In this day and age‚ to be American is something frequently mocked. With all the stereotypes‚ it makes us wonder what it truly means to be American. Does it mean to be fat and unhealthy? Greedy and demanding? Racist and Harsh? This is the brand we are all marked with as a whole nation‚ but I reject these labels. To be an American is something we should be proud of. By the definition I see‚ it is something to be proud of‚ even in the darkest and harshest of times when we do things we will never forgive;
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4th Period Definition Essay‚ “What is an American” FINAL DRAFT Paste your final draft here: What Is an American? What does it mean to be an American? Many will have similarities in their answers but none will ever be the same. When we started this unit‚ my definition was to have a deep history in the U.S.‚ having opportunities to better yourself‚ and having freedom. Some people are never able to experience the feeling of living the American dream. Native Americans‚ who are the original people of
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importance of our cultures. How does our cultural identity define us‚ if at all—and what exactly does it mean to be an American? Throughout history‚ and despite a past peppered with racial discrimination‚ America has always been an amalgamation of countless cultural identities. With this in mind‚ it can be safely said that in today’s society‚ race most definitely matters. Before the reasons of why race matters can be determined‚ we must first define what it means to be an American‚ the concept of
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For me personally‚ in one word‚ democracy means freedom. More in depth‚ democracy is much more complex because it allows all citizens to have an equal say in many different decisions that affect lives. Democracy allows citizens of the United States to equally voice their opinion through elected representatives and by the creation of new laws and the freedom of speech. The country used to be run under communism which was much more controlled than democracy. No one was allowed to own their own
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What does friendship mean to you? There are myriad meanings of friendships‚ for example‚ Google says that friendship means a relationship between friends‚ however‚ my definition of friendship is having someone’s back‚ keeping secrets‚ having a secret lingo‚ so no one knows what you are talking about‚ speaking to each other with your eyes‚ and laughing at something irrelevant together. Many people have different definitions of friendship‚ and they probably will not be the same as mine‚ but they have
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Venezuelan independecy depended of a rebolition agains the Spanish kingdom and the king Fernando VII where the provinces of nowdays Colombia‚ New Granada‚ Los Andes‚ Peru‚ Venezuela‚ and Patagonia fought together and created “The Great Colombia” with the leadership of “The Liberator” Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios who was the main character in this rebolition that changed the politics and the way of life of entire South America. The movie “The Liberator” do not just
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What does independence mean to you? For some it could mean hanging out with the family popping fireworks‚ or visiting Arlington Cemetery to pay respect for those who have fallen in the act of duty. Yet for me when it comes to independence‚ it is being able to find a backbone for myself at a young age. First off‚ when I lived with my biological mother‚ she would always be intoxicated and focusing on getting her next fix of dope. Being three at the time‚ I can recall memories of having to do tasks
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leaving little to their less developed partners. As the first paragraph in the book Globalization for development has noted‚ ”(t)he relationship between globalization and poverty is not well understood. For many‚ globalization is held out as the only means by which global poverty can be reduced. For others‚ globalization is seen as an important cause of global poverty”. However‚ the
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What Heidegger Means by Being-in-the-World Martin Heidegger’s main interest was to raise the issue of Being‚ that is‚ to make sense of our capacity to make sense of things. Additionally he wished to rekindle the notion that although difficult to understand‚ this issue was of utmost importance (Dreyfus 1991). Heidegger’s study‚ however‚ was of a specific type of Being‚ the human being‚ referred to by Heidegger as Dasein’‚ which literally means Being-there’ (Solomon 1972). By using the expression
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Emma 13‚ Oct 2011 Respect Others the Way We Want to be Treated To me‚ respect means we honor people’s opinions‚ their feelings‚ their values and their religions as well. It also means we accept people as they are without any prejudice and conditions. However‚ as soon as I got into college‚ I realized that respect is also something that I have to earn from others‚ which means that I not only have to get involved into them‚ but also have to be trustworthy to them‚ and that is how a friendship
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