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  • The Athenian and American Systems of Government

    The Athenian and American Systems of Government

    Athens of ancient Greece had perhaps the most advanced system of government of the ancient world. The system of Athens was called a Democracy. That is, every citizen voted on everything. People have claimed that the United States is also a Democracy. This is not true. The government of the United States is a Constitutional Republic (Every). United States citizens vote for representatives, who then vote on the laws. They themselves are limited by a

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    Submitted: October 27, 2010
  • Influence of Interest Groups on the American Legislature

    Influence of Interest Groups on the American Legislature

    Influence of interest groups on the American legislature We elect politicians on the basis on the issues by which they stand, and these issues are either held up or weakened by the numerous interest groups that exist today. Interest groups target both major and minor issues, using all of their resources to sponsor or overpower the groups' concern. Interest groups are composed of a limited range of the body of voters who have a great

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    Essay Length: 1,483 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: October 27, 2010
  • American Beauty and Virgin Suicides Comparison

    American Beauty and Virgin Suicides Comparison

    Reality. Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary defines reality as "something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily." But what is real by today's standards? Does what appears to be normal equal reality? By looking at two different films it seems that the old cliche stands correct. Things aren't as they appear. American Beauty and The Virgin Suicides give classic examples of how "normal" and "happy" suburban life is anything but. American Beauty, directed by

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    Submitted: October 28, 2010
  • Americans Views

    Americans Views

    A stereotype is the creation of an unfair opinion or view; an individual will take the behavior of one person and state that all people belonging to that particular group behave in the same manner. Stereotyping encourages people to react and behave in a manner that is both judgmental and prejudiced. The perception of Arabs and the Islamic religion has created a system in which prejudices and stereotypes worked their way so thoroughly into literature,

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    Submitted: October 28, 2010
  • Japanese School Systems Vs. American

    Japanese School Systems Vs. American

    Japanese School Systems vs. American For years, people have always felt that the Japanese school system was superior or more effective than that of the United States. Although some feel this way, others feel that the Japanese system is too strict and not flexible enough for those who may need extra help along the way. Through researching two different case studies, and also reading other materials, I have found many similarities along with many differences

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    Submitted: October 29, 2010
  • Gatsby and the American Dream

    Gatsby and the American Dream

    Darren Pilato Advanced Writing 201 Gatsby Paper The American Dream is what we all aspire to achieve. The idea of starting off with nothing and to become something has caused millions of people from all corners of the world to immigrate to this country for over 300 years. However, what exactly is the American Dream? F Scott Fitzgerald answers this question within his novel The Great Gatsby. Through the eyes of Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald analyses

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    Submitted: October 29, 2010
  • How Is Being an American Related to Young Goodman Brown?

    How Is Being an American Related to Young Goodman Brown?

    Young Goodman Brown and Endicott and the Red Cross and two short stories that, I believe, have many subliminal messages. The author of both, Nathanial Hawthorne, uses symbolism many a time to bring across these messages along with his personal beliefs of life, and the people of the 17th century. Religion is the basis of both stories. Both men go against religion. So what is an American? Not necessarily someone that goes against religion, but

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    Essay Length: 506 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: October 30, 2010
  • The Influence of the Psychedelic Movement on the Rise of Buddhism in the American Experience

    The Influence of the Psychedelic Movement on the Rise of Buddhism in the American Experience

    THE INFLUENCE OF THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT ON THE RISE OF BUDDHISM IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE by Jacob Curtis A study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Asian Religions course Warren Wilson College 2003 In an attempt to synthesize my own personal academic area of interest, that is: the history of the psychedelic movement in twentieth century America, with the content of the Asian Religions course, I have elected to study the

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    Submitted: October 30, 2010
  • Aftircan American Progress in Wwii

    Aftircan American Progress in Wwii

    World War II, global military conflict that, in terms of lives lost and material destruction, was the most devastating war in human history. It began in 1939 as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French coalition but eventually widened to include most of the nations of the world. It ended in 1945, leaving a new world order dominated by the United States and the USSR. More than any previous war, World War II involved

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    Essay Length: 2,248 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: October 30, 2010
  • Abortion - one of the Largest Debataable Issues in American Society

    Abortion - one of the Largest Debataable Issues in American Society

    ABORTION Abortion, in my opinion, has been one of the largest debataable issues in American Society. There are so many aspects and views to examine before one can even begin to form their own opinion. In order to discuss an important issue such as abortion, we must first understand what it means. Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy before the fetus has developed and grown enough to live outside the mother. When abortion happens

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    Submitted: October 30, 2010
  • Americans Getting Tough

    Americans Getting Tough

    In a time that Americans are feeling very unsure about our safety, I fully agree with the Patriot act, which was passed only six weeks after September eleventh. It is time we start protecting America. The patriot act is crucial to national security. I do not feel that the war on terror has opened the doors to abuse of civil rights of the prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval base in Cuba. I feel

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    Essay Length: 607 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 1, 2010
  • American Beauty

    American Beauty

    American Beauty (1999) tells the story of one man's search for happiness. The film introduces the audience to Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), an ordinary married man and father in his forties. Lester is in a loveless marriage, however, as Lester's wife Carolyn (Annette Benning), is so wrapped-up in her real estate career that Lester often claims that Carolyn doesn't even acknowledge him. Lester's daughter Jane (Thora Birch), is completely distant, often claiming how pathetic she

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    Submitted: November 1, 2010
  • American Dream

    American Dream

    American Dream ----Compare "Hester Street" and "Eat a Bowel of Tea" Many years ago, people have immigrated to a new world where they can hope for a more beautiful existence, for the wealth, for the freedoms, for the better opportunities and most importantly, for the American Dreams. As each new era of foreigners migrate to America, they face the obstacle of conforming to mainstream America. As "Hester Street" and "Eat a Bowl of Tea" portrayed,

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    Submitted: November 1, 2010
  • African American Artists

    African American Artists

    The multi-talented Camille Billops has found many different ways to express her artistic ability throughout her career. Her works that were done throughout her career was an expression of her life. Throughout the life of Camille she had many influences leading her into the art world. This paper has the artist going through her life coming up through the world as a student to a teacher then artist, and her works making her a legend.

