... with my friends to debate who was a better rapper and why. Hip-hop culture is my inspiration. I find myself relating to the culture completely and I use it as my way of life as well. What it means for me to be a part of this ... murder, drugs, exploitation of women, and crime. It downplays the culture when the media portrays hip-hop as such and should not be stereotyped as this either. The media constantly does this and so if the media selects and controls what society knows, it leaves people ignorant to ... knowing what hip-hop really is and what it stands for. Rather than knowing the ...

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... on An-mei, who lives with her grandmother because her mother has been disowned. When An-mei is nine, her grandmother dies; and An-mei leaves with her mother to live in the home of a wealthy man and his other wives. An-mei learns how her mother was forced into a dishonorable second marriage and why she has no control over her own life. Her mother's subsequent suicide provides An ... -mei a better life. As an adult An-mei comes to San Francisco. She and her husband have seven children, including ... Rose. Rose marries Ted, a dermatologist, who has an affair and divorces her. Rose is overw...

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... as honoring one's father and mother. Since then, times have changed and our freedom has allowed us to practice our own beliefs. Over time, the American has fought to protect his rights in society, ever expanding the boundaries of freedom. It has come to the point where, since one wishes to do as he pleases, moral obligation has become obsolete. Whenever a person will go ... of a teenage pregnancy, a failed marriage, and now finds herself as split property between two rivaled parents, whose only time as a whole family is when she is dropped off at her father's house by her mother. When M...

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Abuse of Power: In Magpies, abuse of power is present in both Rose's and An-Mei's stories. An-Mei's mother was abused by Wu Tsing because her mother was too weak to resist. Ted also did the same. Both men also hide their true self from their wives. Wu Tsing, and his rich merchant lifestyle with his big mansion cloaked his evil personality ... piece when he is already courting another woman. Also, An-Mei realizes that Rose is suffering the same fate her mother suffered, that is, not standing up for what is right. After much advice from her mother Rose stands up to Ted and demands that she keep...

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... over. To me there are many advantages and disadvantages for Englanders that move over there. The disadvantages would be the long trip over on a boat, which today we would use an airplane to get over the sea in a quicker way. Not knowing if you are going to land on the right island or land, but one with sane people that won't kill or eat ... wouldn't have a place to live or know what food is good to eat. You would be subject to many deadly diseases that were very contagious like the Bubonic Plague. The advantage to moving there would be the many opportunities for people that didn't have ...

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... in jail. What is going on with imprisonment protecting women is what I"m wondering. What about putting the men in jail? The men do the crime why don't they pay the time? Having the men put away would protect the women the right way. A woman takes her own path, or a woman doesn't like her husband that she never chose and she gets in trouble for it. That seems so in humane ... to me. Where are human rights and women's rights? Prison is an extremely harsh punishment for these women and I"m so happy that here in America the ... punishment fits the crime. We Americans ... ...

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... happens more often than usual in America. There are people who are overjoyed with happiness when they find out they are pregnant, and people who dread the thought of carrying a child in their stomach for nine months. To many women pregnancy is miraculous but to others it is a nightmare. According to ... it. This innocent child is god's baby. It is a gift from god to the universe. Killing the fetus will not only hurt the mother in the future but will also be a great loss not only to her but to the world. Murdering god's creation because of bad choices is no excuse. Priorities would ... L...

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... a big part of the American Dream in the past and in the present because many immigrants did not have friends in America and the only ones that they did have were their own flesh and blood. If she lost Maureen, it would scar her dreams in America and basically scar her life. Moreover, being in this situation also made her miss her parents and suffer from the loss of a parental ... figure in America. At the age of sixteen, imposed to be a maternal figure ... would find Maureen and he would take us home to an apartment of our own, where we could be a family again" (Auch, 216) . These quot...

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... the world struggle with on a daily basis. In our society, people are told if they are beautiful or not. Society has no place to label a person's beauty. A person may or may not be completely confident in her because of what society has to say about a person. Humans place their worth on each other, rather than someone knowing his or her own ... true worth. Beauty is defined as a combination of qualities such as shape, color, or form that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight. Humans have twisted that definition to be how someone feels about self ... inner beauty in today's so...

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... she wanted to be. She decided that more opportunities were sure to become available if she got her Masters Degree, so she went back to school. While going to school to earn her Masters a job teaching a high school quire opened up and she got the position. The downside to having majors like music and sports medicine is that it's not likely you will earn ... is you are doing in your life it is my belief that you have achieved success. You could own a multi-million dollar business, have four cars, and live in a twelve bedroom mansion, but you are not happy you are not successful. You could...

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... . That doesn't even include Hiroshima, which would add to the total. This is a strong case against the media. Here is something similar. Although not as violent as Hitler, Jennifer Lopez has a bad effect on society. The media constantly shows her in tight outfits, with tight shirts highlighting her breasts and small waist. Her perfect body has turned young girls into anorexics overnight. If they stopped ... showing her, as well as Brittany Spears, people wouldn't be as self-conscious and there would be far less ... eating disorders. "America's Most Wanted" is a popular television show. ...

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... way to pull her to where she can be saved," (p.274), Ying-Ying gives an image of the breaking apart between her and her daughter. Seeing her daughter Lena in a painful marriage, Ying-ying resents her daughter's stubborn refusal to learn from her Chinese ways of thinking, which Ying-ying thinks is wiser than the American ways. Yet she also acknowledges the extent to which her own obedience has led to ... her daughter's failure to stand up for herself in ... a, what turns out to be, horrible marriage. She knows that the only way to save her daughter is to tell her story, the story of how...

