Irish American

reveal his resentment of British policies toward the Irish. Straightforward and poignant in his assertions, the speaker proposes that the impoverished Irish people could alleviate their troubles of famine, poverty, and overpopulation by selling their babies as food for the rich. In reality, Swift is not advocating for children to be eaten; he is simply using the tool of irony in a humorous way to draw attention to the poor living conditions of the Irish and to expose England’s unwillingness to…

Several of these groups that migrated to America throughout the course of history were the Africans, the Irish, and the Southern Italians. The Africans were one of the first people groups in America and migrated during the Formative Wave. The Irish migrated during the First Wave, and the Southern Italians migrated during the Second Wave. The Africans were forcibly moved to America; the Irish were chain migrants; and the Southern Italians were both chain and return migrants. Out of these three…

changed the Irish tradition of pub seisiúns. Specifically, he notes how this classic Irish social event has been molded by advances and developments of the twentieth century, such as poverty, immigration, politics and technology. However, there is a lot of tension between “preserving the core of the tradition and allowing for creative innovations,” (Kaul, 92) which can be seen through various historical events and sources of literature. After the cultural changes brought on by massive Irish…

based on first-hand accounts of both the viewpoints of the creation of the New World, and the meaning of “savagery” in Ireland, Virginia, and New England. This theme of invasion and oppression will lead to the eventual elimination of the Native American civilization. In his thesis, Takaki claims that not only was The Tempest shaped by the history of English colonization New World but is interconnected by events that happened in the past and will…

In Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal, he uses a satirical form to exemplify the harsh reality of the treatment of the poor in 1700 Ireland. By proposing the inhumane practice of the selling of poor infants to the rich to be sacrificed to cannibalism, Swift mirrors the devouring nature of the economy by the rich that leaves the poor with nothing. Swift’s objective of such an absurd idea does not serve to be taken seriously, rather than to bring attention to the poor Irishmen by using the idea of…

1. In the film, “Outsourced”, the main character Todd does have multiple identities that define him. Some of these identities are being a boss in his company in America, being American, being a son, being a boyfriend and being an ex-boyfriend. During the film his identities do begin to change in order for him to adapt to his life in India. Todd has to learn to be a boss in India and realize that their way of getting work done is very different from how work is done in America. Todd also realizes…

One way that dance does this for me is simply by the tempo of each dance. I believe different tempos can help to portray the culture better. An Irish dancer is going to use their feet more and I have always thought that was an interesting thing. When I see Irish dancers, I sometimes think of the bagpipes and the different dances that they do. Furthermore, the Early Christian Dance helps me develop deeper insight by thinking of how the Early Christian…

The Irish people were faced with many problems in their home countries of Ireland that caused them to migrate to the United States. The first wave of people that migrated to the United States in the nineteenth century were Protestants, political refugees, and Catholic peasants. Most of these people were farmers that had their land taken from them, or their landlords no longer leased the land because of an interest in grazing. According to the textbook A Different Mirror: A History of…

short to extended periods of time. Trauma can affect at different levels, at an individual of course, but also at a widespread socio-cultural one, a trauma that resides in the collective consciousness of a people, as exemplified by the effects on the Irish people due to the great famine. Significant trauma can cause a great degree of mental anguish, distress, fear and general hardship which can pervade much to just about all of a single person or an entire people’s lives. A serious side effect…

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has been around for over a century. There have been multiple ceasefires and treaties. This paper will focus on the Good Friday Agreement signed in 1998 and why after decades of fighting the Provisional IRA came to agree finally to a peace treaty. Though it may seem as if these peace talks hold no relevance to the majority of people, it could, in fact, be a great insight into how to deal with armed aggressors within a country. This is a problem that countries all…