English American

justification for the American colonies to break free from Englands rule. Under Englands rule, the laws placed on the people of the colonies were not for the good of the people, but rather for the good of the English who were in debt 137 million pounds after the 7 years war that lasted from 1754-1763. The English was trying to get the colonies to pay for the debt from the war by placing taxes on them. The Stamp Act of 1765 was a direct revenue orientated act put forth by the English that made it…

on the coming of the American Revolution was an extreme victory for the British and brought a great impact. Britain got to expand territories and because of the war it also increased their nations debt. The war creates lots of anger towards the colonists among the English who were upset with the disagreements with money. They were upset with all of the taxes that the British were imposing on them for no reason, just because they were in so much debt from the war. The English wanted a change with…

Being an American means the beginning as a ‘have-not’ and progressing to being a ‘have,’ or, to put in the hip-hop artist’s Drake’s words: “Started from the bottom, now we here.” Furthermore, being a ‘have’ means the glorification of pleasure, and the high life. This hedonistic worldview kept stable for the ‘haves’ often at the expense of the ‘have-nots.’ This duality of the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’ has expressed itself through multiple American conflicts and struggles, and is depicted in a…

On the day, February 6, 1999 Dago and Aracely left their hometown Namiquipa, Chihuahua to purse “The American Dream”. The couple had just gotten married and were 18. To pursue their dreams, they would have to cross the border to the United States. Like many immigrants, they would go in search for a a better life for them and for their families. The couple found a coyote and had set the cross date for Feb. 14 at 1 am, this would make it harder to be spotted. They had payed 2,00 for both to cross.…

the three factors that have hindered the African American community to advance and prosper in the United States. The first factor, cultural estrangement, “may preclude many African Americans from recognizing the presence and importance of their human particularity (807).” This has allowed many practices to be forced upon African Americans to exercise. The biggest practice is that African Americans are at risk in believing that the European Americans have “constructed the most advanced…

Communication of Respect in Interethnic Service Encounters; Language, Race and White Public Space; and The Whiteness of Nerds: Superstandard English and Racial Markedness are articles that represent the notion of cultural linguistics practices and cultural identities. Every culture has its own linguistics differences and way of representing its values, but as it can be seen in the articles those linguistics differences and racial marks, can often lead to social differences and conflicts between…

immigrants. Even though Rosa could not speak English, she can get the job by having other immigrants as her ‘sponsor.’ As illustrated in this film, immigrants tend to reside in a certain area. Flor Moreno (Spanglish) feels at home, once she arrived at the neighborhood where her sister lives in California. In the Book of Unknown Americans, one of the narrators briefly inform the readers how people reside according to what ethnicity they belong to. Regarding English as one of the abstract borders…

The American Revolution came about around 1775. It took place on the east coast, which is the United States. It was a problem going on with the thirteen colonies as well as it being a problem with the Great Britain. There were numerous of situations that had taken place causing the American Revolution to blow up the way it did. There was a conflict between the colonies they didn’t like the way they were being treated by Great Britain. They felt as if they weren’t being treated the way that they…

In the novel you learn that Jessica’s non-native speaking students are quite intelligent. Jessica’s Mexican-American students aren’t unintelligent, they are actually extremely intelligent, just in a different way from the English-speaking students, “Jessica glanced at a page, which appeared slightly about a fifth grade reading level. A bit more advanced than she had pegged Marisela as ready for.” (33) This happens in schools all across America, a student named Samuel moved from El Salvador to…

about what an American should be. The contradiction of being both black and American was a significant one for Hughes. Although this anomaly was troublesome, his situation as such granted him an almost desired status. Due to his place as a black American poet, his work was all the more accessible. Hughes’ black experience was sensationalized. Using his black experience as a façade, Hughes was able to depict throughout his poetry the black American dream. Langston Hughes, the American dreamer,…