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    been attending Camp Sankaty for 5 years now. I am a captain in one of the dormitories‚ meaning I am responsible for teaching the younger campers the ways of camp‚ keeping the dormitory cleaned‚ and helping staff members with various jobs. I have won various awards during my tenure here at camp. I won awards for basketball‚ checkers‚ and volleyball. This past year I was awarded the Tiger Woods scholarship by the Ouimet Foundation. Also‚ this year I am one of the editors of the annual camp newspaper.

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    relocate to internment camps. President FDR signed the Executive Order 9066 which made them evacuate the West Coast in which they resided in. This order was signed two months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th‚ 1941. Some believe that this was necessary to make America more secure but the internment camps were unconstitutional and unfair to the Japanese. The Japanese internment camps in the United States were unjust for many reasons. The ten camps that the Japanese Americans

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    relocated to internment camps across the United States. They were denied their basic rights due to the war hysteria that swept the nation. After almost 40 years‚ Congress apologized for the unfair treatment that was inflicted. Americans believe that the apology gave an end to the concept of internment camps in the United States. However‚ after the tragic event on September 11‚ 2001‚ the fear of the religion of Islam spread. Some now believe that the idea of internment camps seems possible once again

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    Analysis of Culture Conflicts between the East and the West in The Joy Luck Club 1 Introduction Difference between Chinese and Western cultures has always been a main source of conflict between local people and citizens of Chinese origin. In The Joy Luck Club‚ Amy Tan describes the conflicts between the mothers and daughters to show us different culture traditions‚ perceptions of life‚ etc. between American and Chinese culture. In the end‚ the two different cultures merge together. Nowadays

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    his goal by using a very systematic plan. One of his main methods of "doing away" with these people was through the use of concentration camps. In a meeting in January 1941 Hitler‚ along with some of his top officials decided on a plan that was called the "final

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    The Japanese diaspora from their homes to the camps was unjustified. It was an act of hypocrisy. When the Japanese were in the internment camps‚ the conditions were very unhygienic. “The poorly built barracks were not much more than wooden frames covered in tarpaper. There was no insulation to ward off the brutal winter cold or the stifling summer heat. Inside‚ they had no running water‚ no kitchen or toilet facilities‚ and blinding dust storms blew dirt and grime through cracks in the walls”(Murphy

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    The Unimaginable: The life in Japanese Americans Internment Camps By OUTLINE Introduction Thesis: Even though the Japanese Americans were able to adapt to their new environment‚ the Japanese American internment camps robbed the evacuees of their basic rights. Background I. Japanese Americans adapted to their new environment by forming communities at the camps. A. One of the first actions that evacuees took is establishing school system. B. The evacuees established self-government

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    Tragedies Can Be Life Changing The Joy Luck Club is a book that explains the tragedies that happened to four Chinese women during World War Two. All four of these women have daughters whom they hope will have a better life in America‚ but also wish to share their Chinese culture with them. Their Chinese daughters have assimilated to the American culture‚ so their mothers explain the pain and anguish they had in China to show them how good they have it in America‚ and shouldn’t abandon their original

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    MARION CAMP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL The Marion Camp Memorial Hospital provides convalescent care for patients with long-term illnesses as well as for patients who require extended periods at physical therapy. The average length of stay at the hospital is for months. The hospital is supported through a combination of state and federal funding‚ medicare payments‚ and private donations. Less than 10 percent of the hospital’s revenue is derived from the patients. The hospital director‚ H. John (Big Jack)

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    it had been hours. There was a huge truck in front of me with this weird looking sticker on it. I knew i had seen it before but i didn’t know where. I thought where am i? I was so confused until it came to be that was a nazi sticker i was at a nazi camp. I started screaming my lungs out when i see two men coming to me. They grabbed me from the waist and took me into this weird dark rooms that was crowded with other people in it children and old people. They were crying and screaming loudly with fear

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