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    This essay was written by a 16 Year Old (2006) in a selective high school (Sydney) in the top English class (later on became Dux of English). Was chosen to be the ’model’ essay‚ so I guess its an A+ or 10/10. 2000 words. *********************The Catcher In The Rye has been renowned as a classic due to a wide range of factors which have been able to garner appeal to the audience throughout the ages. JD Salinger has created a character- Holden Caulfield‚ which the audience can easily identify and

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    The American Dream has been a controversial topic because two groups have different beliefs on the matter. One side believes that it is dead‚ but the other side believes it is alive and thriving. The divide is due to various factors that make up the American Dream. There are different ways people look at the subject‚ which would explain the divide between the opposing sides. In order to determine if the American Dream still exists we must consider the benefits from the Dream‚ the people who are eligible

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    Basketball is the most American sport‚ but not because it’s the only American sport with an identifiable inventor. In America‚ basketball has helped bridge differences in race and social class. The game also helps promote American values of selflessness and selfishness. In addition‚ because the NBA has helped the game go global the globalization of American culture has been a reality. Basketball takes the concept of America being a “melting pot” of racial diversification and puts it into play on

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    Proud to be an American I am proud to be an American. I am proud because we have always fought for freedom and peace. There are many people who have fought for the freedom of our country. There are also many people who have died for it. In the following paragraphs‚ I will tell you about three of the five branches of the United States Armed Forces that fight for our freedom‚ facts about them‚ and the important battles that they have fought. The first branch I will tell you about is the United States

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    Changez‚ a Pakistani moves to America to pursue his Princeton degree‚ traces his journey of his adaption to American society‚ including his college life‚ his job at Underwood Samson‚ and his connection to an American girl. The assertion that “I was‚ in four and a half years‚ never an American; I was immediately a New Yorker” is not a valid point because he begins with defining himself as an American at the start. Whereas after the devastating effects of 9/11‚ and in consequence how Muslims were treated

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    As the railroads were built in Arizona that connected it to the rest of the U.S‚ Anglo-Americans came to establish prosperity through businesses or their services. It elevated the hierarchy to benefit the Americans that treated Mexicans as second-class citizens and created new social norm to exclude them. European superiority was connected with the elevated status that Americans to segregate. Americans were known to bring professions such as doctors‚ lawyers‚ etc. Mexicans populated the majority

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    The American Revolution (1775-83) is‚ for the most part‚ called the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The debate ascended out of creating strains between inhabitants of Great Britain’s 13 North American states and the typical government‚ which tended to the British crown. Clashes between British troops and wild minutemen at Lexington and Concord in April 1775 began the equipped clash‚ and in the going to summer‚ the instigators were looking for after a full-scale war for

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    Opinion: Why do Americans get married so early? Growing up in Germany I’ve been living in America for one and a half year and I honestly have to say that I got used to the culture‚ values and traditions pretty quickly. But one thing I never understood and I’m still doubting about is why Americans get married with an age of 21 or even younger. In European countries and many other ones like China and Japan the average age of marriage is 30. There is a world out there‚ new things to experience

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    proposed. For Marx it was the conflict between classes‚ for Weber it was the continuing development of rationalization and for Schumpeter‚ it was innovation‚ both technological and organizational. Around the turn of the twentieth century‚ capitalism (American capitalism in particular) went through a major transformation‚ with various dimensions contributing to it. Firstly the capitalist society gave birth to the large capital-intensive firm. Second‚ together with the large size of key players‚ there emerged

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    when the Japanese came to America; they brought over their sport values along with adapting to American sports. The Japanese established similar and significant sport themes like other culture such as emotional support‚ community interaction‚ and equality. According to Regalado‚ (1992)‚ the Japanese came to America during the world war two. They came to the United States to have freedom like Americans. The Japanese brought over their traditional sports such as bamboo-strave fighting and sumo wrestling

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