Since the 9/11 tragedy, there's been an influx of pro-US, patriotic themes where three firemen hoist an American flag over a mound of smoldering rubble. The feeling of the nation is one of allegiance and passion of everything red, white, and blue. We watch our CSI and Law and Order, in which a ...

"Tell them, tell them when you get home that I gave all of my tomorrows so they could have today!" Those are the words on a tombstone, far across the Pacific, of someone who gave up his life for our future in the battle of Iwo Jima. Were those words uttered so that those of us who are left...

The shoreline touched him cold, As cold as the life being drained from each veins of his weary body. Was life fairly warned? The once so beautiful harbor was not so, its waters, once as blue and clear as the future he had planned, was now a trademark of defeat. The incoming waves came from the...

Greg Coffta Bio190/Costa Rican Adventures 11/30/1999 Part I Banana: Bananas were most likely picked up by the European traders in Southeast Asia when in search for spices. Soon, as the discovery of the Tropics arrived, traders took bananas to Central America. Breadfruit: this fruit co...

The United States entered World War 1 in 1917. We went on to support the Triple Entente as one of their allies, and helped them to their victory. The main reason for the U.S. entry to the war was due to the Zimmerman Note. This was a message from Zimmerman, a German general, to the Mexican govern...

The "mini-culture" of my family agreed with the majority of mainstream America: pain is bad. There was no middle ground, there was no acceptable pain and unacceptable pain. Pain was not ignored, but rather rushed to find medical or professional attention at the slightest inkling of the d...

GRAND CANYON – Ani DiFranco The poet feels a sense of gratitude and respect for certain ancestors who enabled her to have the rights that she enjoys as an American. This is revealed for example in the lines (stanzas one and five), "I am indebted joyfully to all the peop...

America. . . the land of equal opportunity, freedom to vote, to speak, and worship. This idea is rather appealing to most, very ideal and extremely attractive. Is it reality or is it simply an idea, or a myth? In today's America an equal opportunity is something we can all strive for, but will ...

Outline I. Introduction A. The American Flag... It's a symbol worthy of or deepest respect because it stands for a nation and community that is strong, a community strong enough to tolerate diversity and the rights of those expressing unpopular views, even if they are expressing them in an ...

A Polished Society: Candide Compared to Jailbird Though Candide by Voltaire is set during the 1760's and Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut is set during the 1970's, many parallels still exist between the two. The two societies are still very similar. The characters in both books though they e...

U.S. Involvement in European Conflict In the year 1939 when World War II broke out, President Roosevelt was quick to declare the United States a neutral party in the conflict. He felt this best for our nation, as did the American citizens. We wished to avoid all foreign entanglements. On December ...

"The Crucible:" A Lesson Learned from Salem 1692 Does the Salem Witch Trial from 1692 offer any modern day lesson for America? Often authors and playwrights use their art to teach lessons to the people who read, view, and enjoy their works. Often artists will use a real life event...