Rêve Américain

A Native American Dream The Pequots and Foxwoods casino (documentary) The Pequots are a good example of positive discrimination in the United States. Thanks to a directive from the US government aiming at the economic development of Native American minorities, the Pequots, a tribe which had almost died out, are rediscovering their history and culture and educating other people about them. This documentary focuses on the incredible development of the Mashantucket Pequot Native American tribe

Correction de l’essai : « An ode to failure » Subject 1 : « Americans have always been excessive worshippers of what William James called the bitch goddess success ». Subject 2 : How exactly should a hyper-competitive society deal with its losers ? Conseils généraux : 1) Indiquez toujours le sujet d’essai que vous avez choisi en entourant le numéro. 2) Vous ne pouvez pas rendre un essai sans conclusion. Il vaut mieux ne pas développer entièrement l’un de vos arguments

THE AMERICAN DREAM I. The end of the US pastoral : A. Definition of the US pastoral : 1. The American Eden : St John de Crèvecoeur : Letters from an US Farmer & Sketches of XVIIIthC America (1782). 2. The Jeffersonian ideal : a. Farmers as God’s elect. b. The right to property. B. The lost garden : 1. California as the American Eden. 2. Corruption in the garden : a. The serpent p 230. b. The garden as a desert. c. The forbidden garden. d. Decay in the garden :

Why America spawns so many entrepreneurs? “The willingness to adopt new products, new processes and new services more rapidly than consumers in other countries may be the most important of all enablers of entrepreneurship and innovation in America” There are six major reasons why the American is more enterprising: - The first reason is brought by the “American dream”, where you can start from scratch and build a business. The entrepreneurship is very supported by making available a lot of

SPIRIT BIFF àKleptomaniaàmaladie du vol, mais pas conscience que c’est du vol) lives in Texas Doesn’t like New York A fait de nombreux jobs Living in a farm N’a pas l’air sur de lui (moins réussi que son petit frère) Like his father (a un rêve mais ne peut pas l’accomplir) Idealistic, a dreamer, identity crisis Questioning himself Sensitive Has admiration for his father BILLà Bill Oliver: a l’âge de Biff Bill is Biffs’ boss - worked together WILLYà60 ans, salesman, angry with

“Yes we can!” is the catchword every single citizen of the United States remembers from the past presidential election. It was the democrat candidate, Barack Obama, who clubbed during his many speeches this slogan and, in the mean time, fulfilled America with hope for a brighter future. The document we have here is the inaugural speech made by this President, newly elected, on January 20, 2009. This man carries many hopes on his shoulders because on the one hand, he is the first Afro-American,

« American Life », Madonna. The American dream is the idea according to which any person living in the United States can become prosperous. The notion of this possibility for any immigrant to succeed from nothing was strengthened by the territorial area, the resources and the political and economic liberalism which characterize the United States. Through the song “American life» , Madonna illustrates the myth of the American dream but also the obstacles which we can meet. It would be interesting

US ECONOMIC HISTORY I’m going to talk about The US economic history. Since the creation of US in 1776, the US economic has grown faster, to become the first world economy. An economy which have a huge impact of all different economy in the world. COLONIZATION As we know, the economic history of the US started with European colonization in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Thanks to that, the US has opened to the word and he has traded with different developed countries (that is to say the

“The real tragedy of Willy Loman is that he has no choice but to invest his admirably uncompromising energies into a worthless end”- Terry Eagleton What is the tragedy of the common man, as depicted in ‘Death of a Salesman’? Arthur Miller believed that tragedy was created as a “consequence of a man's total compulsion to evaluate himself justly”, and anybody, regardless of status, may have such a compulsion. It is this compulsion, or drive, within Willy Loman to self-evaluate and surpass others

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