...The Statue of Liberty is one of the most unmistakable landmarks of the United States of America. From its once gleaming copper to its welcoming presence surrounding Ellis Island, our beloved Lady Liberty has greeted immigrants since 1885. If one has ever been to the Statue of Liberty, they probably know that at the bottom is a poem. This poem, or sonnet, contains a beautiful message about immigrants arriving in America. It states, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” As a country, it is important to follow the words we were founded on. America should continue to follow the words stated at the base of the Statue of Liberty because it represents the country’s establishment, it is a symbol of hope to the incoming...
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...countries all over the world came to America to escape persecution and lack of jobs. Emma Lazarus, a poet, described the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of the welcoming arms in the western world, in her poem, “The New Colossus”. However, America as a country only partly lived up to the words in Lazarus's poem because they provided jobs and helped the immigrants adjust to the language and culture in America, but they did not allow for all races to come to America. America lived up to these words by taking in as many immigrants as possible despite their status. Lazarus stated,”Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”. Living up to these words, Americans created settlement houses to help the less fortunate immigrants adjust to life in a new country by helping them learn and the understand the language and culture of America. The U.S. also helped immigrants adjust to life in America by providing a large number of jobs that required little to no skill. Hence, Americans lived up to the words in Lazarus’s poem because they not only helped the poor learn the culture and language of Americans, but they also...
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...is about the statue itself. It is compared to the “Colossus of Rhodos”, which is different from the statue, if one thinks of the “Colossus of Rhodos” one is connecting it with dominating power (ll.1) The Statue of Liberty is called “ Mother of Exiles” which shows that she is welcoming immigrants and that anyone can find his or her home in America.(ll.6) She is also welcoming everyone, not only the immigrants, the homecomers as well, that is shown by the alliteration worls-wide welcome in line 7.She is placed in the harbor of New York City, where many immigrants come to, she is also turned to the world and not to America, that shows that America is happy to welcome these immigrants. The second stanza is written in a cross-rhyme, that shows that the topics is changing, Emma Lazarus is not writing about the statue itself anymore, she is describing the intention of the statue. She writes about what the statue would say if she could talk, to demonstrate that she used the paradox of silent lips(ll.10). The direct address are ancient lands (ll.9). The statue tries to tell these lands, Europe, that they should send their homeless people to America (ll.13), because it can be a home for everyone. In the last verse Emma Lazarus wrote: “ I lift my lamp beside the golden door”, the statue wants to...
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...the barbaric methods ISIS is using to capture the attention of billions world wide, this, of course, is when America feels the need to butt-in and “come to the...
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...new media And can you hear the sound of hysteria? The subliminal mind fuck America Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alien nation Where everything isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones meant to follow For that's enough to...
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...Communications Worksheet Your supervisor wants to send a brief e-mail message to welcome employees who have recently transferred to your department from Brazil, Russia, India, and China. He has written a draft message and would like your feedback. Review your supervisor’s message below. Rewrite the message to make it appropriate for the communication style of one of the four countries of your choice. Conduct research to know more about the communication style of your chosen country. I wanted to welcome you ASAP to our little family here in the States. It’s high time we shook hands in person and not just across the sea. I’m pleased as punch about getting to know you all, and I for one will do my level best to sell you on America. Complete the table with your rewritten welcome message. |Chosen Country name |Rewritten welcome message | |Brazil |I want to welcome you all to our little family here in the United States. We are | | |looking forward to meeting with all of you in person in the near future, so that we | | |can get acquainted. We are so happy and excited to welcome and to get to know each | | |and everyone of you. We hope that you will come to love America like we do. | Additional Insight Respond to each of the following questions...
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...Communications Worksheet Your supervisor wants to send a brief e-mail message, welcoming employees recently transferred to your department from different regions across the company, which are Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Create a clear and concise welcome message that would be appropriate for these groups of employees. Research the communication style of each of the following countries: Brazil Russia India China Transcribe the following welcome message for the employees from each country: I wanted to welcome you ASAP to our little family here in the States. It’s high time we shook hands in person and not just across the sea. I’m pleased as punch about getting to know you all, and I for one will do my level best to sell you on America. Complete the table below with your transcribed welcome messages. Also indicate whether each of the countries are more individualistic or relationship focused. |Country |Transcribe Welcome Message | |Brazil |Bem-vindo! | | |I would like to welcome you to our company here in the United States. It is time we speak in person rather than by | | |email. I will try my best to help you feel at home and enjoy your time here. I look forward to meeting with you. | | ...
