Brian Friel's "Translations" Essay

put the nation back together and did not punish the south as wanted by some.

Since he played such a major role in the Constitution Convention, he obviously was going to serve a major role in the new government. He proved himself a brilliant administrator both in organizing the Treasury Department and in assisting generally to set guidelines for and staff all the departments of government. He proposed, to pay the nation's debts in full and also to assume the unpaid debts of the various states. In his later years, he was a strong member of the

After the war, America was a chaotic place. Although there was the Article of Confederation, America’s system of government was incomplete. A lot of problems existed and people were revolting. Of all those revolts, two were significant, the Shay’s Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion. The Shay’s Rebellion happened in 1786, when there was an economy crisis and the local courts started to shut down the farms. The Whiskey Rebellion happened in 1791, when the government imposed taxes on the whiskey. Although both of the revolts were crashed down, they changed the government. After the Whiskey and the Shay’s Rebellion, people promoted a stronger federal government, precedent of obeying the law was set and it had shown that the executive would act to execute the law.

First, he pushed for the Thirteenth Amendment, which actually ended slavery in the United States, and perhaps more importantly, he continued the war to its conclusion and demanded that the end of slavery and the return of the southern states to the Union be conditions for

In Richard Rodriguez's essay , “ Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood ” he writes about how he struggled as a child who only spoke Spanish language but lives in a society where the “public” language is English . He believes that speaking proper English will somehow help him fit into society and find his “true” identity. Throughout the essay he contrast the Spanish language identity and English language identity. As a young boy, Rodriguez finds consolation and safety in his home where they only speak Spanish. He feels that he only has a true identity when he is at home surrounded by those who speak the same language as him . On the contrary , he becomes trapped and disoriented when not being able to speak / understand the English language . He feels as if he is not part of “their world” and has no identity in society. By comparing and contrasting Spanish language identity and English language identity . Rodriguez's essay is an example that speaking different languages should not make anyone choose an identity . In fact being able to speak and understand multiple languages in his case Spanish and English makes the language a part of his identity, but with two different sides .

He proposed to use his military to enforce the nullification so make sure that the acts of congress were obeyed. South Carolina was kind of out there on their own with the tariffs. Henry Clay was elected to the senate and created a compromise to lower tariffs. This worked and Jackson signed both of the compromise and a force bill in 1883 claiming a victory for Calhoun.

Daniel Shays’ rebellion consisted of the angry farmers who were being over taxed to the point of homelessness they had marched on to the continental stores to show their mistreatment (shaysrebellion.stcc.edu). The main point to the march was to oppose the taxing of the farmers’ needs so heavily. The farmers had been subjected to high taxes and, when they failed to pay, lawsuits were given to them (shaysrebellion.stcc). After having to endure the unfair treatment the farmers decided to attempt to make the government see their faults and change the balance of power over to the central government instead of the states. After Shays’ Rebellion, Washington wrote to Madison describing the current state of the nation and the chaos unfolding (Washington). Washington saw the disorderly conduct The Articles of Confederation have caused. The economy had suffered as well as the people and he sought a way to improve the unity of the nation. Not only did the lack of strength in the government become a reason to abolish The Articles of Confederation, but the lack of funds also had a

would never rest until I had effected its abolition." When in parliment he tryed to get bills passed for 18 years that would free slaves and to eventally ebolish slavery. During this time he was

Chapter one of Translation Nation by Héctor Tobar is an engaging piece of literature that covers how immigrants in the United States affect the country. Tobar includes several examples that give the reader a glimpse into the many ways America is changing. Although changes are being made, immigrants still face their fair share of challenges. Coming into a strange country is not always a seamless transition.

He never allowed his focus to be altered from his goal. In the end the measure passed both the House and the Senate to the dismay of many.

What's harder than living like a teddy bear? Living like a poor teddy bear, who works in a sweatshop, and gets pregnant. The Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok tells the story of Kim Chang, a girl who moves to the United States from Hong Kong. She experiences poverty, child labor, and lots of stress throughout the process. Life without money is very difficult, especially when Kim and her mom get paid progressively less throughout the book, resort to living in cloth for toys, get most of their money taken from them, and can't afford school.

Brian Friel’s play Translations was the first production of the Field Day Theatre Company in Derry in 1980, which Friel co-founded with Stephen Rea. It describes the beginning of the process of Anglicization in a relatively remote Gaelic-speaking area during the 1833 Survey of Ireland, in which the English mapped Ireland, both culturally and geographically. Years of concerted anglicizing of the Irish by the British early in the 19th century led to the widespread fall into disuse of the native Gaelic tongue. National schools teaching exclusively in English began to open during the Survey of Ireland, and English culture encroached rapidly into Ireland. William Butler Yeats and Douglas Hyde write from the

When Protestant settlers became more prominent in the Irish government they declared Ireland a Protestant country. This caused religious tyranny for the Catholic majority in Ireland. Although Ireland was declared a Protestant country, the majority of the natives living there were Catholic [The Irish Story]. A declaration that Ireland was a Protestant country caused resentment in the Catholic communities towards Protestants. The maddened Catholics tried to rebel against the repressive laws. Religious oppression was an important aspect in the onset of the Eleven Years War. The Irish Catholics pledged to stay loyal to England under Charles l as long as he didn’t get rid of the Catholic religion or their religious freedom [Library Ireland]. The

Over the past month, we have been studying the concept of reading and writing in different communities. To assess this, we have read two different texts. Richard Rodriguez’s the achievement of desire”, from his autobiography “Hunger of Memory”; and Lucille McCarthy’s “A Stranger in Strange Lands: A College Student Writing across the Curriculum” from “Research in the Teaching of English”. Both answer key questions regarding what it takes to become a great reader and writer, however, from the reading that I have done, each one only answers one part of the question. Rodriguez’s main focus is in the aspect of reading, whereas McCarthy mainly focuses on the writing portion. Both do a decent job of analyzing and putting forth a view of how they believe a person can best perform in these environments. This then allows us to use their concepts and create our own version, based on their points of view. But why should we care? Most people at this level of academia will have developed a system of writing that works for them, and will have a difficult time breaking from it if they’re process doesn’t meet the criteria that Rodriguez, and McCarthy put forth. The reason it’s so important is because of implications these ideas have. Both authors put forth concepts that are indirectly related to one another and that are highly beneficial to all who will apply them. They will force you to conform to new environments in order to succeed, this in turn will make you more

The Irish people wanted to become a free republic, away from the British. All that John Devoy had worked for, was about to be made or broken. As some 1,600 supporters stormed Dublin, they captured important locations like the post office. Initially, the uprising was supposed to take place throughout Ireland, but special circumstances prevented that from happening. During the uprising, Patrick Pearse proclaimed on the steps of the post office that Ireland was a free republic. The rebels, including John Devoy thought that when the public saw them rebelling against Britain, they would join in. The public did not support the uprising. This was a smart decision as British troops were sent in to overtake the rebels. 475 were killed, and over 2,000 were wounded. Pearse later said in the rebellion, “When we are all wiped out, people will blame us for everything, condemn us…..(but) in a few years they will see the meaning of what we tried to do.” Before anyone recognized what they did, many were mad at them for causing so much violence and