Life Without Electricity

All around the world, people use electricity on a daily basis. Americans probably would not know how to survive without electricity, so it is very interesting that a whole Amish community survives with out it. The main reason the Amish do not want to use electricity is because it provides a connection to the outside world, which they do not want to be apart of. Although they do not use technology, they are able to use batteries and air or hydraulic power motors to run some household items. In an article in Indianapolis Business Journal, it says “Amish entrepreneurs have no inherent gripe against modernity; they just don’t want to be ruled by it as so many of us are”(Altom). The Amish find ways to make things around their community work with out using technology. They are afraid that if they use technology it will take away from their togetherness and their beliefs. Modern day America is so reliant on technology as apart of our everyday lives that we could not picture our lives without it. If we could have the same beliefs as the Amish, maybe humans would be more connected to each other and less connected to

Language can unify people. English has more than 1.9 billion competent speakers in the world. Charles Foran, author of “Lingua Franchise” calls English a compromise tongue. This means, “default neutral terrain for doing deals and making friends” (100). English is rapidly growing globally.

Old English dates back to approximately the year 700. If you go back even farther, Dutch, German and old English can all be traced back to the same source. French had a large impact on the English language during the medieval centuries primarily because England was ruled by the upper class that spoke French. English today has spread across the globe. People around the world will adapt English into their own cultural practices.

Relevance Statement: Electricity is the heart of our current civilization. Without electricity we would regress into a feudal like stage which will slow down our evolution as a society

Apocalyptic Imagine a world where there was no power. How would you survive? How would you find food? What other effects are there that you might not even think about? That is exactly what John Matherson has to deal with in the small town of Black Mountain, North Carolina when an EMP hits.

Languages are always changing and evolving. The English language itself is full of words from other languages.

Today, most people take electricity for granted, especially in the United States and other developed countries of the world. According to Walter Moss in his book, An Age of Progress?, Clashing Twentieth-Century Global Forces, during the twentieth century, perhaps no other technological advancement, even the automobile, affected the people of the world more than electricity. Electricity would become the foundation for the development of new technological advancements in industries such as agriculture, health and science, environment, and technology. Production and consumption in all these industries would continue to rise throughout the century with reliance on electricity to flourish.

English is the main language of the Western world. Many English words originated from the Roman language of Latin. Simple English words such as ?architecture?, ?balm?, ?determine? and ?say? have been derived from Latin. Just flip through a dictionary and an endless amount of words have come from Latin. If the Ancient Romans didn?t have and create the language of Latin, we would probably lose half our vocabulary, because of the great role it has played in making the language of English. The

As the world becomes more globalized, English seems to dominate the world as the leader of languages. Seth Mydans states in his article, "Across Cultures, English is the Word," that English will become the language of the world and that there is no slowing down. Mydans utilizes statistics to his advantage throughout the majority of his article, noting that nearly eighty percent of the world's electronic information is recorded in English and that around 400 million people speak English as a first language, with 300 to 500 million as a second language. He also mentions that the United States, the largest English-speaking nation in the world, houses only twenty percent of the nation's English-speakers, with Asia having an estimated 350 million English-speakers. These numbers help the audience understand how widely known and valuable English is in modern day society, and, in turn, establish logos in Mydans' article.

We should be less dependent on electricity as well, but doing so would be extremely inconvenient with all the modern accommodations that require electricity. Maybe another way to avoid such a crisis is to stockpile bunker, like the fallout shelters created during the Cold War. As crazy as it sounds, a fallout shelter would not be the worst idea in this case, it would protect from possible invaders and, if supplied well, could easily be used to survive until help arrives, if it arrives as quickly as in One Second

For most modern Americans, the loss of power means the complete loss of normalcy. Their lifestyle is so dependent upon the grid's constancy that they do not know how to function without it. How do you cook a meal if your gas stove has an electric ignition? How do your children find their way to the bathroom at night if the light

Many years ago, near 5th century AD, three Germanic tribes the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes invaded Britain. The original inhabitants of Britain spoke Celtics language and most of them were pushed into Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The intruders all spoke the similar language named “Englisc”, and people now call it Old English. The development of English can divide by three parts, Old English Middle English and Modern English. At the beginning, English is only used by people who lived in

Although there is no official language in the United States, the English language is the most widely spoken. Language helps to shape our identities, define and limit our expectations of the world around us and who we are. You might ask yourself, how does our language shape our identities and influence our perceptions of the world? Through language, we are able to make meaning, understand, and define ourselves. We are able to communicate what we feel, our ideas, our hopes, and our dreams with others who can respond to our feelings and thoughts. However, our choice of words cannot always capture what we are feeling to the full extent.

There are nearly 7000 languages spoken in the world. Among them is the English language. Richard Lederer, a retired high school teacher chose this language to be the subject of his essay “English is a Crazy Language.” In the essay, Lederer describes English with respects to who uses it, when it is used and how it is used. They justify his claim that English is the most widely spoken language in the world.

     “In the world were over seven thousand languages have exisisted, one language had become dominate. This dominant language is English.” “In the majority of countries throughout the world speak English as their second or first language, no longer just America or England.” English has taken many forms, American English, the Queen’s English, Australian, Canadian English, and several others. Even American English has taken several types of English, Jersey English, East Coast English, West Coast English, Southern English, slang English, and Ebonics. All of these languages have major variants between them, but are all of them are still understood aboard. Without English the world couldn’t operate,