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... way of life. Many viewed Boston as an international city. It became a home for the young man from India. The narrator tells this story in the Third person unlimited omniscient. It seems as thought she is telling the story through her own personal experiences. The reader can almost feel her struggle. The young man keeping with old Indian traditions had an arranged marriage. He seemed very casual and ... not the least bit interested in taking a wife or the commitment that came with marriage. This ... is an evident man vs. man relationship. The few days that he and his ... ...

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... DRUGS I know that many other people have written on the subject of drug control and legalization, but I felt the urge to add my own two cents (ok, perhaps it'll be more like a cent and a half, but hey...). I am firmly of the opinion that the legalization of drugs would cure a lot of America's social ... clear (to me, at least): prohibition doesn't work. We learned that prohibition didn't work with alchohol. We've never even bothered to try prohibiting the drugs nicotine or caffeine, probably because they've never been seen as "moral threats". We accept these drugs in society, with a mi...

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... called "American Dreamer". In the essay, the author Bharati Mukherjee makes her identity present by stating that "I am a voluntary immigrant. I became a citizen by choice, not by simple accident of birth" (334). Mukherjee is addressing that you must stand out and make your own important choices and decisions. The most important decision that Mukherjee made was that she wanted to be an American citizen, and that ... being one would make a statement about her identity. Mukherjee makes her identity clear when she explains how her citizenship means a lot to her and that she takes it serious...

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... an intense hunger for knowledge, he would not let anything hinder him from accomplishing his dream of journeying across America. In addition to the fearful incident with the Indians, he was also severely burned in an explosion in 1609,which caused him to return back home to England. This shows that ... years later, he returned to America once again. Smith was a man who believed in taking chances, and was willing to endure much pain for the benefit of others. Through it all, Smith's journey was a great Success and his heroic efforts are never to be forgotten William Bradford encountered ...

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... be made to continue their education until they graduate. This leaves these students more competent and mature enough to be able to carry the responsibilities of adulthood. Children raised in America are taught at a very young age of how education is important, either through television programs ... apart when it comes to youths mentality. Why is it that the law feels okay with allowing a sixteen year old to drop out of school, but he/she is still not responsible for his/her actions? Parents are still responsible for them. It is irresponsible for ... the fact that they are there against t...

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... a little girl and feeling that she needs to be dependent on him. "America. The thought of her brought her face back to him, her wide innocent face, the face of a child still, with the eyes that bled into you and the soft lisping breath of a voice that was like the first voice you'd ever heard.""(50) He feels this way when America wants to find work so they ... about their mistreatment, after her Martin Luther King started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. With her determination to make her life better America does not let her tragedies stop her in her crusade. America has fallen to low points...

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... stress on your life, or if your children are beginning to be to much for you, and mabye even school is putting your life into overload mode. The best medicine to treat these kind of problems in your life is to take a vacation to somewhere where you can get a little rest and relaxation. There ... vacation spots you can go to put a little ease into your life. For instance, take a Caribbean cruise where you can enjoy the heavenly waters and bathe in the warm sun. Another great place would be the mountains, if you like sitting in a comfy cabin in from of a nice fire and drink hot cocoa. New...

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... States of America I am glad I live free of anybody else controlling my life. I am glad that people have the right to speak freely and not be put in jail for it. I can dress however I want and not be shot at or killed for doing so. ... In other countries people can't even eat certain foods nor have certain privileges to play sports. People like the Al Queada terrorists are cowards they attack and run or hide, because they are scared of getting shot at, even though they kill people every day. America has freedom, ... greatly soars over all other places. That American flag represents a pi...

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... staying home and being a housewife which lets her feel empty and terrorised. In my opinion, the feminists" movement brought some good in the society, as it has also taken away some very important elements. I agree with the author believing that a woman should have the same rights as men, such as voting, earning a salary according to the quality of the service, not the gender. It is also a good thing ... once exclusively reserved for men, such as law and medicine. However, I disagree with the author when she says that, "A woman cannot find her identity through her husband, her children" ...

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... Jett with alloy wheels and a new 3585i Nokia cell phone. I go to football games and cheer on my school. I have American friends, and I"m taking the most challenging classes at school. I get my hair cut when it needs to be, and nails done for our holidays. I also wear Bass shoes and American ... it seems that, as an American Muslim, I must defend myself from accusations related to violence or terrorism. There are approximately 1.8 billion Muslims in the world, and 7 million of them live in America. Although I am of Arabic background, it doesn't mean that all Muslims are Arab. Only 18 ... ...

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... sex in corners of clubs. Where's the parent's? I believe the authors point is that America's youth is experimenting sexually too early and society is basically allowing it. With examples from interviewing students and research from doctors and psychologists, she sums up all the information needed to prove her point. She does point out that ... it is a problem, but all cases lead to the fact that we"re not doing enough to stop it. It's easy to conclude that her values are much different than what kids are ... doing right now, and their point of views are also much different than hers at ...

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... this horrible tragedy plunged us into great darkness and despair it did not divide us but rather it unified and strengthened us as a nation. With the emergence of great leaders such as former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and our President George W. Bush America has been able to slowly recover from our shock ... and disbelief. Their great leadership abilities has united America and provided everyone with a renewed sense of patriotism. After the devastating attacks on our great nation everyone was in shock and disbelief. It seemed as if all was lost but great leaders have helped to lead ... us ...

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... culture through television, limited observation, and most importantly her grandchildren. Historically in the United States, we employ a policy of assimilation of those who have come to our country. We therefore make it difficult for other cultures, economical and societal, to establish a place in fulfilling the American Dream. While Grandma is left to experience America on her own, John Wayne is making movies that define how ... Vietnamese people are portrayed in America. Orion Bloom writes, "the portrayals of Asians in each film are based on how the United States felt about them at the...

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