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Most dad’s endeavor to teach their kids how to ride a bike the easiest way, with training wheels and parental guidance. However, my dad had the most radical methods when it came to teaching. It was a Sunday morning, which meant that my dad was doing his routine jog around the neighborhood. As sweat dripped from his chin, he noticed the neighbor’s kid riding his bike. “I wonder how much time would it take me to teach my son?” He thought. He dashed inside the house and busted through the door of…

“His Girls”- Question # 4 “The 1950s were a decade of prosperity for the United States. Conformity became the norm, and a conservative code of dress and behavior…dictated what was appropriate” (142). This is the background of the time the story, “A&P” written by John Updike, takes place in. Updike writes about a boy named Sammy who finds himself, while still in the stages of transitioning from a boy to a man a “boy-man” (Schneider). Sammy’s character starts to reveal itself when he is taken…

dinner instead of rice. I didn’t want dumplings, noodles, or rice, I wanted sandwiches, spaghetti, pizza, etc. My favorite Chinese food wasn’t even authentically Chinese - it was whitewashed. At Chinese buffets, I mostly ate American food, such as macaroni and cheese and French fries.…

I have never really considered myself a history buff, nor do I tend to indulge myself in any sort of history in my spare time. Like many others, I took this course, Role Playing American History, in order to fulfill a general education requirement, and my counselor said she has heard this course is pretty entertaining. However, I found myself truly enjoying this course for many reasons beyond being able to argue with my classmates. This course truly did help me to better learn about American…

Sammy, a 19-year-old boy, serves as a protagonist character in the A&P short Story. He initially works as a cashier in a small-town supermarket. The A&P story happens in a small community that carries a profound conservative opinion (Wheeler, 2011). At the start of the story, three young ladies walk into the store putting on bathing suits. The way how the girls go about dressing themselves makes people especially Sammy look upon them strangely, which reveals the rift within the young and the old…

B.R. Ambedkar once said, ”Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self,” (Demakis, 415). This quote is contrasting a drop of water to a man, saying that despite the fact that water loses its form when it joins the ocean, man itself is individual and joins but does not conform to society.…

Response on Dave Barry’s “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” Glancing around my bedroom, I observe clean floors and homework assignments sprawled out on the table as my jumbled written thoughts are on the brink of being thrown away. My collection of books is lined up neatly on a shelf along with the stuffed animals my grown-up self does not play with anymore. I can hear down the stairs and I listen to the television playing the Cleveland Brown’s football game and the microwave signaling the…

Chellam Sundaram US History Hnrs Yankee Doodle and The Liberty Song Music during the American Revolution was a way of expressing feelings, boosting moral, and forgetting about the terrible consequences of war. Some songs were sung to inspire unity and bravery, while others were sung to mock the opposing side. Music proved to be a powerful tool that made an impact on all sorts of people during the Revolution. The songs “Yankee Doodle” and “Liberty Song” were both tunes that greatly…

Nguyens American Experience Through Her Passion of Food Bich Minh Nguyen’s “Stealing Buddha’s Dinner” is a memoir that revolves around herself as a Vietnamese immigrant / refugee in search for her identity. She goes through these experiences while trying to find out about who she is. The book is set at the 1975 to the late 1990’s, Michigan. From candies, fruits, junk food, fast food, and a lot more, Nguyen finds herself describing her American experience through the wonders of food. From fruit…

These deliciously disturbing burger combos consist of breaded + deep fried macaroni + cheese buns, onion rings, peanut butter, fried pickles and even a 'two grilled-cheese-sandwich' bun. When I went to Zombie burger in des moines Iowa, I enjoyed the original “zombie burger” this burger is perfect for first time eaters who want…