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…The American Civil War The topic I have chosen for my Senior Project is the American Civil War. I intend to divide this project into six segments: 1)The required interview, 2) An analysis of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 3…

…african american women It would be great if I could write this essay telling all about African American women, how they see the world, their perspectives on society, and their views on life in general, but being an eighteen year old white male it's…

…The American dream. Everyone has different opinions on what the American dream is. Their “ultimate goal” in life. The people in The Great Gatsby think they are living that dream, but I beg to differ. The only one who I believe is living out something…

…It can be said that chasing the American Dream is a never ending journey. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Gatsby seems to undertake great efforts in pursuing the life he wants to live, the so-called American Dream. The novel…

…and grandchildren became fully Americanized. No one knows the number of German-Americans today. For no one can determine whether somebody with a German grandmother and a grandfather from Luxembourg on his mother's side, with an Irish grandmother and an Italian…

…you. Yet Graham Greene's novel The Quiet American is centered around just that, as well as early U.S. involvement during the prologue to American troops being sent into the Vietnam. The novel primarily focuses around two characters: Thomas Fowler…

…Often I hear my elders speak of the American Dream, and as often as I hear those words I wonder, what exactly do they mean. Webster defines the American Dream as an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity…

…We know the earliest Americans came from the continent of Asia, and that geographical changes helped them to make their way here. Today, North America and Asia are separated by the Bering Strait, a waterway off Alaska's west coast. During the last ice…

…The long sought, after "American Dream" may have only been a dream for Gatsby. He simply wanted too much of what really isn't there. A minor changing of the past is what really led to the demise of his dream. Daisy was under much stress, and her ability…

…Comparison of American Poems America is a melting pot of people and ideas that indirectly shape the youth of this country. Childhood proves to be the time in a person’s life where they learn the most about themselves. Once they learn, they live…