Medieval Irish saints

The Impact of Irish immigrants on the U.S. Did you know that Irish immigrants consisted of half of all immigrants who came to America looking for better opportunity? They have impacted the U.S in all different types of areas. These immigrants strongly participated in the Civil war, brought many important cultural changes, and more man power to increase construction across America. Without the Irish immigrants America wouldn’t be what it is today. In fact they helped the U.S. develop as a country…

in a stunning case of irony a fictional comic on the “welfare queen” by the onion's fake editorial artist “kelly” has been taken up by the very source of its satire; anti-welfare peddlers. rightfully so, the originally over the top cartoon has now become a representation of all that conservative republicans find wrong with social welfare. However, it goes beyond that,appearing at first like any american editorial cartoon with its simple lines with blatant labels on benign seeming personal…

of Arms denotes peace, sincerity, hope, joy, and harmony. The Lennon name migrated to many parts of the world. Back in the 19th century, thousands of impoverished Irish families journeyed to British North America and the United Sates in order to escape poverty and hunger. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with the Irish Potato Famine in the mid 1800s and Ireland lost almost a quarter of its population. They traveled to America in hopes of finding work and land, however, work…

Pretender in Spain, or sell themselves to the Barbadoes" (Paragraph 1, Line 8). “Logos is an appeal to logic, and is a way of persuading an audience by reason.” Swift uses logos by giving the statistics to selling children and how it would benefit the Irish economy. By giving these statistics, it shows the amount of thought and time he has put into his proposal to better…

Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal certainly carries a very strong impact and is a powerful piece of writing that can leave an audience stunned. It is a satirical narrative, about overpopulation and famines in Ireland, and Swift’s opinion on what can be done to solve it. The “proposal” he had in mind was that people simply fatten up and eat the children, because he believes that they serve no purpose and in actuality are merely contributing to the complication at hand. Swift also uses…

The Chinese, Jews, and Irish immigrant were different by their culture and their physical features. The immigrants culture was frowned upon and looked exotic to Americans. All of them were discriminated for following a different religion, playing different gambling games, speaking a different language, wearing different clothes and styles, eating different foods, celebrating different holidays, etc.. One example from the Chinese immigrants that was unacceptable to the Americans and part of the…

story, Swift is addressing the great famine that is threatening the people of Ireland, due to English landlords taking away too much money away from the Irish people, which in turn takes away funds to buy food. Swift is one of the few who want to stand up and and tell the people of Ireland to rise against their landlords. But knowing his fellow Irish country people who indeed won’t listen to his problem solving idea of revolting against the English, then disguises his plan, with a sarcastic and…

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…

Fear the Faerie Folk Children have heard the stereotypical fairy tales from their elders for generations. Within each story falls certain characters- many of whom seem to share the same archetypal role. The maiden in distress, the clever trickster, the handsome and noble royal. One of these literary tropes is the use of a supernatural spirit- and this character changes depending heavily on where the story is being told as well as its influences. For many children coming from Celtic heritage, a…