...“Let America Be America Again” is a poem not about just one group of people, but about African Americans, immigrants, poor white people, American Indians, and any and all groups who have been left out. When Mr. Hughes says: “I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars. I am the red man driven from the land, I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek— And finding only the same old stupid plan Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.” (Hughes 697) He speaking is for everyone, except the rich and privileged as we see in the line that says: Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land! Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need! Of work the men! Of take the pay! Of owning everything for one’s own greed (Hughes 697) It is important for us all to remember this land is for everyone, not just the privileged. Reading this poem and passing it on to others is a good way to remember what this country initially stood for and what most people are still fighting for. At one time America stood for liberty, equality, and the land of the free. When Mr. Hughes states “Let it be the dream it used to be” and “America never was America to me” we understand that he never has felt America was equal or free, but we also see that Mr. Hughes wants America to fulfill the promises of freedom, liberty, and equality. I enjoyed this part of the poem because it reminded me of why people came to this country and still come to this country...
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...The Beautiful Gifts America Gave To Us Many people like to travel and have the opportunities to visit and witness beautiful sights like many things we have in America. In America, we have huge cities, beautiful national parks, and really cool monuments. America’s greatest gifts to my generation are just that, and we should all be thankful for what we are provided with. With cities vs. a lot of other places, cities can bring you joy, cool stores, and allow you to meet other people and possibly make new friends. An example of a city would be New York City. I used this city because it is one of the most visited cities in America. It has Times Square, every store that you could imagine, and central park right in the middle of the huge city. This...
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...America the Beautiful My thoughts and feelings of being an American can not be trapped into a simple word or phrase. I believe it is many things, “a great melting pot” of ideas, cultures, languages, races, and people. Being an American to me means that we have the right to happiness, we have the right to fulfill our own personal “American Dream”. To show our understanding of how and why our country rose from the Monarchy of a king to becoming the people’s based country. Since the United States has declared itself its own country in 1776 it has been portrayed as a “melting pot” of different cultures. Americans normally don’t go by their ethnic background and define themselves by their similar values and belief of individual freedoms. It seems...
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...The Keep America Beautiful Organization is an nonprofit organization that has made a cleaner, greener, and beautiful impacts to fight against litter and pollution all around the nation. Keep America Beautiful was founded by the American Can Co. and the Owens-Illinois Glass Co., who were later joined by the likes of Coca-Cola and the Dixie Cup Co. Phillip Morris was also one of the founders of Keep America Beautiful. Which this is a cigarette brand and they gave pocket ashtrays to people in exchange for $25,000. This organization was founded in 1953 in New York City. Keep America Beautiful was made to help the United States be a more clean and they serve as the nations nonprofit steward of litter prevention. Keep America Beautiful’s mission...
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...Debate over the National Anthem Lonny Wood COM/155 February 23, 2014 Eva Harvey Debate over the National Anthem In early September of 2001, the United States of America found itself under attack yet again. Later on that tragic day, after the dust had cleared, Americans witnessed as three firefighters raised the American flag over what was once the World Trade Center. This one picture put the world on notice: the United States of America was still here. America’s pride had suffered a blow, but the attack rekindled America’s patriotism. Songs where sung from the floors of the New York Stock Exchange to the halls of congress. People were singing, God Bless America and America the Beautiful, and the American flag flew throughout the land. As the days passed, speculation of America national anthem came into question, renewing a debate as to whether the Star Spangled Banner should continue to be the national anthem. Having a debate over the United States’ national anthem while preparing for war might have seemed trivial; however, this was not the first time in which the Star Spangled Banner as the national anthem came into question. In the 1960’s during the Vietnam War, questions arose as to whether or not that United States should change the national anthem. It would seem that the question of the national anthem comes to mind during times of war, when American patriotism is at a high point. This leads to the question of which song should replace the current anthem...
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...Colombia Colombia is a fairly large country located in South America. It is bordered by Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, and by two bodies of water. These bodies of water consist of the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean. This is the only country in South America that borders both oceans. According to Colombian Geography, Colombia has “a continental area of 1.141.748 km2 (440 829 square miles).” This makes it the fourth largest country in South America. Also, Colombia is one of the 13 countries in the world that the equator passes through (Colombian Geography). Colombia is made up of many cities but the capital is the largest city, Bogota. Bogota is one of the most populous cities along with Cali, Medellin, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cucuta,...
