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While individuals from in each political party hold polarizing opinions, the most polarizing individuals in each party would be party activists. What is a party activist? In a Political Behavior article, Edward Carmine and James Woods write, “political activists are a heterogenous group and include delegates to the nominating conventions, those citizens heavily involved in campaign activities, major financial contributors to political parties,” (364). Activism is action taken for a cause that…

Industrialization changed and helped shape American Life and society for the better. It changed it in many ways as far as economic, social, and landscape ways. Industrialization focuses and revolves around the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution will be driven by capital and the creation of the modern corporation. One of the most important ways it helps change American Life and society was the creation of the Railroads. Capital primarily came from the investments of railroads.…

Facecrime occurs when a person cannot keep an impassive face. If a person’s face wears an improper expression, at any time, they could be charged with Facecrime. Examples of this might be, joy during Two Minutes Hate, incredulity when a victory is announced, or disgust in relation to Big Brother or the Party. Any visual cues that may lead to a person’s disdain for the Party must be carefully hidden, lest they be accused of Facecrime. 4g. Ownlife means to be an individual or to long for…

The Cubicle: A Modernization of “A&P”-Written in subjective narrative I look out the small window into the parking lot to see three girls wearing a causal garb, I notice they all have hands free segways something I thought I would only see on the internet. They have the nicest ones possible and I am amazed at how they are currently carrying themselves. As they roll closer to the office I see my boss, he looks to be upset, he is the type of guy if you see him on the street you envy but if you…

Someone is standing in line at a department store, waiting for their turn to pay for their purchases. It is mid-December and the weather is cold and snowy and people are bustling about trying to complete their Christmas shopping. The person who is at the cash register checking the customers out seems to be in the Christmas spirit telling the shoppers to have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as they finish paying and head toward the front doors to leave. This would usually bring a smile to…

new job, all are opportunities to become a new person. People only know what you tell them about yourself. Communities trying to recreate their own identity punctuate American history; survivalists in Montana, gay communities in San Francisco, and Mormons in…

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” This quote stated by Malala Yousafzai shows the great importance that education can bring to each individual. But how does Pakistan live up to this philosophy? They have struggled to compete with the world in education and have a complicated road ahead. This case explores the statistics of education as well as a look into the madrassah in Pakistan to further understand their education system. Pakistan is considered to be the…

In 1893, a historian from Wisconsin, named Frederick Douglass Turner read his essay entitled, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” at the world Columbian exposition in Chicago. This essay redefined history not just as a political narrative, but as the growth of the Western frontier. Turner makes the argument that, “American history is the history of the colonization of the Great West.” (Hollitz, 176). I, like Turner, believe that the expansion of the frontier helped mold…

While there were many thing going on in the 1840s and 50s that contributed to the North South division, four major events will be identified. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, the Dred Scott trial and the Panic of 1857 all played a major role in the North South division and unrest leading to the Presidential election of 1860. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 “may have been the most important single event pushing the nation toward civil war” (McPherson 121). Author James McPherson stated…

What does it mean to have a voice? What does one do with their voice? How can one make a difference with their voice? All of these questions are pondered, in Terry Tempest Williams’ When Women Were Birds, and Laurie Penny’s Unspeakable Things. While these books, and authors for that matter, appear to be completely different, their underlying messages speak to the same thing. That “thing” is voice. Who has one, who doesn’t, and what it means to use it. When Women Were Birds, is a beautifully…