“Is the American Dream Still Alive and Well?” (Debate) The American Dream is the result of possibilities and success. The term “American Dream” was been invented by James Truslow Adams in 1931: “That dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man‚ with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement.” Another reference to the American Dream appears in the Declaration of Independence (1776). The author wrote that people are “endowed by their creator
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Does Life Truly Exist on Other Planets? Life is defined‚ by Merriam Webster‚ as “an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism growth‚ reaction to stimuli‚ and reproduction.” Every single person in the world at this moment is alive and is experiencing life. Planet Earth is home to thousands of species of living animals and was home to thousands more that have now become extinct. Humans have only existed a fraction of the time the Earth has. Many animals predate our own existence. Throughout
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Jonathan Safran Foer once quoted “I see myself as someone who makes things. Definitions have never done anything but constrain”. This quote carries weight among not only among communities but also the younger generations as new definitions are constantly being changed. As a definition changes‚ it can open new doors for interpretations as well as close doors for creation among a generation that thrives to make a change. One particular example of this is the word libertarian‚ a word that may need
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these issues still exist today‚ and it is not based on any particular people‚ but based on government boundaries‚ to still include racism‚ poverty‚ politics‚ and some forms of slavery. Back then‚ when this all began Abraham Lincoln had become the President. “Opening the address he stated: “I have no purpose‚ directly‚ or indirectly‚ to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists” (Civil War Politics and Racism). President Abraham Lincoln was very
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PREJUDICE DOES EXIST IN OUR MODERN-DAY WORLD By Ercilia Chapman March 12‚ 2013 According to Wikipedia the definition of prejudice is: “making a decision before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case”. Now that I’ve living in U.S.A prejudice seems to be all over the world. In our modern world people prejudge others for many things. People don’t respect others. They assume that being different is bad. People prejudge other because of their sexual orientation‚ gender‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ language
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and weasels. About 37 cat species exist today. Tigers evolved in eastern Asia ‚ but it is not exact. Sabre-tooth tigers are not the ancestors of today’s tigers. In fact‚ sabre-tooth tigers belonged to a separate branch of cat evolution which became extinct many millions of years ago. The Siberian or Amur tiger lives primarily in eastern Russia‚ and a few are found in northeastern China and northern North Korea. It is estimated that 437-506 Siberian tigers still
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reader and audience. The child in the poem in “Still Life in Landscape” by Sharon Olds interprets the poem as being reality and see’s for herself the dangers that exist. The child’s description of what she sees send a strong image to the reader that reality does exist and these things happen everyday. The gruesome imagery in this poem is used to make a strong statement about reality. All these examples can be explored even further. The author in “Still in Landscape” uses some very descriptive gruesome
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Gulliver’s Travels is still relevant today because it presents a variety of social critiques and condemnations of branches of human activity that still exist today. I believe the goal in Swift’s novel was to create something to achieve just that goal‚ or the goal of timelessness. It should already be a mediocre testament to this claim that students are required to read portions of Gulliver’s Travels during their high school senior year. Swift makes a very relevant analogy between English society
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The discovery of the Comb jelly which was the first animal fossil was a shocking and unexpected event to most scientists in the world. Scientists had a specific view about evolution. They thought that organisms evolve from a simple state to a more complex state. But that was not the case for the comb jelly which unlike what scientist thought was a very complex specie. It was so complex that it had a nervous system and tissues. But that was not the only misconception that they had to face. Another
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PS101 Position Paper: Does MPD Really Exist? Imagine you’re having a conversation with a friend who is a slender‚ attractive young woman. It’s a casual chat about nothing in particular between friends. You take out a pack of cigarettes and immediately sense a change‚ your friend’s body twitches slightly and her mannerism changes. Her shoulders square‚ she puts her feet flat on the floor and assumes an instinctively masculine pose. Placing her hands on her knees‚ she leans toward you‚ and says
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