... even today. Traditionally, we think of the American dream as owning a home and having happy family, with some undefined financial success often referred to as "comfortable". But the dream aspect of the American dream connotes a national, universal, and euphoric vision, despite some of the mundane aspect of the Dream as it is often defined. Immigrants in particular have seen American dream as a promised land of sorts, with the dream as an integral part of this ... vision. What seemingly makes this dream American is its access; both its inhabitants and its immigrants see ... ...

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The American Dream is based on the ideology that everyone, no matter what his origins are, can be successful through his own effort and by cultivating his qualities. The old American Dream was about the desire of a land, where life should be better, fuller and richer for every man. The old American Dream was in the minds of the early settlers, who fled from Europe to America. They left Europe, because of the ... monarchy, which was still suppressing the middle classes. They wanted to leave their past behind. ... a new life. That is why it is mainly described as a dream. Money played an impor...

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... and wealthy nation on earth. However, generation after generation, the American Dream and the American way of life have become quite different from what they once were. Taking their freedoms for granted, people have perverted "the pursuit of happiness- into the pursuit of material wealth, adding a further "liberty- of doubtful value: the liberty to do "whatever it takes."" The result of this philosophy is a society in which new freedoms ... through adapting our policy of individual responsibility to democracy that we may save the American Dream, the American way of life, and in effect "...

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... exist? Or is it a very bad joke? I've written it at that paper's header. I'm not attempting to establish a new theory that destroys the "American dream-. I've just tried to turn the coin over, so I could see what's on the other side. And I didn't like much of what I saw. That's why I'm trying to place a "different voice- here, just to show that not all people think of ... Americans made use of a series of inventions: the telephone, the light bulb, the phonograph, the alternating- current motor and transformer, motion pictures e.t.c. That country was running while the rest if the world s...

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... personal gain. But this nationalism resulted in a change of the administration of the government leading up to a more efficient and effective government. Later on in English rule, Edward I and Elizabeth I, brought England closer to being Protestant. Other countries followed England's lead in the Reformation. Directly, the English ruling class in Ireland brought the Irish the Reformation, while the Low Countries" Reformation was started by their ruling monarchy. Politics ... Protestant religions. This also caused political upheaval, making it a vicious cycle. The Protestant movement in E...

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... other service music to be written in both Latin and English by composers such as Thomas Tallis, who despite being Catholic wrote a large amount of Anglican Church music, such as the Dorian service, composed whilst under Edward. Tallis's Anglican music took much the same form as Luther's in Germany, simple melodic lines, often set in a simple homophonic arrangement, so in not to blur ... the text and its meaning. In 1549, the first book of common prayer was published as part of Edward's unification act, but it wasn't until 1562, four years into Elizabeth's reign, that John Day published ...

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... and becoming a shipmaster. As we were taught, Columbus' dream was to sail to India using a westward route and to prove that the earth was round. In 1492, Columbus was given the money he needed to sail westward and see his dream come true. He was given the financial assistance he needed because of the ongoing efforts of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Spain was involved in ... a religious crusade at the time. Columbus used this crusade to his advantage by ... he returned to Spain with little gold nuggets, the bodies of what had once been Native American men and many diseases, includi...

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... wiped out on third of the population due to poor sanitation. The only reform that took place to elevate the social problems under the feudal system was issues the Magna Carta which was signed in 1213. This document gave less power to the church and required upper class to pay more taxes. There was ongoing war between England and France. King Edward 111 felt he was entitled ... to this land in northern France because of a royal marriage that took place with the French royalty. Eventually 1337 the Hundred-year war was in full swing declared by England ... to take the rest of France. The ...

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... and almost out of nowhere these majestic structures appear. My favorite pictures of the pyramids are the ones at sunset. It is the way that the beams of light seem to kiss the formations. There is a divinity to the pyramids that brings out a peaceful and tranquil feeling from with in me. Today I can only dream of my trip to Egypt, but when that day comes and I can ... stand in the presence of this massive formation I know I will be breathless and filled with an uncontrollable joy. Traditionally, the arts have been divided into two categories, the fine arts and the liberal arts. The latt...

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... made his way through Africa to Morocco where he is trying to make a living while he is attempting for the third time to cross the border to the small part of Spain. Spain and Europe is his dream - the paradise he wants to go. It was the only thing that could get him to leave his home in Cameroon, though he lived under hard conditions. He ... had to leave, he was forced to leave. He dreams about "walking down the big streets of Madrid with their fine stately buildings" (l. 112), but in a way the dream of Europe has also faded a bit. The protagonist describes the other refugees as being b...

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... man, yet his skin is fair. He has adapted to the characteristics of the white man. He is an experienced musician whose social life evolves around white musicians, thus forsaking the black race. The principal theme in the novel is the identity of race. It is associated with "blackness" in the music world. The protagonist holds tight to the American dream, which is sought by all men, and of all races ... . He has the hopes to move forward in his pursuit, unregulated by his color. However, he ... must "pass" as white in order to do this. The protagonist became established in the white soci...

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... himself of his sins. To his surprise, the monk gave him absolution. The next morning, three ships left for the trip to Asia. The lead ship of the three was named the Santa Maria. Once it became night time, one of the crewmen observed that Christopher was navigating the ships by using the stars. Christopher was happy to teach the crewman his secret. The crew began to get restless because after ... is not so far away. A couple days later, the crew looked out into the mist and found the first sight of land, an island to be exact, with sandy beaches and vegetation. The crewmen hopped off th...

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... common people, seemed the most stably established way of living that the world has ever seen Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century, in this period there was no ruling unifying idea in men's minds. The impulse of the empire had failed until the Emperor was no more than one of a number of competing princes, and the dream of Christendom also was a fading dream. The developing "powers" ... jostled one another throughout the world; but for a time it seemed that they might jostle one another indefinitely ... without any great catastrophe to mankind. The great geographical discover...

