You’re walking down the street and see a man in a military uniform. You take a second to thank him for his service and think about all the sacrifices he has made for our country. We owe the success of our country to the men and women who have fought to better our country. America is different from other countries because we have freedom‚ education opportunities‚ and defined rights. There are many things I appreciate about America. Something I am grateful for is that as Americans we have the right
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If you could change any event in history‚ what would you change and why? Last summer vacation‚ I watched two movies directed by ClintEastwood (Clinton Eastwood Jr.).Their titles ware “Flags of Our Fathers”‚ and “Letters from IWO Jima”. These two movies ware said to have been taken faithful to reality. These movies were released in 2006‚ and these ware famous at that time because they were simultaneously produced at USA and Japan. If I could change any event in history‚ I want to change “The
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Martinez First Year Writing Professor Berger Nov 24‚ 2012 Langston Hughes’ “Let America Be America” Opposite Perspective The Poem “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes did not have a significant impact on individuals during the time of its publication which was on July 1936. Themes of the poem‚ including prejudice and racism cease to remain today in the United States. Because America is considered the land of the free and the land of equal opportunity‚ all individuals are
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Colonists came to America in the search for independence from Great Britain. But‚ some may ask the question‚ why? Why did these people want independence and freedom? What was so bad about Great Britain? These colonists were your ordinary people who wanted to live freely however they wanted to. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence that listed multiple reasons why these colonists should be free from Britain’s rule. These people had their unalienable rights which consisted of life
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Revolution was the quintessential step Chapter 1 “The Duel” July 11‚ 1804 1. Why did the Burr-Hamilton duel become legendary? The Burr-Hamilton duel was an event that forever changed history and is remarked as the most renown duel in American History. 2. Describe the 15 year relationship between Hamilton and Burr. Cite specific examples of the conflict between the two. 3. Why does Hamilton call Burr the “Catiline of America”? Provide examples that support Hamilton’s view of Burr. Chapter 2 “The
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The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America Book Review The Ten Things You Can’t Say in America is a New York Times Bestseller written by the L.A. radio host Larry Elder. Larry Elder is an African American libertarian who wrote this book to tell the truth about the United States of America. Larry Elder divides his book into ten chapters that each illustrates his political point of view. I will analyze the purpose of each chapter including: “Blacks are more racist than whites‚ white condescension is
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Where Did UNIX Come From and Why Are There Different Versions Of UNIX? The first efforts at developing a multi-user‚ multi-tasking operating system were begun in the 1960’s in a development project called MULTICS. While working for Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1969 and 1970‚ Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie began to develop their own single-user‚ multi-tasking small operating system and they chose the name UNIX. Their initial goal was simply to operate their DEC PDP machines more effectively.
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Analysis of ‘Come to the bush’ by Thomas A Spencer The poem “come back to the bush” is an Australian poem written by Thomas a spencer. The poem describes Australia and the Australian outback and how incomparable it is to the city life of London. The poem explores why the outback is unique and great and creates an image in the readers mind representing the Australian outback. The man in the poem has left his home in the outback to go live the high life in London. The verse “so I brought my
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where i come from - elizabeth brewster Discuss the way brewster uses language to convey her ideas about the link between identity and place. The main subject of the poem is the contrast between the city and the countryside where the speaker came from. Although there is no straight forward judgment made‚ the poet very cleverly‚ leaves subtle hints by showing a big difference in the tone of the two stanzas‚ which leads us to believe that she speaks in favour of the countryside‚ yet at the same
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Why do Teenagers Abuse Prescription Drugs in America? What do we think when we know that the use of illicit drugs in America has been decreasing over the past decade? Should this be a bad thing or a good thing? Generally‚ people would think this is good and that our nation is certainly progressing as a whole. But to be honest‚ how is it possible to have this sort of decrease in a free will country such as America. The answer to this is the new era of drugs. Prescription drugs are the reason why
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