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    Avenue Q Monologue

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    We follow Princeton as he struggles to find a job, his purpose, find and lose love, and meets a diversity group of humans and monsters. These eccentric ensemble live on Avenue Q, a shabby neighborhood in New York. There is: Katie Monster, a kind kindergarten teaching assistant who struggles to find love and a boyfriend, Brian, an unemployed aspiring comedian who is engaged to Christmas Eve, a Japanese immigrant who is a therapist with no clients, Nicky

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    Youth, the idea of the American dream and the relationship between man and the natural world. First, let us examine the idea of sacrifice. In the poem, much of what our speaker praises in these pioneers is the way they face the hardships of charting new territory. Their sacrifice defines them. It sets them apart from the “corpulent sleepers”, “gluttonous feasters”, and the “drooping elder races” of the old world. They are different from the complacent majority. The safety and the comfort the pioneers

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    I believe in West Virginia. I believe in the rugged mountains and the family sensation I experience when I am in the state. West Virginia is where family, friends, and tradition can always be found. This state may seem insignificant to the average person, but in my eyes, it is one of the most influential places in my life. Many holidays and vacations are spent on the glistening lake of West Virginia in the small town of Grafton surrounded by cheerful family and friends. Although we make our way to

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    Sopranos is an American television program that ran from the year 1999 until 2007. The series is often regarded by critics as the greatest television series of all-time. The program’s premise centers on a fictional Italian-American crime family from New Jersey. Tony Soprano, is the program’s main character, he is a Capo or underboss in the DeMio crime family. The show conceptualizes his everyday life, the difficulties he faces trying to balance a running a criminal organization and have a normal and natural

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    In the generation that we live in today, everyone has gone through some hardships that they had or are going through. To get through those hardships, that certain individual may need that one song that will lift their spirits and give them the right motivation to prosper. In class we can discuss two poems in particular, “I Too, Sing America” written by famous poet Langston Hughes and “We Wear the Mask” written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. The similarities between the two brings the upmost feeling of

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    I Hear America Singing Analytical In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the growth of the United States economy and the new industries affected nearly everyone in America. The laborers in America had been through many hardship during those years. Although most industrial laborers worked at least ten hours a day, their low-pay wages couldn't support their lifestyles. The health and safety in the workplace were poor conditions. The limit of workers was also another hardship for the

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    New York is rich in history. New York’s history starts with 5 independent states joining together to make Greater New York. Over a span of three years Greater New York grew to 360 square miles filled with 3,350,000 people. One of the biggest attacks on US soil would happen In New York when two hijacked planes would crash into the twin towers of the world trade center. “Thanks to the city’s diversity and vibrant intellectual life it remains the cultural capital of the United states.” “New York City

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    During the American Revolution, George Washington and his men travel across a half-frozen river, the Delaware, to launch a surprise attack on the Hessians who are celebrating Christmas in Trenton, New Jersey. Washington and his men are able to surprise the Hessians; this is a very important event in the war because the Patriots have lost several previous battles. Two pieces have been created that describe and explain this event in detail. The painting by Emanuel Leutze and the poem by David Shulman

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    Consolidating broad documented exploration with complex quantitative investigation, Riess considered proficient baseball from 1900 to World War I. basically in Chicago and New York additionally in Atlanta, to decide the relationship between the talk of baseball's proselytizers and the encounters of players, proprietors, and fans. He found that the delineation of baseball as an "all-American amusement typifying every American excellence and qualities" was the prescriptive build of an expanding baseball

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    In the book “The Great Game”, John Steele Gordon wrote, “In the 1790s what mattered was that Hamilton’s program caused the American economy to flourish. In the 1780s the United States had been in financial chaos, not altogether dissimilar to Russia today. But by 1794 it had the highest credit rating in Europe.” According to the quote, Hamilton’s vision of the U.S. economy came true because of his program to help the economy. Thus if it weren’t for Alexander Hamilton, the economy would have crumbled

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