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    Submitted: November 1, 2010
  • American History X

    American History X

    AMERICAN HISTORY X American History X (1998) illustrates how segregation is aggravated by missing father figures as well as the herd mentality of the characters in the film. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of the herd mentality states that people need a concept or a worldview to adopt in order to give meaning to their lives. This herding of people who choose to adopt this certain ideal or ideals in effect causes the stifling of

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    Submitted: November 1, 2010
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    AMERICAN REVOLUTION Was the American revolution revolutionary? That was the question given to us by you to discuss and decide on a position, hence position paper. Well to fully answer this you have to know what is a revolution. The dictionary states that a revolution is an attempt to overthrow of one government and its replacement with another#. There have been many revolutions in history like the Russian Revolution and Chinese. Was the American Revolution

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    Submitted: November 1, 2010
  • American Idiot

    American Idiot

    The Song "American Idiot" by Green Day uses techniques to engage the audience to interoperate the issues. Green day through their style of music convey issues such as the medias over powering effect on society, greed and the division of the United States of American over political issues. Green Day's negative stance on the issues through these techniques conveys the audience to agree with the main issues being focused. The media's influence on society is

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    Submitted: November 2, 2010
  • American Dream

    American Dream

    American Dream Willy Loman is a man on a mission. His purpose in life is to achieve a false sense of the "American Dream," but is this what Willy Loman really wants? In Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller analyzes the American Dream by portraying to us a few days in the life of a washed up salesman named Willy Loman. The American Dream is a definite goal of many people, meaning something different to

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    Submitted: November 2, 2010
  • American Philosophy

    American Philosophy

    John Dewey was an American psychologist, philosopher, educator, social critic and political activist. He was born in Burlington, Vermont, on October 20, 1859. Dewey graduated from the University of Vermont in 1879, and received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1884. He started his career at the University of Michigan, teaching there from 1884 to 1888 and 1889-1894, with a one year term at the University of Minnesota in 1888. In 1894 he became

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    Submitted: November 3, 2010
  • Ethnic Identity and African Americans

    Ethnic Identity and African Americans

    Ethnic Identity and African Americans Ethnic Identity Ethnic identity is the sum total of group member feelings about those values, symbols, and common histories that identify them as a distinct group (Smith 1991). Development of ethnic identity is important because it helps one to come to terms with their ethnic membership as a prominent reference group and significant part of an individuals overall identity. Ethnic reference group refers to an individuals psychological relatedness to groups

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    Submitted: November 4, 2010
  • The Quiet American

    The Quiet American

    Fowler constructs Pyle as a naпve young man who is an innocent victim of dogmatic and simplistic ideologies. Fowler sees American culture and Democracy as a corrupting influence on an innocent Pyle. This is exhibited th relational processes, where Pyle, as the carrier, is given attributes such as "innocent", "young and ignorant and silly". This innocence is highlight by contrasting it with the attribute of "the whole pack of them", Fowlers serotypes of Americans. Pyle's

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    Submitted: November 5, 2010
  • American Dream?

    American Dream?

    American Dream? The American dream! What is the American dream? Who lives and considers their life the American dream? Does Bartleby live the American dream? What makes this story have anything to do with the American dream? Well in the next few pages I am going to try to relate my idea of the American dream to this story. The American dream to me is quite simple, happiness living in America. To strive for

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    Submitted: November 5, 2010
  • Is War Changed as It Becomes a 'media Event'? Based on the Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures, Analyse the Historical Significance of the Emergence of Film as A, Medium for Representing War in the 1890s.

    Is War Changed as It Becomes a 'media Event'? Based on the Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures, Analyse the Historical Significance of the Emergence of Film as A, Medium for Representing War in the 1890s.

    Is war changed as it becomes a 'media event'? Based on the Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures, analyse the historical significance of the emergence of film as a, medium for representing war in the 1890s. In this day an age when any country is at war it becomes a massive media event, almost everyday news programmes present us with depictions of conflict in various different countries. Media coverage of war has increased drastically over the

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  • Christianity and the American Revolutionary War

    Christianity and the American Revolutionary War

    Christianity and the American Revolutionary War Harry Stout points out in the lead article, How Preachers Incited Revolution, "it was Protestant clergy who propelled colonists toward independence and who theologically justified war with Britain" (n.pag). According to Cassandra Niemczyk in her article in this issue of Christian History "(the Protestant Clergy) were known as "the Black Regiment" (n.pag). Furthermore, as the article Holy Passion for Liberty shows, "Americans were quick to discern the hand

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    Submitted: November 5, 2010
  • African American Women in Hollywood

    African American Women in Hollywood

    African American Women in Early Film In early film many African American actresses portrayed roles as mammies, slaves, seductresses, and maids. These roles suppressed them not allowing them to show their true talents. Although they had to take on these degrading roles, they still performed with dignity, elegance, grace and style. They paved the way for many actresses to follow both blacks and whites. These women showed the film industry that they were more

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    Submitted: November 5, 2010

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