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    have the right to practice their religion and freedom of speech, however I do not think that picketing funerals is the way to get people stop sinning. I think that you should respect the dead not picket their death saying it what God wanted. I know that I would be distraught and irate if someone were to picket my child’s funeral saying they were glad it happened. I can only imagine how the families feel when these Church members show up with their signs to spread the word that their loved ones…

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    represented a safe place where opportunities were abundant. For my mother, the dream was one of owning a house in a safe and nice neighborhood. It was an idea that was very similar to the American dream from the twentieth century, that one of a white picket fence and…

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    Simpler times, simpler minds, and unified visions of family life is what the 1950’s sitcoms brought to television viewers all throughout America. Situation comedies similar to Leave it to Beaver, I Love Lucy, and Ozzie and Harriet set the stage for how nuclear families were supposed to perform and live life on a daily basis. The issues with the sitcoms that were presented at this time were controlled and were not allowed to relay real world issues and portrayed a superficial vision of a family…

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    “A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.” After JFK died many had the idea that his death was an assassination, a stone cold murder but it was merely an accident. President John F. Kennedy’s death shocked the world, but who was the actual killer? Based on the backstory, the forensics/trajectory, and the witnesses; evidence has proven that Lee Harvey Oswald was assisted in this assassination attempt, but was not the person who killed JFK. John F. Kennedy was elected in…

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    Study for It White picket fences and green lawns—the dreams of dreamers and what they work hard for. Still, to get to the ideal American Dream there has to be work to sustain the water bill to pay for those green lawns. As well as some extra cash for the paint that goes into that picket fence. Not as simple as it looks, but everyone’s first guess to success is a college degree. However, there are people who might think that thousands of dollars of debt won’t get the job. Many have chosen to…

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    this is that everyone has a different perspective of it. What the original Dream consisted of a two-parent household, one mother, and one father. Who has kids, a dog, and lives in a house that is located in a beautiful neighborhood with a white picket fence. This is also your chance to get a better education or a job. A place where you do not judge for being you. This was the original blueprints of the American Dream.…

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    like a lot people I took a turn down a dark path. I found out I was pregnant with my first child right out of High School. I thought that I wanted to be out on my own and making my own rules. I dreamed of having a family, a house with a white picket fence, and a relationship that would last forever. I developed Post-Partum Depression after having my daughter “Addison”. The sickness led to a failed marriage and…

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    Still, it was hard for my parents; they thought the future they’d envisioned for me was lost. They had no reference point for a gay white picket fence.” Coming out to her parent was a gigantic step for jalees but she still felt closeted seeing none of her other family members knew. Sabrina desired that the best way to do it was right them an…

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    represents the American Dream by showing what it is meant to be, how it is made, and how it can be wrong. The “perfect” American Dream can be seen as many different things in the eyes of many different people. For most, it’s the typical white picket fence, two kids, self-made individual who worked hard against all odds. During this time many Americans regarded the perfect dream house as being “two stories high and [having] seven rooms” (5). In the play itself it is shown in how Joe achieves…

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    “Thank you Old Lady Daniels!” I turn to face the faded white picket fence and continue to lightly skip to a rhythm, trying my best to dodge the cracks of the sidewalk leading out of the lady’s house. She sits on the wicker rocking chair on her dull porch that’s coordinates with her dull house which coordinates with this dull atmosphere. Once I start to get close to the road, I turn to face her to offer her a friendly wave. “Goodbye, Gregory. And please don’t call me old lady”, she replies. “Yes…

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