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...David Salmon Midterm Geo111 North America: Location: The location of North America would be the Northern Hemisphere and almost within the Western Hemisphere. North America is made up of United States and Canada. An absolute location in the United States would be New York. Alaska is also in the upper Northern part of North America above Canada. While Canada has much cooler weather, The Unites States Varies in climate from the West Coast to the Northeast and North South. Place: North America has a vast amount of diversity in it's landforms. From Mountains to Beautiful beaches North America has a little bit of everything. Starting in the Rocky Mountains one of North Americas longest mountain range in the Western side, stretching all the way to Canada. Moving to the Southeast of the United States where we have plenty of Ocean with some of the most recognized beaches like Miami Beach in Florida and Cape May, New Jersey. In the Northern Side of North America there's also Alaska with it's beautiful views as for example Denali National Park. Interaction/Movement: In North America there's many Immigrants from other countries so there is an abundance of cultures around, as well as languages that are spoken throughout. English and Spanish are very common throughout the United States. Most of the Hispanic culture resides in the west side of the United States. In Canada the two languages that are spoken all over would be English and French. Canada was colonized by the french...
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...American Cultural Values that are Promoted in Advertisement Advertising is the most influential institution of socialization in the modern society. It is all around us that we cannot run away from it. From the article, “Beauty…and the Beast of Advertising” stated that advertising is an over 100 billion dollar a year industry and affects all of us throughout our lives. We are exposed to over 2000 ads a day, aiming to persuade consumers to buy a certain product. American values are culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful that serve as broad guidelines for social living. In order to sell products, advertising has to appeal to people’s needs and prove how it can play a role in their lives. There are three American cultural values that are promoted in advertisement and those are beauty, work ethic and diversity. One of the American cultural values that is promoted in advertisement is beauty. Many woman are also obsessed living up to the beauty standard that advertisers set in place. In our society we grow up with perfection around us. We watch advertisement in the TV and look at ads,which have been photo-shopped into perfection. They can trick you into thinking the flawless model could be you if you buy their product, but in reality the model themselves are not even that perfect. The value they promotes sometime in advertising physically talks about the perfection of skin. Advertisement use the value of beauty to attract or...
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...Women are beautiful By Maria Batrakova Group 21 D Free and beautiful, that was how one of the greatest innovators of photography, Garry Winogrand, pictured women. (Here you can see a photo of him: http://imgur.com/AjnXCe6) Due to Art Blart (Art Blart, 2011) he was considered as one of the most distinguished photographers of the twenties-century in America. Winogrand's amazing exhibition includes 85 spontaneous photographs taken between 1960 and 1975 in and around New-York city. (Series of his photographs provided with the following links: http://imgur.com/jNApIzk, http://imgur.com/fY51U1d, http://imgur.com/aTd0ImL, http://imgur.com/R1Jd7J7, http://imgur.com/K1cJdwO, http://imgur.com/MNQWicg) During the 60's the attitude to women totally changed. Inner and outer freedom were explicit, in some ways, sexually explicit. “Prince of the streets” depicted this social transformation better that someone else. Lola Garrido called famous photographer “the maestro of the moment”: “In short, Winogrand catches with his camera every detail by composing and giving natural meaning to the representation.” (Garrido, 2014). But the gifted photograther found the way in which beautiful creatures express their sexuality through their gestures, hairstyles, clothes and some other interesting features, he avoided naked pictures. Richard Woodward writes in his article the following: “Winogrand didn't dress these women in tight sweaters or pant suits, or apply their hair and make-up. Their clothing...
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...In the Gorgias and Phaedrus, Socrates, as portrayed by Plato, discusses the Good, the True, and the Beautiful and their divine relation to rhetoric. He defines the Good, True, and Beautiful as the most divine and perfect forms of goodness, truth, and beauty because they all seek to better one’s soul. Each of these elements can form a framework to distinguish the most just form of rhetoric. Defining justice as an action to better one’s soul, Socrates utilizes these characteristics to distinguish a just rhetorician from an unjust rhetorician. A rhetor’s motive determines whether the speech is pursuing the Good or if the rhetor prioritizes his own private interests. Applying this methodology to writings or speeches allows audiences to know when to trust the orator. For example, in Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to The Slave is the Fourth of July,” Douglass...
