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write about what it means to be an American. It is the tendency of people to identify themselves with a group. Whether that be a team, a state, town, gang, school, country, it doesn 't really matter. People love to be a part of something bigger than themselves, and countries are no different and definitively fall into this category. Countries are normally relatively simple to group. For thousands of years, wherever you lived or your religion generally determined what nationality you were. Even…

thought and reflection upon the ideas it presents. The 2005 film North Country directed by Niki Caro is no exception to the rule, providing a fair amount of emotional manipulation through music, mood and angles. North Country uses cinematography, identification and music to provide a feminist view of the female experience during the 1970s. A haunting musical score paired with dark cinematography sets the tone for North Country. The first shot of the film focuses upon Karen Aimes, daughter of…

that women in the United States have a lot more control of making decisions for themselves than women in other countries. Even though it may seem as if we still aren 't treated as equally as men in situations like the workplace, or even when it comes to just walking the down the street we have much more say than those women in foreign countries. One of the reasons why women in foreign countries may not have much power is due to their cultures and customs. Coming from a mother who is Guatemalan…

land of a dream we are all here for. Many know our country as a place of opportunity and freedom, which it certainly is. Adams, in his book, describes the American Dream as a land where the life of anyone should be better and richer through the opportunity and the ability of that human being. It is also a place where everyone holds their highest stature not regarding to how or what they were born into, as Adam mentions. Compared to many other countries, America is still holding onto the idea of…

Cross country and track have the same coach, and most teammates continue to do both sports. Because the teams are so similar, they retain the same captains. I inputted 52 weeks per year for both sports, because I am always running and contributing to both sports. The sports mesh together; I help plan for Track during Cross Country, and vice versa. Due to daily intense training, I suffered from shin splints in tenth grade. Although I worked hard to heal, it took months, and I was injured for the…

the article “A Quilt of a Country” by Anna Quindlen. On page 5, she mentions, “A great nation can consist of entirely refugees, from other nations, and people of different races, even warring religions and cultures, can live side by side.” The reader can see unity when the author speaks out that, “People of different races, even warring religions and cultures, can live side by side.” What the author is trying to convey to the reader is even if we belong to different countries, gender, religions,…

The piece that I have chosen is “Country Gardens”, written by Percy Grainger. This piece was his first piano arrangement of the English Morris dance tune “Country Gardens.” It became extremely popular and his greatest commercial success, later this piece became one of his least favorite pieces as he was asked to play it so often. A remark that was included in the early publication was: “Rough sketched for 2 whistlers and a few instruments about 1908.” In another edition he writes: “In some…

Topic 1- Acknowledgment to Country and Indigenous Terms of Reference. Acknowledgement to Country is a statement that can be performed in both a formal or informal manner that recognises and respects the traditional landowners of this country and in particular the local region. It can be performed by a non Indigenous person and is delivered before a meeting, speech or formal occasion like a school assembly for example. (QLD Department of Education Training, 2015). This is an important protocol…

be admired or they seek attention. There are also many ladies in the world that have been betrayed or hurt by men, so they also share a tie because of this reason. Even though their situations vary some, the female characters in the stories “Good Country People” by O’Conner and…

on June,26,2015 same sex marriage became legal, how do you think they achieved that goal, they achieved it by coming together and supporting one another, and fighting for what they though was fair, and righteous. In a book called, “A Quilt of a Country”, the author wrote about a similar, event, that took place in history, but this event wasn’t positive, It was negative, and that event was, 9/11. 9/11, was a horrendous event, that effected the united states, as a whole. It sent America into a…