Melting pot

always been considered a melting pot, but now the times have changed, and the American society is switching more into a Salad Bowl. I grew up seeing society as a melting pot. In the town I grew up in it was mostly from a European Christian background, and I had the perspective that everyone was the same as us. In my teenage years I became friends with people from all over the world and I began to seeing society as the salad bowl. American society is part salad bowl, part melting pot, but the…

In the stories “Seventh Grade” and “Melting Pot” there is conflict. The conflict in “Seventh Grade” is internal. This means that the conflict takes place within his mind. “Melting Pot” uses mainly external conflict. It takes place between groups of people in their neighborhood. There is a winner of the conflict in “Seventh Grade”. In the short story “Seventh Grade” the conflict is that Victor is trying to impress Teresa by saying he can speak French. Although he knows no French, he makes up…

place in someone’s mind. An external conflict is the second type of issue that involves outside forces. The passages read, “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto and “Melting Pot” by Anna Quindlen, both have conflicts. In “Seventh Grade” the struggle type is internal; it takes place in the main character, Victor’s mind. The struggle type in “Melting Pot” is external between the people in the neighborhood. The conflict that is developed in “Seventh Grade” takes place internally about all the events…

external. Internal conflict happens when a character is battling with an inside force. External conflict is the battle with outside forces. In the story “Seventh Grade” the main character, Victor, is faced with an internal conflict. While the story “Melting Pot” the conflict is between groups of people. Conflicts can have winners, but not all conflicts do. In “Seventh Grade” the main character, Victor, is faced with an internal conflict. He has to figure out how to get his crush, Teresa, to…

The conflicts in the stories “Seventh Grade” and “Melting Pot” differ in structural ways. Internal conflict, a problem with an inside force, such as their minds, happens in “Seventh Grade” with a boy named Victor. In “Melting Pot”, there is an external conflict about the streets of people with diverse ethnicities live in. External conflict happens between an outside force, such as a specific group or person, with someone else. Sometimes, these conflicts have winners, but some can be left in the…

long time or not at all would have put this country into a place that isn't as advanced as it would be today. Immigration brought these ideas and technology to this nation which helped this country grow which helped changed this nation into the melting pot of culture it is today. Immigration brought many people into to this country that can show us different techniques and are masters of their own craft. They benefit both the products that can be made and secrets on how to perfect them to a…

the basis of how our country was formed. Immigration, both legal and illegal, has become a key focal point in today’s society- especially with presidential elections looming in the near future. In a collection of essays titled “Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrant and What It Means to Be American,” Jamar Jacoby has a piece titled “The New Immigrants and the Issue of Assimilation” published in 2004. In her piece she creates an argument that although beneficial to our country,…

America has been nicknamed “The Melting Pot” since the age of immigration during the late 19th century and early 20th Century. Still to this day, millions of people settle in our wondrous country to find peace, solemn and security; each family and person having different rituals, religion, language and culture. Paine, who lived during the 18th century, saw first hand the “concord” of immigrants that arrived from all over Europe: Anglicans, Puritans, Catholics, Englishmen, Spaniards, Frenchmen,…

All short stories have extemal and internal that take place in and between the groups of people. Even in “Seventh Grade,” and “The Melting Pot”. In the short story, “Seventh Grade” Victor likes this girl name Teresa. Victor tried everything, to make Teresa notice him. He even waited in homeroom, so he could bump into Teresa and start a conversion with her. Victor is willing to do anything, to make Teresa knowledge that he is there. He daydreamed in English about Teresa, as he did this his…

The “melting pot” of the world, America has become known as the land of the free and the land of opportunity. Since claiming independence from their mother country, Great Britain, America built their political frameworks around the ideas and thoughts of several Enlightenment philosophers “that all men are created equal.” Granting all citizens the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, America has attracted many to its land; however, they came to America under false assumptions.…