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…CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIETY - The American Dream® : DEAD or ALIVE? INTRODUCTION Originally, the 'Dream' was envisaged to be life in a new world where anything successful can happen and good things might (Hochschild, 1996). In 1963, Martin Luther King…

…What is an American? Is an American merely a person who is native to the United States? Belonging to, inhabiting, coming from, or forming part of the America's? How does one go about defining an American? Writers such as Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin…

…When I am asked how do you define the concept of the American dream? I think about how for many people the American dream can represent a lot of things. It can be as small as to where they want to live when they have the chance to pick, or as reminder…

…American Transcendentalism "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to from only essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had…

…Economic Reasons for American Independence The thirteen colonies that became the USA were originally colonies of Great Britain. By the time the American Revolution took place, the citizens of these colonies were beginning to get tired…

…routine. After his first encounter with the Indians, he documents the way they slowly get to know each other. Dunbar builds up his courage and tries to communicate with the Native Americans. He tries to convey buffalo by saying it in English. At first, some…

…The French Revolution had an overwhelming affect on Ireland. The similar situations in the two countries meant that the French Revolution had real relevance for Irish society, as it provided an example of how to overthrow a tyrannical regime…

…"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to from only essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." (Thoreau) American Transcendentalism…

…<Tab/>In the beginning of the early 1500's there were an estimate of between 900,000 and 1,150,000 Native Americans. However, by 1890, Europeans killed nearly 250,000 Native American women and men by fire arm and affect them…

…The Industrial Revolution has changed my life immensely. Plastic was invented in the Industrial Revolution and it is used in almost every modern day object, for example, computers, televisions, cars, houses, planes, and that is just to name a few…