American abolitionists

commemorated by American’s since 1776. Since the 18th century, Americans have been using picnics, speeches, parades, and a variety of many other activities to rejoice their independence from Britain. These celebrations emerged after the Declaration of Independence was signed in the summer of 1776. This holiday has been a journey for American’s to show their patriotism and fight for their basic civil rights and liberties. With that being said every American commemorates this holiday differently based on class

Robert B. Reich, Why the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor, Poorer Reich starts his exordium with a distribution of where American workers found themselves in the early 1990’s in reference to where almost all American workers were just 20 years before. Reich placed most of the workers that contributed to the economy during the Nixon administration as being in one boat, analogous to the famous quote by G.K. Chesterton, “We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible

should learn more about the privacy. Although Vietnamese people do not have and care about privacy too much, American custom about privacy is considered as a treasure and clearly show in the workplace and at home. And then, I believe that when I write some detail about the private , it will help you understand and know how the privacy is important. First, the privacy can be seen obviously

Rarely does a one work of literature change a society or start it down the road to cataclysmic controversy.  One such work is Harriet Beecher Stowe's, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.  Considered by many, one the most influential American works of fiction ever published.  Uncle Tom’s Cabin contracts many different attitudes that Southerners as well as Northerners shared towards slavery. It shows the evils and cruelties of slavery and the cruelty, in particular how masters treat their slaves and how families are

The first time I heard “Ar'nt I a Woman?” was freshman year of high school, during our annual African-American Heritage assembly. The crowd, always restless and inattentive, chattered and snapchatted away as the speech and presenter were announced. A lanky girl shuffled on stage, folding in on herself as she walked, arrived center stage, and began to speak. As she went on, her spine straightened, her murmurs turned to phrases enunciated so clearly her tongue seemed to be working three times as hard

When asked to pick one African American who I wish to be like, it’s hard to pick just one. But, while thinking over it, one name really stood out to me. It’s the name of a man who was a leader in the abolitionist movement. It’s the name of a man who tried and tried to escape from slavery and finally did it. It’s the name of a man who orated brilliant speeches and continually advocated for all men and women to be equal. His name was Fredrick Douglass. I truly admire Fredrick Douglass, and wish to

The Malignant American in Surfacing     Before traveling through Europe last summer, friends advised me to avoid being identified as an American.  Throughout Europe, the term American connotes arrogance and insensitivity to local culture.  In line with the foregoing stereotype, the unnamed narrator's use of the term American in Margaret Atwood's Surfacing is used to describe individuals of any nationality who are unempathetic and thus destructive.  The narrator, however, uses the word in the

are commonly construed with the American people. An American archetype is a person that represents universal American human patterns. People have said that the character Bartleby from Bartleby, the Scrivener demonstrates resemblance to an American archetype. The novella is set during the mid 1800's on Wallstreet. During this time period there was a rise in change and the world was moving at a rapid pace. Bartleby struggle with change and relates to an American archetype by being lazy, stubborn

Chuck Close is a contemporary artist, known for painting monumental heads. For his subjects, Close used portraits drawn of himself, his family members, friends, and fellow artists. He chose this selective group of people because they just regular ordinary folks. He felt that if he used celebrity as subject matter, this would only distract from appreciating the beauty of his work. In addition all his portraits are title using only the first names. Close explored the concept of visual language

Chuck Close an American photorealist artist who was born in the US during the 40’s and as a result lived his teens & 20’s through the emergence of the American counterculture. As a result of the politics and world events at this time, much change was experienced by Chuck Close and he became a part of challenging social norms. These ideas and experiences are influential on his work and impact in various ways on his unique style in his artworks, as seen in his 1970 work called “Big Self-Portrait.”