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  • Huck Finn: America’s Fascination with the Bad Boy

    Huck Finn: America’s Fascination with the Bad Boy

    Huck Finn: America’s Fascination with the Bad Boy Throughout the history of American Literature, the use of the ‘bad boy’ or the rebel in the literature has always fascinated readers. We may ask ourselves why would a bad person with typically bad morals and a bad attitude appeal to people in society? American society typically flocks toward certain characters in literature, based on their character. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, we

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    Submitted: April 18, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Alistair Macleod - Modern World Versus Traditional World

    Alistair Macleod - Modern World Versus Traditional World

    Modern World versus Traditional World The stories from Alistair Macleod’s The Lost Salt Gift of Blood are often related to the lives of the people of the Maritimes who are commonly miners, fishermen and farmers. The author repeatedly examines similar themes and issues in his short stories such as isolation, choices versus consequences and the concept of dying culture. However, the most prominent theme deals with the contrast between the rural ways of life and

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    Submitted: April 18, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Foreigners Are Ruining America (satirical Essay)

    Foreigners Are Ruining America (satirical Essay)

    A Modest Proposal “A way to rid ourselves of foreigners” This essay was written by, Sanel, a foreigner living in America for 8 years. The following “American Speaker” is based on Sanel’s personal view on Americans, and his personal belief on how Americans view foreigners. Foreigners are ruining our country. They take up our space, buy our houses, attend our schools, and drive on our already busy roads. They are different from us and do

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    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Victor
  • Buddhism in America

    Buddhism in America

    Buddhism is a religion with millions of followers in the United States, including traditionally Buddhist Asian Americans as well as non-Asian converts. While in the large history of Buddhism it is relatively new to the United States, it’s introduction to the U.S. is interesting because is a new and different environment for Buddhists. Because it is relatively new to the United States, it developed an already interesting history and continues to do so as America

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    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Role of the Visual in Modern Architecture

    The Role of the Visual in Modern Architecture

    The role of the visual in today's society is quite apparent. Beautiful, flashy images are everywhere in the media, and all of them serve the same purpose. The purpose of all of these images is to get you, the consumer to buy the product that is being sold, or at least buy into the idea that a particular product represents. The role of the visual in modern architecture is very much the same. The purpose

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Edward
  • New America

    New America

    The stock market crash of 1929 helped launch the United States into the worst economic depression in history. The severity of the Great Depression called for an immediate way to recover what was lost and some relief to the victims. Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for president in 1932, in his inauguration he stated , “ I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people”(5). Little did he know, his

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Jack
  • America’s Great War: Review

    America’s Great War: Review

    In the book, America’s Great War: World War I and the American Experience, Robert H. Zieger discusses the events between 1914 through 1920 forever defined the United States in the Twentieth Century. When conflict broke out in Europe in 1914, the President, Woodrow Wilson, along with the American people wished to remain neutral. In the beginning of the Twentieth Century United States politics was still based on the “isolationism” ideals of the previous century. The

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    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Bred
  • Illegal Immigration and Its Effect on America

    Illegal Immigration and Its Effect on America

    Illegal Immigration and Its Effect On America Thesis: Learning as much as possible about Illegal Immigration so that we may understand and try and find a reasonable solution. I. What Is Illegal Immigration? A. Illegal Immigration B. When did it begin? II. Toll of Illegal Immigration On America A. Hidden Cost Of Illegal Immigration B. Crime C. The Loss America Suffers For Illegal Immigration D. How Things Have Changed III. America Speaks Up A. Why

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    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Jack
  • Racism in America

    Racism in America

    Racism In America There is surely no nation in the world that holds "racism" in greater horror than does the United States. Compared to other kinds of offenses, it is thought to be somehow more reprehensible. The press and public have become so used to tales of murder, rape, robbery, and arson, that any but the most spectacular crimes are shrugged off as part of the inevitable texture of American life. "Racism" is never shrugged

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    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Anna
  • The First Modern War (the Civil War)

    The First Modern War (the Civil War)

    The Civil War was the first modern war. Technology had reached new levels due to the Industrial Revolution. New weapons, ships, transportation, and medicines were all being used in the Civil War. This created problems because the technology was much more advanced then anything the people of the time were familiar with. Due to lack of experience using the new technology, accidents happened and casualties were high. New weapons were first used in the

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    Submitted: April 22, 2010 By: Anna
  • Corporate America Is Betraying Women

    Corporate America Is Betraying Women

    CORPORATE AMERICA IS BETRAYING WOMEN How Corporate America is Betraying Women Goalee Xiong Metropolitan State University Abstract Forty years ago, the Civil Rights Act made discrimination on the basis of sex illegal, studies show that women, practically across all job categories, are still paid less for doing the very same job as men. The threat of a sex-discrimination case has become one of corporate America’s worst nightmare and many experts expect the number of suits

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    Submitted: April 23, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Buddhism in America

    Buddhism in America

    Understanding Buddhism Term Paper Buddhism in America In this paper I have chosen to explore the growing phenomenon of Western Buddhism, specifically the rise of Buddhist philosophy and Buddhist religion and its various sects in the United States of America. There is little consensus on an explanation for the growing popularity of American Buddhism. Unlike in Asia where there is century's worth of social and political background for Buddhism, America has almost none by comparison.