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... , it is made out of multinational influences. He mentioned some examples of countries that are not European, questioning their influence on American civilization. In his "America: The Multinational Society" essay he said " Is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which includes Turkish marches, a part of Western civilization, or the late nineteenth- and twentieth-century French paintings, whose creators were influenced by Japanese art? And what of ... the cubists, through whom the influence of African art changed modern painting- I think that it is true that American civilization consisted through...

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... named it Edirne. A year later (1362), knowing he did what he was supposed to do, Orhan dies. The Ottoman's have now become a monster. The Christian world shutters at the sound of the name. The only way for survival is if they unite to expel the invader. The exact opposite happens. The newest and third great leader, Murhad begins to conquer states at a steady pace. Murhad used a different tactic ... knock down. It was close to 50 years later that someone would come up with an idea. In 1451 Mohammed (Mehmet "Mohammed the conqueror") has a dream to take the city. He believes he knows a way...

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... or America have a lot of lovers before their marriage, when they decide to marry somebody, they have already prepared to undertake the responsibility. It is believed that every couple remember the swear on their wedding:"will you love him (her) even though he (she) is ill, poor, painful or dying?""Yes, ... personalities, living habits and minds, which would cause a long distance of hearts. If there is no fun, no passion between couples, how can the society rebuke them only due to a marriage certificate? Another common objection is that it is really hard for people to control their feelin...

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... or none at all, they were in need of messengers to convert them to the correct religion, Christianity. Lery wanted to correct the natives wrong doings and help them to convert to Christianity. Religion was one of the reasons the Europeans traveled to the new world. On the other hand, the natives like the Maya and many others felt that they did not need to convert to Christianity ... . The many natives felt that these invaders had no right to come and take them and their land. Many of them believed all ... . From religion to wealth and a few other reasons, many Europeans traveled to the n...

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... twist that involves another piece of the "American aesthetic", cash-money, and you have a perfect piece of American cinema. Cliffhanger grossed $160 million in the theater. There are a lot of American action films that are, I"d like to revise the phrase, aesthetically American, and they"re easy to pick out. The thing to look for is a commonly used tactic in American action films, the setting does not change. For ... me) to be one of the greatest American films ever. The whole film took place in a boat. BAM! $300+ million box office. If Titanic was made by one of the artsy European studios...

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... had syphilis. Neither civilizations were immune to each others diseases causing many Americans and Europeans to get fatally ill and eventually die. Another difference when comparing the two is how strongly fawna impacted the American land's environment. Before the Columbian exchange, the American environment was plain and not much wildlife was around wandering. By 1700, there were a whopping 50 million wild horses and other cattle roaming ... , horses, goats, sheep, rats and rabbits were labeled as "disease reservoirs" since they simply were the main culprits of carrying these diseases a...

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... All revolutions are radical: they change the course of countries and lives. Occasionally, they also change events and lives beyond the borders of where they are fought. The American Revolution was one of these. It was radical in the way it was fought, the ideals for which it was fought and the outcome it achieved. The military campaigns of the American Revolution introduced new strategies and tactics ... to the practice of warfare. By many accounts, the revolution should never have been won ... bring their considerable military might to bear on the much nimbler colonel army. The American...

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... of military funds (Hemmling, H D.) In 1947, the American Government for the first time included special funds in the War Department's budget for the financing of necessary funding. This program of aid, called the "GARIOA Program" (Government and Relief in Occupied Areas), covered part of the urgent import needs. The funds approved by the American Congress assured the German population's food requirement be attained (Kissinger, ... a fundamental change in U.S. policy on Germany (Delong, J E.) The Moscow Conference, held from March 12 to April 15, 1947, in which George C. Marshall took pa...

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... 2 the misfortunes of the workers, immigrnts 4rm many countries poured into the US which threatened the job positions that many people had or wanted. Both Labor Unions + Imigration played a great part in affecting the lives of the American Industrial worker*2*In the post civil war era, many new immigrants made their way into the US. From the Chinese in the 1850's to the Italians + the Greeks in the 1880 ... 's, immigrants were not met with a warm welcome. *3 Thus nativism or antiforeignism came 2 exist with such groups as the American Protective Association + the "Know Nothings." They labo...

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... first anarchy, then statism, and finally, dictatorship. Had it not been for the unyielding spirit of the average Frenchman and France's position as the largest country in Europe, France might never have recovered. Now contrast all of this with the American Revolution, more correctly called the War for Independence. The American Revolution was different because, as Irving Kristol has pointed out, it was a ... more out of desperation than careful planning, as we sought help from foreign nations, particularly the French. In the end, it was the French monarchy, not the Revolutionists. As th...

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... intellectual effort (probably because we suspect that it will destroy, as I hope it does that myth of America to which we cling so desperately). An American writer fights his way to one of the lowest rungs on the American social ladder by means of pure bull-headedness and an indescribable series of odd jobs. He probably has been a "regular fellow- for much of his ... for him to step out of that lukewarm bath."" (Baldwin 42) The society of the new world was one of intellectual bondage, preventing a writer from reaching their full potential. In Europe (The old world), Artists are looked u...

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... due to its wealth of land. Hence, its failure in the "New World" forced "Americans" to derive their own culture from a European one which had been driven by the feudal system. The abundance of land and the consequent failure of feudalism to take root in America had profound consequences for the development of Anglo- American culture. The Feudal system, which was hugely successful in Europe, failed to ... take root in America for many reasons. The feudal system is where the lowest echelon of society, the peasants also called "Serfs," worked a " ... religions both formed in Europe and cam...

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