taken from actual comments made by foreigners about Americans. Read each one and think about what each comment says about the U.S. culture relative to others. 1. Visitor from India “Americans seem to be in a perpetual hurry. Just watch the way they walk down the street. They never allow themselves the leisure to enjoy life; there are too many things to do.” 2. Visitor from Colombia “The tendency in the US to think that life is only work hits you in the face. Work seems to be the one motivation
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is from BorderlandsfLa Frontera. In it, Anzaldua is concerned with many kinds of borders - between nations, cultures, classes, genders, languages. When she writes, "So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language" (par. 27), Anzaldua is arguing for the ways in which identity is intertwined with the way we speak and for the ways in which people can be made to feel ashamed of their own tongues. Keeping hers wild - ignoring the closing of linguistic borders - is Anzaldua's way of asserting
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years, American courts have made an arrangement of lawful regulations that ensure all types of the opportunity of expression. The First Amendment has persuaded in a holy feeling of opportunity that does not exist; the right to speak freely. The right to speak freely in this nation has never been supreme. You can't shout fire in a swarmed theater, request influences, make terrorist dangers, attack another, purposefully cause passionate pain or be profane in broad daylight. What Americans do have a
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Sometimes in life we do thing that we don't even want to but people push us, to go certain direction with their action, even though some people say you cannot let other control you by their action or by what they say, but still remember there always will be a time that you going to be tired of that person action,and you will be forced to react some certain wait that will hurt them, so the same thing happen to president Truman, Japan had forced him to destroy Hiroshima, do you think that would have
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Defining an american is difficult. There are about 300 million people who claim themselves as being an American. Each person has a different view of what an American is but to me it's about being able to be yourself and have pride while doing so. It’s difficult to understand what makes an American as shown in the piece “America and I” written by Anzia Yezierska telling about an Immigrant's experience of becoming an American. People from all over the world come to America to get hope and peace. Being
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where I came from but then I do get some that think I do not understand a word of English because I am Asian working at a nail salon. Many clients come into the salon and automatically think none of us speak enough English to communicate with us. They think they need to speak louder or slower so we can understand what they are saying. I would get so offended when someone asks me if I spoke English. I would give them a glare and sometimes even pretend I do not speak English so I don’t have to interact
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As a nation that preaches for individuals to speak their minds and practice their beliefs as much as they want, wouldn't it be non-American to not think outside the box and question authority at times? This is a very touchy subject to speak on because there's a very thin line between practicing what you believe in and breaking the law. For example, as read in "Rosa Parks and Civil Obedience- Prerana Korpe", Rosa parks refused to get out of her seat because she believed that it wasn't right to get
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Running head: ENGLISH SHOULD BE THE LAW English Should be the Law Kevin Gunyak Robert Morris University Professor Paul Anderson Argument and Research Section O 2/24/11 Abstract In this essay I am explaining why English should be the Official language of the United States. Also I am going to be talking about many of the issues that exist because of the controversy over should English be the official language of the United
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100-003 COURSE SCHEDULE – SPRING 2014 PROFESSOR SHARON AVNI Date/ lesson | Topic | Read/Watch | Assignment(s) due | 1 1/28 | Introduction Course overview | * Intro: * What is language What do we want to know about language? | | 2 1/31 | What is language? What do we know about language and society? | * Yule, Chapter 1 * Language truths http://rosinalippi.com/portfolio/docs/EWA-Intro.pdf | Study questions – Yule, Chapter 1 | 3 2/4 | Animal communication and human
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argues that one's primary language influences who they become. She uses Chicanos as a way to strengthen that argument. Chicanos, speak both English and Spanish, it’s a mix of two distinct cultures, therefore, how one identifies themselves, influences how they dress, speak and act. The language you speak is a part of your culture, it is who you truly are, and what defines you the most. Anzaldua uses pathos to also argue that in order to fully have a sense of happiness, one must “accept the illegitimacy
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