American English

Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Written in 1611, this play was based on an English ship that was going to Virginia but accidentally ran into the Bermudas. By using this type of metaphor, Takaki wants to represent English expansion into the New World. Caliban – a native of the island – became a figure for the other natives of the New World as Prospero claimed sovereignty on the island. Takaki uses this image to illustrate the tendency of white Americans to match barbarism with the color of the skin.…

Analysis about Theme for English B “Theme for English B” is an interesting, famous, and impressive poem that Hughes wrote in his early age. When readers first read this poem, most of them would impress by the author’s courage and short by the concept of it. Langston Hughes writes this poem to tell his instructor don’t doubt his ability through his race color. He uses this poem to share the peaceful American soul with all audiences. At that time, racial discrimination was a major social issue…

regarding the AP English language program Mrs. Diana seeks to lay to rest the ridiculous claim of Meg Bakich that the AP language program is a "yearlong undermining of American values". Drawling on her many years of experience as a veteran AP language teacher Austin educates readers on the true nature of the AP language program. Austin captures her audience early on in her piece with both her rage and her credibility. Austin verifies her credibility with her experience of teaching AP English…

Originally though all the land in the Americas belonged to the Native Americans who had inhabited the Americas for many years beforehand. After the war more than half of the native land was taken over by the English settlers which economically changed the resources readily available to the both the natives and the English settlers. Chief Canassatego of the Onondaga Indians described these events as unsettling due to the fact that they were losing more and land resources to the “white settlers”…

Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by the British Parliament which meant all Americans were required to pay tax on each individual piece of paper they used, such as legal documents, newspapers, license etc. The money that was collected by the tax collectors was used to help protect the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains. The actual cost of the tax was evidently small but what made the law so cruel to colonist (Americans) was not the instant cost of the tax but the standard it seems to…

momentous event that lead to the American Revolution. Rather, a series of disagreements and misunderstandings about the rights and treatment of Colonists between them and Parliament is what is generally agreed upon as being the inception of a colonists revolt over their imperial masters. To clarify this designation of the Royal Crown being “imperial masters” it is important to note that Britain post Seven Years War, not only had total control of the North American colonies, but also had…

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) refers to Asian individuals as “having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam” (as cited by Hoeffel, E. M., Rastogi, S., Kim, M. O., & Shahid, H., 2012). From 2000 to 2010 the Asian population grew 43 percent, from 10.2 million to 14.7 million, which is four…

european settler in the english colonies for economic power. There’s a trend of degrading a certain group of people for economic and political gain. The two groups that endured this torture and cruelty were the africans and irish. Although they endured this torture and cruelty in different ways it is extremely clear that it was not deserved at all. The Irish and African people were subjected to the many cruel things that the english did to them, whether it be in the english colonies in the…

from English history and the Enlightenment influenced the foundation of American democracy. The Magna Carta, English Parliament, and English Bill of Rights became the foundation of the world's first modern democratic nation. Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Baron de Montesquieu developed new ideas on natural rights and good government. English documents, and Enlightenment thinkers’ ideas paved the way toward the Declaration of Independence. Many English…

The “ n- word” is likely the most controversial word in the English language. In the episode of the popular sitcom Black-ish they tackle the seemly paradoxical rules surrounding this word. In the premiere episode of the 2nd season, the Johnson’s youngest son, Miles, raps Kanye West’s hit song, Gold Digger in the talent show. This rap. Like many others, includes the word, n**gga. The administrator’s are clearly disturbed by this, and due to the school’s zero- tolerance policy for hate speech, he…