American Way Of Life

The American dream and the self made man America, discovered by Christopher Colombus, is a continent to which countless people from all over the world have migrated in the hope of fulfilling their dream of a better life. The English Puritans leader, John Winthrop, urged his listeners to follow the laws of God in order to form a proper society and obtain God’s grace. This vision became political in the Declaration of Independence: “all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with

place in Rome. The narrator introduces the city of Vevey in a very positive way, saying that it has the « characteristices of an American watering place ». The plot is set « two or three years ago » during a summer morning, and the reader soon discovers the main character, Winterbourne, who has come to visit his aunt. This 27 years old young man is sitting in the 3 couronnes hotel's garden, looking about him. Of his life, we know that he is American but that has been living in Geneva since he was

States after the economic crisis which struck the country in 2008. The four texts of the dossier “mad as hell”, published before the result of the Congress elections, deals with this current in public opinion, its characteristics and the reasons of its success. It shows that this party is more a rallying against the federal government than a really structured organization; indeed it is composed by various shades of political opinion, which are federated by their protest more than their proposals:

Kerouac, creator of the "beat generation" best sums up his philosophy as "everything belongs to me because i am poor". The failure of ideology and of the American Dream in the 1960s gave young dreamers who were eager to live just one way out: the road.    Kerouac presents Sal Paradise, a young and innocent writer, and Dean Moriarty, a crazy youth "tremendously excited with life" racing around America, and testing the limits of the American Dream. Their journeys consist of scenes of rural wilderness

from a short story by the American writer David Sedaris. This short story is entitled Holidays on Ice and this passage reads in the form of an annual newsletter, something Americans are used to sending to their relatives at the end of the year to let them know about the important events that occurred throughout the year. The author, David Sedaris, is a writer but he’s also an anchorman and he was even named “Humorist of the year” by Time Magazine in 2001. The author of this annual newsletter is

AMERICAN POLITICS SINCE 1945 Introduction Early 1945 as the allied powers were close to the victory in Europe and in the pacific British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said "America stand at this moment at this summit of the world". Indeed the US had emerged from World War II not only victorious but supreme. It's true that the US had been the world's most powerful nation for many years before WWII but until the 1940's that power had not been accompanied by international responsibilities. The

From Report of the Massachusetts Board of Education 1. Horace Mann begins with this description to draw a parallel with the functioning of what was at the time the current economic system. Indeed, the reader will automatically see feudalism as an unfair and extreme system. By making this analogy, Horace Mann forces the reader to also view the major flaws of their own economic system. 2. Leon Botstein, Let Teenagers Try Adulthood 1. Botstein believes the current American high school system

Support: Computer (texts, video extracts, pictures…) Main point of interest: How is this movie still so cult today? Main ideas : * Synopsis * The actors/their role * The direction (setting, the music by Nino Rota…) * The interest in the subject by the audience The Godfather has been directed by the American director Francis Ford Coppola in 1972; it is based on the 1969 Mario Puzo’s novel. The movie is one of the famous films ever thanks to different elements, such as the actors

de l’état dans la vieéconomique (en toute contradiction au communisme mené par Staline en URSS).Les États Unis usent du soft power comme arme contre le communisme par la diffusion al’internationale de leur culture : cinéma hollywoodien, l’« American Way of Life » (symboledu capitalisme et de la consommation). L’influence américaine s’exerce également avec leplan Marshall qui marque son activité économique en Europe.En quoi l’économie de la superpuissance américaine a-t-elle marquée à l’échelle nationaleet

Assing Form: 6,2 Modern Studies School: Presentation College San Fernando Teacher: Ms. Khan (“Death of a Salesman”) Due: Monday 15th November, 2010 Question: “I am not a dime a dozen! I am Willy Loman...” Discuss how Willy’s self-perception affects Willy and his family. Arthur Miller’s modern drama, “Death of a Salesman” (DOAS), is the tale of common men in pursuit of the elusive “American Dream” in the late 1940’s. Miller uses the protagonist to harshly criticise the selfishness perpetuated