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...Managed Service Provider Contractor Welcome and Orientation Guide for Contract Assignments at Bank of America Revised: 5/18/2010 11:42 AM Code of Conduct and Workplace Etiquette Food at workstations The type and amount of food at workstations can cause distraction to teammates and interfere with servicing customers. Some guidelines follow: ♣ Food must not distract you, teammates, or the customer, and should not be detectable by any customer. ♣ Food must not be messy, attract insects, mice, or lead to unsanitary conditions. ♣ All beverages must be in containers with a sealed lid. ♣ Meals should be eaten in the break rooms during breaks or scheduled lunch time. Breaks and Lunches All breaks and lunches are to be taken away from your desk or work area. Smoking Area There are smoking booths located at some Bank of America buildings, for others, during breaks or lunches make sure you are 25ft away fr entrance. Be courteous to others and pick up after yourself (this includes: cigarette butts, used matches, etc.). For Call-Center environments, you may not sign off the phones to smoke if you are not scheduled for a break. Cell phones, pagers, PDAs, and digital cameras: All cell phones, pagers, palm pilots, iPods and PDAs must be turned...
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...Why is Christianity so central to Douglass’ argument? Why does he make numerous references to the Bible? Christianity is a religion based on values of love, respect, forgiveness, and understanding, and the Bible is the book from which those values are taught. Frederick Douglass, born into slavery, was a prominent figure in the fight to abolish slavery, and a great speech giver. In his speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Douglass centrals his argument around Christianity to bring to light the sham under which his audience resides, and makes numerous references to the Bible to support his claim. It has been, and still is to this day, said that the United States of America was built upon a foundation of Judeo-Christian values. In what feels to be increasingly heated words, Douglass speaks on behalf of the American slave, presenting to his audience the travesty they have made of the Christian faith. He explains that “American Christianity” is “to [the American slave], mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy – a this veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages” (Douglass 485). Through the use of harsh words, Douglass is hoping they will penetrate the souls of those listening, resulting in sorrow and guilt for allowing such a travesty to arise from a religion based on love and respect. Further into his speech, Douglass emphasizes on how the lives of his audience are a sham, and he feels he is helping them to do right by making...
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...one of the largest immigration port of registries, was open. (“Welcome to Ellis Island”) here, people traveling from all over the world came to live the American Dream. The traveled day and night. Crossing the ocean could take up to two months. When I got to the island I could take days just to be registered. These people faced many enduring challenges and hard sacrifice, but then it was all worth it. For America provided jobs, freedom, and much more. The challenges these immigrants faced we're almost endless. Most of them with their class travelers, so their journey to Ella violent took one to three months. Writing across the ocean, they could only look forward. Most had just lost everything. Money I have left their families, belongings, and home. When they finally arrived to the island, the first and...
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...In America, the immigrant crisis runs a lot deeper than eight years. In order to understand what is happening to other countries when they welcome people into their countries for Communities in their schools, we have to understand that many times be same people turn around when they’re when they went there are enough of them and stab the very people welcome to them in the back. There are many countries that have allowed Muslims to basically take over their country or parts of by spreading their religion. This is not the first time this happens and it is not the last. The battle in the Middle East has been going on long before America was born. One of the many things I can quickly get out of control is when a religion spreads especially...
