On February 4, 1789 George Washington become the first president of the United States. Over 200 hundred years later after taking the same oath I stand before you as the first female president to be elected. In this time America has faced numerous adversities and accomplished great feats. We have fought through the depression and survived numerous wars. Women have earned to right to vote and men have been sent into space. However, we must face that fact that new problems have arisen and it is up to
Words: 635 - Pages: 3
it has been during most of our history. Richard Rodriguez, journalist and PBS commentator, has pointed out that the color pattern in contemporary America is not so much black and white as it is brown. Even among black Americans today, distinctions must be made between African-Americans, Africans, Afro-Caribbeans and those from Central and South America. Current immigration of blacks from Africa is greater than the number who came here during the slave trade. Sam Roberts writes in The New York Times
Words: 615 - Pages: 3
changed the United States, showing us fear, but also courage of doing what is right, no matter the price. 9/11 was very significant to the United States most of all because of all the lives that were lost that day. On September 11 2001 America lost over 2,000 people not including firemen, policemen whom lost their lives doing their job just like those hundreds of people working in the trade center as the towers fell our country was changing. Selfless acts were put into action as regular
Words: 556 - Pages: 3
victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence. After Columbus first discovered America, Queen Isabella of Spain saw an opportunity to make a huge profit by sea trading. Her men bought black people in Africa, and sailed to America. People in America bought black people and put them all into farms, mines, and other places to do hard work. This was called triangular trade, and this is how black people first got into America. Whites treated black people like animals; they gave them the worst food, minimal
Words: 2015 - Pages: 9
limitation on a writers’ artistic creativity”(Pen America) The imagination that writers have is awesome, but they can’t express that without putting limits on their material.
Words: 349 - Pages: 2
to buy a product that shows how you could look with the product or beautiful people use and say that it will not only improve your image but make it so you look like them? There aren't many people who wouldn't choose to be more beautiful than they see their self. So it is safe to say many ads directed toward women would try to increase or improve the buyers appearance. By doing this ads have put up a certain bar for women in America to show the ideal look of beauty of a women body. Advertisements for
Words: 1574 - Pages: 7
body can be seen anywhere. The media has many different outlets; television, movies, magazines billboards, and the internet. I myself can attest to watching television and thinking why isn’t my body like that. I know what it feels like to not feel beautiful because the image of beauty that the media portrays is the complete opposite of myself. The media portrays tall and thin as the “ideal” image of beauty. The National Eating Disorder Association (2012) reports that the media and its portrayal of
Words: 586 - Pages: 3
CHILE Chile is a beautiful country located in South America. One of the best attributes of Chile is people. The people are friendly and happy whether they are rich or poor. Among the pleasant people, a diversity of cultures can be found. These people who came from European countries and never wanted to return to their homeland have contributed a great deal of their lifestyle to Chile. This diversity is observed mainly on the coasts of the country. Similar to the diversity of people, the
Words: 610 - Pages: 3
‘The Kite Runner’, written by Khaled Hosseni, tells the story about part of the protagonist----Amir’s life from Afghanistan to America from his own perspective. It’s a story about destiny, friendship, redemption and forgiveness. And it’s also a story about father and son’s difficult relationship, Baba is the only person who is with Amir from the start to the end. However, Baba and Amir’s relationship eventually works out. The difficulties of Baba and Amir’s relationship starts from the time they
Words: 336 - Pages: 2
Dragonwings Have you ever thought about how important friendship can be? Laurence Yep writes about how friendship can get you through tough times in life. Eight year old Moon Shadow sails from China to meet his dad in America. He got to meet his father for the first time and worked in San Francisco with his father and friends. He even survives the great earthquake by his father’s side. Daily life was very difficult for the Tang people during the Gold Rush. In the book Dragonwings
Words: 501 - Pages: 3