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    Submitted: April 24, 2010 By: regina
  • Slaves in America

    Slaves in America

    I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands on the back of nearly 4 million beaten, run-down African-American slaves that made up the foundation of this great country. A people ripped from their families and the place they called home to suffer through 2 centuries of injustice. There were larger forces that shaped the experience of African-American’s in the time of slavery in

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    Submitted: April 24, 2010 By: Top
  • Modernism, Post-Modernism, and the Feminist Perspective

    Modernism, Post-Modernism, and the Feminist Perspective

    Modernism, Post-Modernism, and the Feminist Perspective Literature is a driving, flexible, ideological force in culture. It reflects society and the times in which the piece is written, just as society is then influenced by literature. Certain trends are associated with different periods throughout time. Before the 20th century, the literature world went through periods of Enlightenment as well as rejection of this idea, thus reflecting society at that point. During the 20th century, modernism

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: July
  • Consumerism in America

    Consumerism in America

    Consumerism is the center of American culture. Americans tend to confuse their wants with their needs. With new advances in technology, as well as the help of advertisers, people are provided with easy access to new products that seem essential to their everyday life, even though they have survived this long without them. People cannot live without food, clothing, and shelter. But realistically, according to people’s different lifestyles, more than food, clothing, and shelter

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    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: Jack
  • Muslims in America

    Muslims in America

    Muslims in America America today is made up of many different cultures as well as people that are in them. Not only is America diverse by the different races of people but also by their culture. In America we have many different cultures and from those cultures come subcultures. Which is a group in society which does not follow the main stream of things? Some of the more famous ones would be gays and lesbians,

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Janna
  • Equality in America

    Equality in America

    WOMEN In the middle to late 1800s, diversity swept across the United States of America. What is diversity? Diversity implies a wide variety in gender, race, culture, ethnicity, age, and other characteristics of certain groups ("Diversity," 2006). Diversity is present in every possible aspect of life. It does not matter where one goes or what one does in America, no two people look or act exactly the same. America has been and still is known

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Top
  • Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America

    Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America

    Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America “Fourscore and seven years ago….” These are the first 5 of only two hundred seventy-two words that remade America. In Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, the author, Gary Wills, informed us that Abraham Lincoln wanted equality among us and to unite as one. In Abraham Lincoln’s own speech, he would not mention single individuals or even top officers. Everyone was considered as equal importance

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Artur
  • Smoking in America

    Smoking in America

    Even before the founding of our nation, there were certain things that were an integral part of our society. One of these was the tobacco plant. Hundreds of years before Europeans set foot on what is now our country; Native Americans who were indigenous of this land grew this plant. For hundreds of years it was a vital part of their society. Native Americans cultivated tobacco in North America before the first English settlers

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    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: Jack
  • Aids Invades Rural America

    Aids Invades Rural America

    AIDS Invades Rural America AIDS has been a problem in the United States for many years now. However, many people view victims of AIDS as homosexuals or drug users; this is no longer the case. AIDS is now being spread through teenagers in rural America. Many problems have arisen from the increasing number of victim in smaller America cities where hospitals and doctors are not able to provide suffienct treatment because of a lack of

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Museum of Modern Art in New York

    Museum of Modern Art in New York

    Museum of Modern Art in New York Roxanne Briano The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is the world’s leading modern art. Its exhibits have been a major influence in creating and stimulating popular awareness of modern art and its accompanying diversity of its styles and movements. The museum’s outstanding collections of modern painting, sculpture, drawings, and prints range from Impressionisms to current movements. Moreover, there are exhibits of modern architecture, industrial design,

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Janna
  • Contemporary Myth in North America

    Contemporary Myth in North America

    Roswell Myth Introduction Myths are stories that are used to explain a belief or experience. Myths also present a particular point of view of a situation or event. In North America there are many myths that influence society and shape the world as society knows it. American society has been exposed to different myths and legends due to the diversity of the population. One of the more famous myths in North America surrounds an event

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Tommy
  • How Democratic Is the United States of America?

    How Democratic Is the United States of America?

    How Democratic is the United States of America? How democratic is the United States of America? Not very many people ask themselves this question because since they live in the United States they don’t believe that they have to ask this to themselves. All of the United States citizens just assume that they have a very democratic nation only because that’s what everybody says about this county. But in reality for those how have been

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Anna
  • Life in the Drive-Thru Lane: A Look at the Impact of Fast Food on America

    Life in the Drive-Thru Lane: A Look at the Impact of Fast Food on America

    Life in the Drive-thru Lane: A Look at the Impact of Fast Food on America Weight gain, high cholesterol, vomiting, headaches, depression, and vanished sex drive; these are the effects of eating nothing but McDonald's for a month. That is exactly what happened to Morgan Spurlock, a filmmaker who ate McDonald's for three meals a day, every day, for a month for his documentary on the harmful effects of fast food on the body called

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Yan
  • Democracy in America

    Democracy in America

    As America distanced itself from Great Britain’s government, it attempted to create a more democratic society. America succeeded in religious democracy, giving people the chance to choose if they wanted to go to church, and which church they would go to. Also, American society was able to increase political democracy, by giving the less wealthy places in office. Unfortunately, economic democracy worsened, as the rich just became richer, and a lot of people didn’t even

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    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Jon