“American Progress” John Gast’s painting‚ “American Progress”‚ illustrates many depictions of the early movement and development of the United States. This particular painting defines uniqueness and character throughout. Looking at it geographically the angel portrayed in the middle is floating westward as though she is exemplifying the Westward Expansion. She has the “Star of Empire” imprinted on her forehead‚ which better portrays the idea of her trying to move westward. This painting is a
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Another observation within this section is from Romans 12:14‚ “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse”. Not only are believers not supposed to curse those who hurt them‚ they are supposed to bless those who hurt them. The interpretative question from this observation is‚ “How do believers bless those who have hurt them?” Praying for the hearts of our enemies to soften to the Lord‚ as well as‚ being kind to the enemies rather than repaying their actions are ways we can bless our enemies
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public election. Although‚ I did explain the distinctiveness of Wong’s nonviolence style of protest and rebellion against the established rules‚ still I failed to illustrate the reasons why nonviolence is better than a violent one. After reading the Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King and doing my research about Hong Kong localism protest‚ I developed a better understanding of nonviolent protest. Wong’s nonviolent protest is indeed a preferable option of rebellion in Hong
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class citizens and American soldiers have been treated as heroes when the soldiers are scared to be fighting. American Idealism forms the way something should be and how it is perceived. However‚ the idealism of American thought is not always correct. An individual should strive to come up separate opinions and thoughts on what is right and not conform to popular belief. In the past‚ there were preconceived perceptions of the war‚ on the treatment of blacks and women. Americans are taught that the
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theology in Paris‚ which at the time was the center of theological studies. He served as the Pope from 1198 to 1216 and is known for expanding and reestablishing the Pope’s authority over the Papal States‚ launching crusades‚ and reforming the church. During the years between 1203 and 1204 Pope Innocent III wrote advice letters to powerful church members from England to the southern part of Italy. These letters were intended to give instructions to the administration of the church on how to deal with specific
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Stacey Lurcock English 101 Feb 16‚ 2013 “American Trash” Analysis The band Innerpartysystem started forming their group between the years 2000 and 2007. They had originally gone by the name The Takeover‚ until their manager ran across some conflicts with the lack of originality of the name‚ so they changed it to Innerpartysystem. The band’s name Innerpartysystem comes from a reference in the book “1984“by George Orwell. This book describes certain social classes such as “ Inner Party “ which
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When settlers from England came to America‚ they envisioned a Utopia‚ where they would have a say in what the government can and cannot do. Before they could live in such a society they would have to take many small steps to break the hold England had on them. The settlers of America had to end a monarchy and start their own‚ unique‚ form of government. They also had to find a way that they would have some kind of decision making power. The most important change that the colonies in America had to
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An analysis of “The American Promise” by presidential candidate Barack Obama In this essay‚ I am going to analyze Barack Obama’s speech “The American Promise”. He presented the speech when he was accepted as a candidate for the American election in 2008. The speech is from August 28th. I will look for ethos‚ pathos and logos‚ find his main argument and discuss the effect the speech has on the listener. The speech starts out with Barack Obama presents two people. A young man from Kenya and young
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Reflection Paper American Beauty 4/14/2011 American beauty is a quirky film about a middle aged mans rebellion‚ and the live of the people surrounding him. The opening scene shoots over what appears to be the perfect suburbia. Perfect little white houses‚ friendly neighbors‚ the whole nine yards. The question is “Is suburbia perfect. is After watching this film‚ I felt the best way to go about a reflection paper was to do more of a character analysis. In the beginning of the film‚ we are
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“If I have said anything in this letter that overstates the truth and indicates an unreasonable impatience‚ I beg you to forgive me. If I have said anything that understates the truth and indicates my having patience‚ I beg God to forgive me” (King 301). Martin Luther King Jr. writes an argumentative letter defending demonstrations against segregation. While serving eight days in prison for participating in protests in Birmingham‚ King writes his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (293). King is
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