As an American‚ I am thankful that our country has a military that is willing to sacrifice their lives for us to be safe. America is the “Land of the free and the Home of the brave”. Our country and it’s American people have fought long hard wars to get to where we are in time now. Many have unfortunately lost their lives‚ but they were brave enough to go to other countries to fight for our freedom‚ rights and our country. The veterans and soldiers who are in other countries have lots of courage
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Josh David Morano‚ M ENG3U1-11 December 7 2012 Individuality and Freedom in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth In the texts “Brave New World” and “Macbeth”‚ every important character has a beginning and origination; this beginning‚ whether it be good or bad‚ influences the types of desires they have which comes to a point where they have to decide between individuality and freedom or their desires. Although the characters of the
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In the autumn of 1971 Don McLean’s elegiac American Pie entered the collective consciousness‚ and over thirty years later remains one of the most discussed‚ dissected and debated songs that popular music has ever produced. A cultural event at the peak of its popularity in 1972‚ it reached the top of the Billboard 100 charts in a matter of weeks‚ selling more than 3 million copies. By identifying this great success it illustrates that it was no ordinary song. With its boldness‚ originality and it
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What is “American Pie?” During the early to 1970s to modern times songwriters such Don McLean has released nearly 40 gold and platinum records. Of all McLean’s music his most memorable album would be American Pie. In the American Pie album McLean wrote his most famous song “American Pie” which he dedicated it to one of his greatest influences Buddy Holly. Buddy Holly was a particular influence on Don McLean and was one of the biggest explanations why he decided to write “American Pie.” This legendary
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This American singer and songwriter became popular with his 1971 album American Pie which included the hits “American Pie” and “Vincent”. Don McLean recorded his first album Tapestry in 1969. The album wasn’t a great success but his first major break came with his second album which was American Pie. The two singles from this album‚ as mentioned above‚ rose up to number one on the charts. His song “American Pie” was partly inspired by the tragic deaths of Buddy Holly‚ Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson
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see more clearly how McLean misses the 1950s‚ as he references many events that occurred at the time. The chorus begins with McLean saying‚ “Bye‚ bye‚ Miss American Pie” (16). Here the speaker could be referring to the American Dream‚ which he believes has gone under a change since the 1950s. He seems to think that the idea of the American Dream is different now‚ in 1971. Another option for what the speaker means here is the fact that Don McLean dated a Miss America contestant once. In line 17
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The catchy and unforgettable tune‚ “American Pie”‚ written and released by Don McLean in 1971‚ is a song that depicts not only negative and positive events of the 50’s and 60’s‚ but also his personal life during those years. One of the depictions‚ is that of the 1959 plane crash Clear Lake‚ Iowa. This specific plane crash was most notable known for being described with the everlasting title: The Day the Music Died. This titlement was the headline of the news published on February 3rd 1959. Buddy
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The immensely popular song "American Pie"‚ written by Don McLean‚ describes the "day the music died"‚ and the decline of society in the following decade. This date‚ specifically February 3rd 1959‚ is marked by the deaths of influential musicians Buddy Holly‚ Ritchie Valens‚ and J.P. Richardson. McLean wrote the song to describe his feelings towards the deaths‚ and to describe the history of American music up to the date "American Pie" was written‚ using symbolism to describe events without directly
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“There are over 1.6 billion Muslims alive in the world as of 2010”‚ according to senior editor lipka. The author from the book Burqas‚ Baseball‚ and Apple Pie tries to tell the readers that there are many different kinds of Muslims. Just as there are many different types of denominations within the Christian society. Globally there are Muslims that are more conservative like the Orthodox Muslims‚ there are the more secular Muslims‚ and even a small percentage of extremist Muslims. That everybody
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In the article titled‚ “Taco USA: Mexican food Became More American Than Apple Pie”‚ by Gustavo Arellano argues that Mexican food in America is not authentic. Mexican food served in America is completely different from the original cultural mexican dishes. “Mexican food has become a better culinary metaphor for America than the melting pot” (Arellano 453). Mexicans view such food claiming to be Mexican in America as a joke and an insult to their culture. America does not see nor acknowledge the value
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