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…high taxes and shortage of food, the cities, particularly Paris, sent the more radical demands. The king had had it and called his troops to Versailles, and that would be the end of the Revolution. However, due to the suppression of the Estates General…

…The American Identity Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving, is symbolic of the European sentiment towards the new society in America and establishes an identity before and after the American Revolution. Rip Van Winkle's character depicts the society…

…American Monopolies According to Webster , to have a monopoly is to have exclusive ownership, possession, or control. The following essay is an examination of Microsoft in comparison to this definition and another commonly known monopoly, Standard…

…Analytical Paper American culture is full of mixed messages and conflicting ideas. Society is far from perfect, especially when it has unrealistic expectations for its teenage girls. In pop culture, it is deemed inappropriate to display androgynous…

…"Waking Up to the Reality of a Personally Fulfilling Future" Throughout Dillard's, An American Childhood, she describes the distinct gender roles of men and those of women in the 1950's. Dillard tells us of the explicitly different…

…What do you get when you combine a warped mind of a Manhattan stockbroker and a suave, classy well-built exterior? You get an American psycho and the title of a brilliant yet not so easily accepted book by Bret Easton Ellis. Canadian director Mary…

…began to testify against their own parents. The American colonists brought their belief of witchcraft from England to the New World. It all started in late January of 1692 when Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams began to exhibit strange behavior…

…approach. They were lectured about the dangers, but their parents, teachers, and friends were still drinking and they seemed fine (Claypool, p. 48). Effective educational programs help teenagers understand the true impact of drinking on American society…

…; <Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>American Beauty Provoked by forbidden passions, Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) decides to make a few changes in his boring life, changes that are more symbolic of an awakening from a deep sleep…

…old culture. The Chinese government feared Westernization for in the midst of Europe's many political revolutions, the magnitude of authoritative instability it caused was quite evident (DeLuca 31-32). Today China remains the largest single functioning…