What are the worst things that can happen to a person? A person can be defined in many ways such as having a good life where they have good education‚ a good job and salary‚ many good friends‚ relatives and family members‚ and great success. On the contrary a person can also have an awful life such as having addictions‚ chronic diseases‚ and maybe no purpose in life as well. These are what I consider as the worst things that can happen to a person. One type of situation that can become the worst
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The narrator uses a third person’s point of view making us understand who Okonkwo was from an outsider point of view and the Igbo culture . The use of the third person gives us a non-biased opinion on the character the description in the passage : ‘He was tall and huge‚and his bushy eyebrows and wide nose gave him a very severe look .’ we can interpret that he was sturdy and imposing. The way he was described fits perfectly with his character. Okonkwo was a wrestler‚ one of the greatest of all time
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All over the world we have a lot of cultures and languages that make up human society‚ one of them is the American sign language. There are studies that show us and tell us that one of the most interesting phenomenon of our society is the language‚ but the people that can’t hear have no use in this type of communication. So‚ they have created their own kind of language and a way they can communicate easily. In this kind of communication they use hand sign and body gestures‚ something we‚ the hearing
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What is culture? According to Cambridge Dictionary‚ culture is the arts of describing‚ showing or performing that represent the traditions or the way of life a particular people or group; literature‚ art‚ music‚ dance‚ and theater. All humans are introduced to a culture through socialization. “What we learn depends on the culture in which we live as well as our place within that culture” (Ore. T‚ 5). Often times race and culture are assumed to be one in the same. Race is based on the perception of
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get started? Who are my ancestors? One of the most important questions facing every man‚ woman‚ boy and girl is the question WHERE DID HUMANS COME FROM? How did man originate? Of course‚ this question can be answered very simply by all of us. Each person can say‚ "I came from my parents‚ and I originated from them." But‚ where did your parents come from? "They came from my grandparents!" And where did your grandparents come from? "They came from my great grandparents!" These answers are all true‚
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To be American can be seen in many different ways. There is no right or wrong way to tell whether you are American. Some of evidence that interested me through out the stories is that we are all immigrant‚ the founding father of America weren’t all American‚ and how only Chinese immigrants were sent to Angel Island. Out of the several stories that we read‚ many of them enforced or reinforced my point of view on the situation. My personal view on what it means to be American is that your race‚ religion
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I think the least honorable person is Antony‚ because he’s the one who caused a riot. Antony even caused a war just because he didn’t like the way Julius Caesar died. Another reason why he’s not honorable is because he committed suicide. Which suicide isn’t always the way out of living. Plus‚ Antony was saying bad things about Brutus so he can start a riot‚ and a war. He even went against Octavian‚ which was Julius’s nephew. When he went up against Octavian‚ and he lost that battle. Antony is
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240 years ago. That’s greater than 240 years of generations of people trying to define what it means to be an American‚ but few still stand true today from that long ago. Being accepting of others‚ not only other ethnic groups but fellow Americans as well‚ is one way in which things have not changed from the first American generation to the latest. One of the longest standing traits of the “poster child” American is being courageous‚ whether it be to earn our freedom or to fight for our rights as a
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When talking about being an American‚ people usually think about having good salaries‚ owning a big house with nice cars‚ doing everything you like without being corrected or judged by anyone. But many people don’t know that America wasn’t as good as it is today. The country had to experience a lot of wars‚ ideologies‚ equality between races‚... Being an American is being free‚ be able to have a good education‚ and be able to express your ideas‚ dreams and deliver that to other people. When talking
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1 Séminaire M2 Historiography Allan POTOFSKY For the seminar of 19/11/2014 Michel-Guillaume Saint John de Crèvecoeur Adopted American name: Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Letters from an American Farmer (1782) LETTER III: “What is an American” Discussion question: What‚ to Crèvecoeur‚ are the differences between a European subject and an American citizen? I WISH I could be acquainted with the feelings and thoughts which must agitate the heart and present themselves to the mind of an enlightened Englishman
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