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...an amalgamation of independent and unregulated art work. The 1913 Armory Show is known to be the first large exhibition of modern art in America -- boasting a significant number of paintings, sculptures, and decorative work done by some 300 plus European and American artists (“Welcome to the 1913 Armory Show”, nd). Since its occurrence, the Armory Show event has made a lasting impact on American art in general. Many lauded it as one of the most influential events in the history of American art (“Welcome to the 1913 Armory Show”, nd). As a result of the impact of the event, museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased and displayed pieces from the show. It was not customary for traditional museums and art galleries with Gilded Age concepts and perspective on art to purchase ‘freestyle’ ‘rebel’ art. The Armory Show became somewhat of a true ‘trend-setter’ for modern art. Furthermore, according to Doss (2002) “In the five years following the Armory Show, some 34 galleries, and organizations mounted more than 250 shows of American and European modern art.” These occurrences following the Amory Show has been a testament to the effects the event has on modern art in America. References: Doss, E. (2002, April). Oxford History of Art: Twentieth-Century American Art. Cary, NC, USA: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from ebrary, 289. “Welcome to the 1913 Armory Show”. (), Retrieved from http://xroads.virginia.edu/~museum/armory/entrance.html Overall though, the question...
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...Discrimination and Racism in Country Lovers and the Welcome Table Donna Robertson ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Lyndsey Lefebvre November 18, 2012 Discrimination and Racism in Country Lovers and the Welcome Table Racial discrimination has affected black people in the United States and Africa for many years. Although racial discrimination is against the law in both countries many people believe that racism still exists and there is significant evidence to support many racial discrimination claims. While many racist people has believe throughout time that their behavior is appropriate; two short stories which are Country Lovers and The Welcome Table illustrate these behaviors and allow the reader to interpret, understand and feel the suffering of two black women caused by painful racism. Both stories enlighten the reader on how one ethnicity believe that they are superior to the other and proves that racism is practiced through ignorance and hatred. This essay will compare and contrast the racial theme of the short stories “Country Lovers” written by Nadine Gordimer and “The Welcome Table” written by Alice Walker. Both of these short stories share the same theme, which is centered on racism, but the theme is not limited to racism it also includes love, hardship, rejection, and death. Both stories share racial tension between two ethnic groups, as well as pain suffered as a result of racism. Both of these literary pieces give the reader awareness...
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...Do you think your life is hard? Well imagine how immigrants had it, their life was hard. First off they had to cross an ocean with sick passengers on it, and then get pushed around by guards. Finally, their kids played in the streets because there were no place to play! So that is how hard immigrants had it. First of all before the immigrants got to America they had to pay 35 dollars get on the boat. The boat was filled with people, they all had to sleep on metal beds with straw as the mattress, it must have been impossible for people to sleep with uncomfortable beds. Also illnesses were spreading with all the mice and rats on the rocking boat. Lastly after a lot of people got sick vomit was everywhere, and only a few people died. After that...
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...Job fair calendar New York Job fair – September 28th Our next job fair in NYC is September 29, 2011. NYC job fairs are a great way to find a job. This event is open to the public from 10AM to 2PM. Vendor setup time begins at 9AM. Affinia Manhattan 371 Seventh Ave New York, NY 10001 Event Time: 10AM to 2PM For more information, please contact DiversityJobFairs.Com (516)932-0997 General / Professional Job Fair in NYC, NY Thursday, December 8, 2011 This event is open to the public from 10AM to 2PM. Vendor setup time begins at 9AM. Affinia Manhattan 371 Seventh Ave New York, NY 10001 Event Time: 10AM to 2PM For more information, please contact DiversityJobFairs.Com (516)932-0997 Job fair Tampa Florida This event is open to the public from 10AM to 2PM. Vendor setup time begins at 9AM. Renaissance Tampa International Plaza Hotel 4200 Jim Walter Blvd Tampa, FL 33607 Event Time: 10AM to 2PM For additional information, please contact DiversityJobFairs.Com (516)932-0997 Driving Directions: Parking * Complimentary on-site parking Area Airports Tampa - TPA * Phone: 1 813 870 8700 * Hotel direction: 1 miles E * Driving Directions: Airport Exit to W. Spruce St. / W. Boy Scout Blvd., Left at Weshore Blvd. into International Plaza * Courtesy phone available * Alternate transportation: All Access; fee: 10 USD (one way) ;on request * Airport shuttle service, on request, complimentary * Bus service...
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