Born in the U.S.A.

I tossed a ragged slab of PVC off the roof into a pile of refuse lying on the ground. I could not bare the West Virginian heat any longer. Tiny black spots danced on the corners of my eyes as I held on to the ladder for dear life fearfully making my way to solid ground. I lugged my sweat-saturated body over to my jug of water and Canon camera recorder. Throughout the week, I compiled photographs and video clips from my third mission trip. After snapping a few final photos, my team and I packed…

population from one locale to another. The expatriate Indian English Literature is deeply rooted in the geographical culture and cultural ethos. The expatriate Indian creative writer, Divakaruni is interested in focusing the real characters of Indian- born men and women, their culture and traditional…

She started by saying she grew up in a small village. Yanet only completed elementary and revolved her life on helping her mom with the household jobs. For a better opportunity, she got married at 15. Yanet and her husband decided to come to the U.S.A and had their first child here. She stated that she wished she took the chance to go to high school when the nurses encouraged her to go to school. Her husband did not approve of that and wanted her to be a stay at home mom. After a few years of…

guiding or directing head, as of an army or political group. Pericles successfully lead a military, built a a democracy, and built many cultural projects. With all of his successes, 446 to 429 BC, have been called the Age of Pericles. Pericles was born in 495 BC in Athens and lived until he passed in 429 BC because of the plague. In 461, he ruled Athens until the day he died. According to Pericles: If we turn to our military policy, there also we differ from our antagonists. We throw open our…

Recently, America has not produced workers who can compete in today’s job market. The reason why young adults have been having trouble competing in the job market can be traced to the United States’ educational system. Many countries like Finland, South Korea, and fourteen others have better educational systems than our own country (Huffington Post). Many of these countries also have longer school years than the United States. It is time to vicissitude our ways. Although every student enjoys his…

that have more to do with the influence of society than any genetic or inherited predispositions. While there are exceptions to this, for the most part eating disorders are something that is developed over the years as opposed to something that one is born with. The root of eating disorders in my opinion is social comparison. This is where it all starts before branching off into different categories;…

choice for a woman. The sources for both sides of the argument, “The Wrong of Abortion” by Patrick Lee and Robert P. George advocating for the rights of the unborn, while on the other side Marianna Karakoulakis, “Abortion and Women’s Right’s in the U.S.A supports the rights of the women. Lee and George’s article articulates how an embryo is to be considered a human and that it 's right to life prevails the women 's right to choose. In contrast, Karakoulakis argues that a woman’s right to chose…

summer. “Childhood pastimes are increasingly moving indoors,” reports U.S.A Today in 2005, and not much has changed eight years later. Students have invested their summer days, home-alone, in video games. The community has shrunk as more and more youth practice their individual gaming skills. Parents need help to scoot the youth into the community to participate in connecting to people. The core advertising message is born from the vision to support families in investing young lives back…

Introduction Norman Rockwell was an American painter and an illustrator who is famously known for his contribution to the reflection of the past American culture. The painter was born on 1894, in New York City and died in the year 1978 ('Norman Rockwell: A Life'). Most of his popular artistic works were published in the Saturday Evening Post magazine for a period of more than fifty years. Norman’s early life indicated a desire in artwork, as he left high school at the age of fourteen to join the…

Jimi Hendrix born Johnny Allen Hendrix was born in November 27, 1943 in Seattle Washington his parents were James Allen Hendrix and Lucille Jeter his father served in World War 2 and his mother was a waitress in Seattle. Jimi Hendrix’s mother died of cancer on February 2 1958 in Renton, Washington and his father died of old age in April 17th, 2002. After his mom died he moved around a lot living at his grandmas and friends house. On September 18, 1970 Jimi Hendrix died in Kensington, London,…