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…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…

…. The American Dream is discarded in this book because the immoral people have all the money. No one worked from the ground up. Everyone was already rich, or they were put there by unforeseen or abrupt circumstances. The American Society on a whole, is not as bad…

…April 12, 1861 is one of the most crucial and important dates in American history. It is the day that the Civil war began. This war is a major turning point in American history and society, and has helped shape America into the country it is today…

…, the building of railroads out west played a huge part in the successful expansion of our country and the fulfillment of American dreams. Priot to the development of a more efficient railroad system, the movement of people and freight were relatively slow, difficult…

…WINTER DREAMS by F. Scott Fitzgerald SOME OF THE CADDIES were poor as sin and lived in one-room houses with a neurasthenic cow in the front yard, but Dexter Green's father owned the second best grocery-store in Black Bear--the best one was "The Hub…

…The great diversity of Native American tribes eliminates the possibility of an effective detailed study of their religions and ceremonial beliefs. Anthropologists have over the years created a vast archive of facts and details discussing practices…

…Suicide Among Native Americans: A Growing Epidemic "Suicide is the third leading cause of death... in the United States." [Borowsky et al., 574] However, "[s]uicide rates for American Indians and Alaska Natives...are two to three times higher than…

…Malcolm X / duBois By: Badunis Du Bois viewed American society as being divided by race and that "The problem of the 20th century was the problem of the color line."(84) Du Bois took a stance against social segregation of the African American, whom…

…The purpose of Letters from an American Farmer During the period of time the United States were first trying to defy themselves as a nation through texts, at the end of the 18th century, Hector St. John de Crevecoeur wrote his Letters from an American…

…Modern American and Japanese animation, both have their beauty and distinct features. The American style however has a much crisper and nicer quality to it. Japanese style, or Anime, has a much more sharp and quick quality. The plots of American…