In My Country

himself, because he’s always trying to explore even as a song writer. Figurative language was implied in this song, such as personification “while I’m high off my American dream” this line means that Khalid is not actually high. He’s just thinking too high of his American dream, which is his future. He also uses hyperbole “and throw away my fears”. He uses this figurative language, because…

Throughout history, all civilizations have had some form of discrimination, whether that is through slavery or through religious reasons. Many countries, such as the United States, do not discriminate against women in their agricultural sector, yet Benin is not one of these countries. Benin is a smaller, undeveloped country located in West Africa. This makes the country’s production of agricultural products much less diversified and focused on ridding itself of sexism. This article goes into an…

Introduction Dual economy is an economy in which different sectors are growing at different rates. For example manufacturing and services industries or rural and urban areas many show significant differences in economic performance. Less developed countries have generally a dualistic economy, consisting of a large backward agrarian sector and a small modern manufacturing sector. During the process of development, an economy moves from a dual structure to one characterized by a larger…

Over the past century, many competitive countries have turned their attention towards boosting their economy through industrialization, in hopes of placing their nation ahead of the game. But technology, as we have learned over the years, through extensive experience, has its advantages and disadvantages. Wealthy countries have reached this prestigious status by industrializing. This phase typically involves the extraction of resources, sale of commodities, and intensive manufacturing. This…

Selena Quintanilla Pérez was a Mexican-American singer who was very influential in spreading Tejano music. She was very popular in the 90’s. Selena’s career was very successful. Her father was afraid of discrimination, but it wasn't really a problem. Throughout her career, Selena was very successful. Selena won 67 awards total. She also had 86 nominations. In 1986 Selena won “Female Vocalist of the Year” at the Tejano Music Awards. Selena would go on to win this award seven more times.…

seemed weak to many people in contrast to Roosevelt's. Taft played to increase investment in Latin America; the dollar diplomacy was issued because his businesses wanted to increase their markets with their ability to make money by investing in other countries. It was not the US government investing it was American businesses investing and the impact of this is that the US is involved in Latin America's affairs more and the US is concerned about protecting its interests particularly…

Globalization: one word, multiple international operations that are constantly shaping the world we live in today, trying to eliminate barriers of any kind. Globalization can be regarded as a quite complex word referring to a multi-faceted phenomenon that can be quite arduous to define: Charles W.L. Hill (HILL, 2000) has attempted this task by defining globalization as “the shift toward a more integrated and interdependent world economy”. It would be hard to imagine today’s world without…

overall image of rebellion. Their parents, however, were repulsed. Across the country, adults and newspapers criticized him. They said he had no musical talent whatsoever and that his dancing was vulgar, obscene, indecent, and animalistic (Daily 51). They blamed him and his rebel image for juvenile delinquency, drug addiction and race riots. Basically, they thought he crushed minor’s morals all across the country, and adults weren’t happy about it (Daily 52). Some found a way to stop…

The toothbrush: a simple way of cleaning your teeth that has been around for centuries. Despite the many new advances, such as the electric toothbrush, or a battery powered one, the traditional stick and bristles still functions as the top seller in even the most modernized nations. Time and time again, classic inventions are dominating new and innovative ideas that even though are upgrades, still fall to the same old objects that were used by people who lived hundreds of years earlier. Even the…

Twenty minutes? What about fourteen hours a day with only a lunch break? Well, if you lived in a developing country, right now, you might be doing chores non-stop for fourteen hours daily. Child labor is a real and significant issue around the world right now. If you lived in Bangladesh, you might be forced to quit school and work in a sweatshop for $3.00 a month. In poor and developing countries like Bangladesh, China, Costa Rica, The Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haití, Honduras,…