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...discrimination towards black people. The speaker obviously loves his country, but he is envisioning a greater America. He is dreaming of a place where white people and black people will be able to comfortably do something as simple as eat dinner together. The poem is empowering and effective because of the genuine emotion it evokes. In the first stanza, the speaker says, “I too sing America. “ This line sets the tone for the patriotism in the poem. Singing can be used as a tool in many ways such a verbal expression of one’s self, to get a point across, or to show a certain emotion. Singing is also considered an art form, but this is a poem so the connection is that the speaker is going to tell the reader of America in the art form of poetry. When someone sings, they can put so much passion and emotion into it that their audience can “feel” that emotion being expressed as well. It can highlight things differently than just normal speaking. The speaker may be thinking of all Americans as one big chorus. He wants to let everyone know that he in fact is American and wants his voice heard and the respect he believes he should have. “I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen.” Thiss is an allusion to the slavery days when house servants were confined to their quarters whenever company came over. This can also be considered a metaphor for everyone black that is living in America. They were not welcomed many places because of their skin color. By him using the word brother, he...
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...The “Perfect” Body Debate The idea of what the most desirable body type around the world, more specifically in the United States of America, is a highly debated topic that seems to frustrate a lot of people today. For some reason, this body image debate seems to be more between women rather than men. It is not that men may have this problem, but it seems that women are the ones who are often going back and forth at each other. Some women may want to be extremely skinny and will do anything to achieve this look even if it means starving themselves and rarely eating. Some women do not care for this look, and they like to have a little more size than say a supermodel would. Due to this, it has caused an ongoing debate about which side looks better and often causes fights. One of the most popular clothing brand stores named “Victoria’s Secret” released an image of eight “Angels” as Victoria’s Secret likes to call their models. These eight women are only wearing the revealing lingerie, which Victoria’s Secret is known for. While they are only wearing these bras and underwear, it is also noticeable that all of these women have a very slim demeanor. Each woman has that “model look”, which is why they were hired for this particular photo. Only a couple women appear to be smiling while the others have an emotionless face. The caption on the picture reads “The Perfect Body.” In the article, “Never Just Pictures” by Susan Bordo, she talks about how eating disorders have become a major...
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...Imagine buying a beautiful mansion with a pool and a garden filled with flowers that looks out into the glistening blue ocean, accompanied by the sounds of waves splashing onto the shore. Now visualize being the only person living in that mansion, the quietness that roams the corridors, and the strong gusts of wind that blows in every night, slamming on doors and windows. The mansion represents the American Dream, a goal or hope for a better future. The loneliness of the mansion represents the result of someone who tries to escape reality in a never ending search for something greater. It has been common today to dismiss the life people currently live in and focus on the future that many believe will be better. At first glance, many might say the American Dream is beautiful. But on a closer inspection, depicted by Kimberly Hearne, The American Dream hides the truth of reality. Based on a Marxist view of “The Great Gatsby,¨ F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the American Dream as a false hope that people seek to obtain in order to escape reality....
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...for more. Don’t get me wrong there are other shows that are a bit crazy too, like Dance Moms for instance. But at least at the end of the day those little girls are amazing dancers. Toddlers and Tiaras represents the false sense of accomplishment that is running rampant in this country. All the moms say they want their daughters to be Miss America, but haven't they noticed that there's a talent portion of the Miss America Pageant? The Toddler and Tiara girls just jump around the stage in crazy costumes with a fake uncomfortable grin across their faces. Anyone could do that. These pageants teach the participants that beauty is the only important thing. The moms love to say that beauty is important in this world and that their daughters will have a better life if they're beautiful. They're right that being beautiful is an asset, but it can only take you so far. If you're a complete brat, like most of the little girls in this show are, no one will care how beautiful you are. A giant wig, spray on tan, fake nails, caked on makeup, and slutty dresses does not make you beautiful in anyway. Being a happy, well-adjusted person makes you beautiful, and these poor kids will likely never know that feeling. Another predicament to this show is many of the moms are significantly overweight, which means it's very likely the kids will grow up to be the same way. With that being said it doesn’t help that the moms are quite literally feeding them into an obesity...
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...What America Means To Me “Oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain…” the opening words of “America The Beautiful” really paint a picture of America. The freedom from shore to shore, where all can worship freely because of the countless sacrifices people made. That is what pops in my mind when I think of The United States of America. “America, America, God shed his grace on me!” This is what our country is built on, what our founding fathers meant it to be. The beauty of Christians coming together to thank God for our country and the soldiers who built it to be free. The people who woke up every morning like it was their last. Putting all their trust in God that they would hold their baby again, or see their wife again. The...
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