Subtropical ridge

Throughout the United States millions of people starve every day; at the other end of the spectrum millions of people waste thousands of tons of food a day. This is a dilemma that young adults are trying to correct. The problem that lies in front of them, involves the waste from colleges. College students continue to combat each other. Some colleges in the United States use the food they waste to create energy or compost for local crops. While others do nothing to help the environment and don’t are

Jon Meacham Once said “The American Dream may be slipping away. We have overcome such challenges before. To recover the Dream requires knowing where it came from, how it lasted so long and why it matters so much.” America was founded on the sweat of our ancestors trying to create a nation of freedom, that freedom wasn’t achieved without their sacrifice and goal to achieve the greatest nation on earth, they achieved that goal. Ever since America was founded the idea that we have the best nation on

he main conflicts in this novel are man vs. society and man vs. self. These conflicts both contribute to the Rivera family's perception of what it means to be an American as well. The Rivera family struggles to try and fit in with other Americans in order to work and pay all their bills along with taking care of Maribel, who is the main reason they moved to the United States for. In the novel, Alma mentions that she tries to get out and say hello in spanish to anyone she thinks looks as if they know

Imagine arriving to a place you've never been to, a place where you don't know anyone. You try asking for directions but when people see you they turn their backs on you giving you dirty looks for looking differently. Finally someone is not outraged by the way you look but all you hear coming out of their mouths is a bunch of sounds, with no meaning. In 2014 there were approximately 11.7 million Mexican immigrants in the United States according to the Migration Policy Institute (Zong). Everyday

Is the American Dream something that is real or is it actually just that a dream of being successful. The American Dream is something that every American and immigrant alike and takes form based on each and every individual. Achieving the American Dream can be easier for men than women as well as easier for Americans compared to immigrants. Americans have been trying to achieve and achieving his or her version of the American Dream for many years, however, the obstacles that lie in the way make success

America is a symbol of hope and future. From immigrants first setting foot on American land to the children sitting in school, hope fills their hearts and a promise of a future fills their minds. America provides hope to my generation. Every day we look out of our windows and see a great nation. We see a great nation that was built and founded on hope and a vision of what it could become. Abraham Lincoln saw what America was and had a hope and a vision of how it could be different. He envisioned

To be American means a lot to me especially if you were born and raised in America. To me I think America is a great place to travel when you live in different countries like South America and Europe. Places like South America would love to come to America because they really don’t know how it is America. They can go places they’ve never been before, we’ve already been there so, it’s not really new to us. If they are going to go shopping they should go Los Angeles, California because they have everything

Everyone has a dream they want to fulfill in their lifetime; big or small. Whether it is to own a house or to have a better education, they have something they want to achieve. The Canadian dream is a way to live freely without any worries and hardships. Through hard work, success will surely follow. The Canadian dream is combined with individual success, care for others, concern for the country; it is also to respect others, their background, and their religions. The reason behind my parent’s motivation

“America is the land of opportunity.” is what I always heard growing up on my tiny island in the Caribbean, Jamaica. This is common for most Jamaicans. Unbeknownst to me, my grandmother had been trying to get my father and me to become U.S residents for years. In 2014 it finally went through. However, my mother wanted me to finish school in Jamaica. So I travelled back and forth from the two countries, two times every year. The last year of high school was the hardest and so far the worst

Many know the United States as the land of opportunity, the place where you can become anyone you want. In other countries, this opportunity does not exist. Even with this unique promise the United States give us, numerous teens and adults still do not take advantage of it. As kids grow from their adolescent age, they aspire to be something of their own creation, but in their childhood something causes them to dislike learning. The story of “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan demonstrates that immigrants to America