Irish American

The Irish American culture is family-oriented, respectful, and hard working. When interviewing 86-year-old W.E., I learned what Irish Americans' views and practices are to prevent illness, promote wellness and maintain health. I also learned about the different foods Irish Americans eat and what folk medical remedies are significant to W.E. Religion is an important part of the Irish culture but when W.E. and his family suffered a tragic loss, he questioned his faith. I was influenced by the Irish culture and I was able to see how our cultures are similar and different. On Sunday February 29th, 2015, I interviewed W.E. at his daughters home to speak about his Irish culture. I was invited over for Sunday dinner around 3 o'clock. We spoke at the dinner table for a few hours after dinner. He entertained me with stories about his younger years and his life growing up. W.E. is an 86-year-old male, approximately 5'11 and 119 pounds. W.E. has short white hair, blue eyes and is has fair skin. He is tall, very thin and has a slouched posture. W.E. has been happily married for 66 years with 4 children. I have known W.E. for 3 years now, which is how…

others it was opportunity to make it big in America because farm land was very cheap. This sparked people from many countries to move to America such as Irish, German, French, and Chinese. Mass immigration did not start until 1830’s. Immigration caused many mixed feelings for Americans, some saw immigration positively while others saw it negatively. This caused ideas such Nationalism and Nativism to be born. This essay will discuss the views of different Americans and how immigration impacted…

Throughout American history, lots of people around the world have left their home countries for a chance to start a new life in the United States. They left their homelands because some of them wanted to escape war and others wanted to have freedom of speech, freedom of religion and jobs. People believed in the American Dream and wanted to achieve it. People in Ireland…

The Great Migration, and the immigration of Jews, Chinese, and Irish to America all had things in common. For starters, all of these groups weren’t always welcome in the places they moved to. They all faced discrimination and prejudice for being immigrants and migrants, and for their ethnicity. In my opinion Irish and Chinese immigrants had it the worst. The United States started creating anti-Chinese laws, which stopped allowing people emigrating from China and made it so Chinese people could…

America: As Tough As Steel… If Our Industries Allow It As an unexpected move from U.S. steel manufacturing companies drove prices of steel in America up by 3.5 percent, John F. Kennedy, then-president of the United States of America addressed this move by the steel companies through a commentary given on April 11, 1962 during a news conference. Kennedy, through this commentary, attempts to persuade the accused companies to lower the prices of steel for the benefit of the American people through…

emphasizing the struggle between classes, by contrasting the “sacrifice of every citizen” (15) to the money hungry industrialists, correlating to the safety of the American citizen during this dark time, and addressing the issue that there were “no justification for an increase in steel prices” (47). Kennedy manipulates and applies fear tactics in order to coerce the American people into supporting his call for a stable economy during this time of economic distress. Kennedy address his concerns…

last paragraphs and Kennedy goes on about the change that must take place. “First, were we truly men of courage, with courage to stand up to one enemies... Secondly, were we truly men of judgment, with perceptive judgment of the future as well as the past” demonstrates two of the four times Kennedy uses this metaphor. By using this metaphor it shows Kennedy contradicting himself asking questions the audience and himself already knew adding emphasis to his points. “Third, were we truly men of…

Americans are characterized by many traits, some more often than others. In the excerpt from Fredrick Jackson Turner’s, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History.” Mr. Turner names several of them to name a few: individualism, tenacity, and inquisitiveness. In Steve Job’s, “Stanford University Commencement Address” he talks about how inquisitiveness helped him build his empire. Likewise in President John F. Kennedy’s 1962, “ Address at Rice University on the Space Effort” the…

Inauguration is a formal custom in which Americans gather to mark the start of their chief executive. For first term presidents, it is custom since 1789 to provide the people with an inaugural address, in which gratitude, motives, and visions are commenced. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as the 35th president, served from January 1962 till his assassination in 1963. Other than the fact that Kennedy marked as another president in our history books, it is taken into consideration, his…

John F. Kennedy’s legacy is one that will be an impact and will live forever in the American citizens. He was a powerful president who had set a precedent for future presidents. Kennedy had many ingenious ideas about politics and the welfare of people, as we can see, even till today and many of his ideas had inspired people all around the world. JFK’s Inaugural Address and “Inside Kennedy’s Inauguration 50 Years On”, both texts were effective in conveying the legacy of JFK, but JFK’s Inaugural…