but by their common beliefs and values in individual freedom. Is American a Melting Pot or a Salad Bowl? In lots of ways The United States of America is considered a “Melting Pot” because the United States of America’s people don’t care or acknowledge that your race is different from other peoples. Obviously you see someone’s color or race but you’re not gonna judge them or
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