Still Life

consequences of her immigration. I – How she became an American self made woman ? Six years ago, Ana came to the USA by crawling in a drainpipe, walking across the desert and hiding in a car to avoid being caught. It was risky for her life because she was illegal and undocumented and thus she could be arrested. At first she didn’t intend to stay long because she wanted to pay back her sister (she paid the smuggler (passeur)), she wanted to earn money to pay her debts and she wanted

and invites him to live in her home. Edward's role is played by Johnny Depp, the actor signs here one of his best role! Other actors are Winona Ryder (Kim Boggs), Dianne Wiest (Peg Boggs) or still Vincent Price (The inventor). But under fairy's tale is outlined a serious portrait of " American way of life " and its conformity. The town in colors pastel (caricature of suburbs " middle class ") shows itself sectarian and locked into its prejudices. Beautiful lesson of tolerance on the respect for

Finally, we’ll discuss about those who criticize this American Dreams in its soul. So first of all, let’s begin our discussion talking about the American Dream as a concept at the roots of the American Society. We’re going to explain it’s a model of life. In deed, the American Dream is like a theory whom you can do what you want working. It means you can go through the inequalities which exist. For example, you can climb the social ladder and have a higher position than your parents. And no one can

industrialized world, such as Europe got a rebirth and loads of changes took place. We called it the “American Way of Life”. This is an expression that refers to the lifestyle of people living in the United States of America. It is an example of a behavioral modality, developed from the 17th century until today. It refers to a nationalist ethos that purports to adhere to principles of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." It has some connection to the concept of American exceptionalism and the

technology in the US, there are a lot of modern skyscrapers and spacious housing that are built, there are new technologies, a slower population growth. “Life can be bright in America” proves that the girls believe in the American Dream. They are convinced that the future is ahead of them, that they can start from scratch and have a better life, far away from terrible conditions. For example, they can rent an apartment clear and safe. “Here you are free and you have pride”. It means that you are

wealth. This is the idea that we can succeed materially and therefore socially from scratch. This dream of prosperity is inseparable from the American way of life, the American way of life, based on democracy and the capitalist organization of society, but also on mass consumption that takes many forms, leisure, objects everyday life, dress codes, information for individual comfort. In other words, the American Dream is based on a materialistic ideal which sees in possession of the goods (cars

two ingredients, the coca leaf or the kola nut. Root’s staff sketched out a concept drawing and a prototype which was approved by Root in November, 1915. LOCAL COMPETITORS AND RIVALRY WITH COKE Pepsi is usually second to Coke in sales but is still the principal challenger. Around the world, some local brands compete with Coke. • In South and Central America Kola Real, known as Big Cola in Mexico, is a fast-growing competitor to Coca-Cola. • On the French island of Corsica, Corsica

Obama’s policy and that the debate about an energy bill still exists owing to opposition between Democrats and Republicans. The American President who was considered as a hero at the beginning of his election is now affected by this ecological scandal, as we can see on the caricature. We can say that he tried to make efforts about environment but a part from the American population is not ready to change yet. Indeed, the American way of life is very focus on consumption as a lot of industrialized

World War II was a period of spectacular movement. It's as if the air had been cleared by a summer thunder squall”. Even if the context was not this much favorable to the American economy, war did bring some changes that improved the “American way of life”. Thanks to its distance with the battlefields, there had been no material casualties and less human losses than for the European countries. This helped the American society to evolve in a way that new “standards of living” were reached. It means

state economy Recession The financial crisis that began in 2007 was clearly understood but what happened last year wasn’t expected. A so deep recession wasn’t expected. We are in the recession, we have signs of the end of the tunnel but we still have a high unemployment and the recovering is going to be long, slow and painful (weak). There is no increase of the revenue. But most of OCDE countries (Japan, US, France) limit their growth with their taxation and social politics. The situation