Living in Windsor‚ Connecticut I am constantly interacting with people of different cultural and ethnical backgrounds‚ but befriending a Japanese exchange student gave me a new perspective of the world. When I first met Genki he barely knew any English and struggled to connect with the students within my school‚ however‚ we instantly became friends because of our love for tennis. Luckily‚ on the first day of school Genki and I had a class in common. After hearing him say he played tennis during
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Gatsby’s Pursuit of the American Dream The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by Scott Fitzgerald‚ is about the American Dream‚ and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its impossible goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is used in many novels. This dream is different for different people; but‚ in The Great Gatsby‚ for Jay‚ the dream is that through wealth and power‚ one can acquire happiness. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream; and‚ in order to do this
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Huiye is 17 years old‚ his life is centered around his education‚ as this is a very important year of his life. This year‚ Shao will take the National University Entrance Examinations‚ which will determine if he will get to continue his schooling the following year‚ if he does poorly‚ his education in China‚ will be over. Shao is not an average Chinese student‚ his family is wealthy and they live in Shanghai‚ one of China’s most wealthy areas. Shao’s family has enough money‚ to afford
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Thai and American Food In the past few years‚ I have traveled to many countries and got to experience many types of foods. One of those countries which was very interesting was America. There are several obvious differences between Thai and American food. The first difference is the difference of flavor. Thais foods are very flavorful; there are a variety of tastes. For example‚ one bowl of curry is probably filled up with sour-tasting lime or tamarind‚ salt from fish sauce and a sweet taste from
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Springsteen once said‚ "I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream." Is there a difference between the two? Is the American dream really just what it says in the title- a dream? To define what this ’dream’ is: The American Dream is the term for people who believe that in the United States anyone can become rich if they work hard and try their very best. Once the foundation of all American beliefs‚ the goal of achieving complete success has become just
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The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1820 according to U.S. government records. 325 men are known to have arrived before the 1849 California Gold Rush[12] which drew the first significant number of laborers from China who mined for gold and performed menial labor.[13][14][15] There were 25‚000 immigrants by 1852‚ and 105‚465 by 1880‚ most of whom lived on the West Coast. They formed over a tenth of California’s population. Nearly all the early immigrants were young males with low educational levels
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The book American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang is a book that shows that you are who you are; you can’t be liked by everyone. The Monkey King‚ Danny‚ and Jin all had to deal with this problem of trying to act cool or trying to change their self and who they are‚ just to fit in. First story is Jin Wang son of the Chinese‚ who wants to fit in. He wants to date a blond girl‚ so he decides to perm his hair. He wants‚ and how
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A: Hello everyone! Have you ever tried when typing a definitely correct word in Microsoft‚ but it says your word is wrong? Do you know why? It is because of the difference between British and American English. B: To begin with‚ let’s talk about history. In the past‚ the religions of the British & American were different. Christians(that is the Puritans) were persecuted by the other people. So some of them grouped together & went to America because they wanted to leave England. C: They
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The American and French Revolution were similar in some ways. They were similar based on the causation for each revolution. However‚ their military commanders‚ George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte differed. Both revolutions had multiple causations for occurring while each leader had their own reasons for fighting. The American Revolution was caused by multiple events. Some of the causations for the American Revolution were the Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts . As a result of King
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and positive as the Canadian-American relations. Canada is one of the world ’s richest and most economically developed countries. China is the biggest developing country and Communist country in the world. China is also the world ’s second largest economy after the United States; it is considered an emerging economy because of its rapid growth and industrialization after the “Reform and Opining up policy” in 1978. The Chinese market‚ with dramatically increasing Chinese economy‚ has become more and
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