American English

The American Revolution marked the birth of the United States of America, but the historical events that lead to it are incredibly valuable to the true understanding of how it happened. Discovering how different factors had an affect on the actions and responses from both the English Empire and the American Colonies will show a closer connection of events. Political, social, and economic are the most significant factors in the reasoning behind what caused the American Revolution. It would’ve…

the colonies by 1763, all the way until 1776. These new policies had influenced the colonists socially, politically, and economically, contributing to their rising opposition and commitment to republican ideals. The imperial policies placed on Americans had socially brought together the colonists from the gathering of resistance groups to boycotts. The Grenville Acts in 1764, which included the Currency, Sugar, and Mutiny Acts, had started the resistance of the new laws. The colonies at first…

with African Americans, where the Mexican Americans were unable to afford the tax, especially given their little pay. Another form of manipulation was with the inclusion of all white primaries, where it set who the candidates would be without their input. Literacy exams again similarly to those used to keep African Americans from voting were used and as a result bared people from being able to vote. Even if there were no literacy exams per se, in places ballots would be in only english, so that…

In the Langston Hughes’ poem “Theme for English B,” he writes about an African American college student who is given a writing assignment. This student is instructed to write a page of something truthful from himself. Through the poem, he considers his own personal truths and he questions whether his race makes his preferences differ from that of other races. He concludes that everyone is connected and that we all can stand to benefit from each other. Hughes uses apostrophe and understatement in…

the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition but for me language has another meaning. For me language is the key to obtain my success. I have taken me four years to learn English and it has been worth it. Being capable to read and write in English has opened many doors into professional and personal opportunities. In Fields of Reading there are three essays where three women share their experiences with language. The first essay is “Trading Stories”…

In Poland where her main language was Polish, Hoffman’s identity was firmly rooted in Polish culture. However, when she emigrates and is forced to speak English, she writes multiple times about how the new language is shattering her once solid identity. She describes the journey from Cracow to Canada to “scissors cutting a three- thousand-mile rip through [her] life.” (100) and says with sorrow, “From now…

What was the historical significance of the political work of Hobbes? Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was an English philosopher and political writer, best known for his book “Leviathan” (1651), in which he set out his political views on society and how governments should conduct themselves. Hobbes was writing at a very important point in history: England was going through the turmoil of civil war and this was a major influence on Hobbes’ political work. Also, Hobbes was writing just before the…

Germany, Italy, Ireland, and Europe. Therefore, the United States had a process that called “Americanization” to make the immigrants become American so they could get benefits from that. This process had brought up many good consequences to the United States. Americanization is a simple concept that makes immigrants to the United States becoming American. American is not only just a race, ethnicity. Americanization is to bring people together. By doing that, the United States could get lots of…

Music has always been world music, it’s not just old concert pieces from dead men of the past. Here we like to think of world music as music from outside the United States, but in other countries we become the other people, we become the world music to them or at least part of it. My dad when I was growing up listened to a lot of jazz. He grew up in south Louisiana, moved to north Louisiana and then finally moved to Texas, so he grew up in a culture of jazz. We always had some kind of it playing…

Ethnography Research with Monica Lin Hua Fan Introduction My interview is with Monica Lin, she is an international student from Taiwan and come from a different education system than that of the US. Even though both me and Monica is of Asian descent we experience very different type of educational system. This interesting upbring have many similarities and also differences that I want to explore in this paper. Some of the things that might be interesting to know would be if the…