Journey to the West

American Dream has progressed since the 1920’s. The Great Gatsby portrays the materialistic aspects of the American Dream. The book depicts the 1920’s, as an era of greed, corruption and negligence. The Great Gatsby portrays the American Dream as a journey to achieve wealth and prosperity. The American Dream, in the book, is basically an illusion forcing several people to travel…

The Discovery Corps Expedition was well worth the time and money the United States government has put into it. On this journey, we learned a lot about what was on the other side of our continent. Without this journey, we would have been living over on the eastern side of the country not knowing what was out to our west. Sure, $15,000,000 sounds like a lot for us to pay for something that we do not know what is, but I believe that that is a small price to pay for the information that we have…

home or traveling westward and running in the direction of gold like many other Americans during this time, not knowing the hardships that await them during their journey and upon arrival illustrating…

My literacy journey started at the tender age of three. It was implanted into my brain from as long as I could remember that I would not become another statistic on the rough west side streets of Chicago. I would not become a teen mom. I would not become a dropout. I would not become another black child lost in the system or the streets. I grew up in a house where education was key. Literacy started off great for me, I loved everything about it, but that love quickly diminished when thing…

The Wizard of Oz captures the essence of adventure, dreams, excitement and of course magic. It is impossible not to smile as the citizens of this new exciting world sing songs about their new found heroine and what's awaiting her on her magical journey. The opening is in black and white and it follows the story of Dorothy and her dog Toto. When the tornado flew the house up and when it came down the black and white is gone so it changed into colour. The black and white only began in beginning…

accomplished empire, which helped the trade industry because more farmers and slaves were able to provide for the big trading business. Controlling the Taghaza region was beneficial for the empire because salt was in great demand. Merchants had long and dry journeys to the trading cities. Mansa Musa’s power and wealth attracted more merchants to trade with him. Because of this, many captured cities became satisfied, and even happy with this new way of life because of Mansa Musa’s soft power…

Did you know that over 500,000 people traveled the Oregon Trail? The Oregon trail had a effected America in many ways, including the population change, manifest destiny and the beginning of land expansion. The Oregon Trail was an insanely hard Trail to complete. About 20,000 people died trying to complete it. Some common diseases that were caught in the Oregon Trail were Typhoid, Mountain fever, Cholera, the flu, measles, and smallpox. About one out of ten who set off didn’t survive.…

Kanye West is an American hip hop recording artist, fashion designer, songwriter, producer and record label executive. West graced upon popular culture in 2004 when he released his first single and video “All Falls Down” from his debut album The College Dropout. Kanye West is among the few hip hop artist Millennials can classify as a “musical genius” and now, as a fashion icon. West has adorned us with his much anticipated and successful Yeezy sneakers through both Nike and Adidas. He has…

body like Luke Williams the author of The Ice Age: A Journey into Crystal-meth Addiction, he wrote this book while doing meth. There is only a way they can get into society and it is meth labs. Most meth labs are in the U.S in Michigan. The southwest area of Michigan has the highest meth lab rates in history, Michigan Legislation is trying to keep the south west society safe from meth. Meth labs are busted every year in Michigan around the south west and in Marquette county whether an accident…

Buck, Rinker. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey. Revised ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. In the book, The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey, Rinker Buck travel with his brother alone the Oregon Trail. Rinker Buck and his brother, Nick, experience reliving the journey taken by the original nineteenth-century travelers of the Oregon Trail. Although the journey was harsh, and was at times unpleasant, the brother agreed that the journey was a trip of a lifetime because of the…