Whenever he told me that I had to move again, I felt as if I were becoming aloof. I envied my friends who remained in one place having a place called "home". ... Although my dream was to become a doctor staying in one place called "home," after reading this poem, I realized what I really want to do is to become a doctor in third world countries. ... I have learned to be independent from moving to various places, and realized that everything depends upon me. ... I have got the chemical ingredients for my medicine: international experiences. ...

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I see people who have grown up in a vegetarian home, who can not even stand the look of meat. ... To this day, whenever I have stomach pains, I can make myself feel better if I sleep on my side. ... I do agree that in everyday western societal life, dreams do not mean a whole lot when talking about daily life. ... I have a friend who is Native American, and dreams are extremely important and religious in her society. ... I learned in a class last semester, that some Indian tribes have their own color system entirely. ...

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His subconscious is put into a dream program that allows him to live out a dream life in his dreams. ... Although Abre Los Ojos is a Spanish film, it could have easily been set anywhere. ... Abre Los Ojos is definitely more open with its subject matter, and I applaud that, but the stylization of which Vanilla Sky is executed is more moving. ... However, the movie does have the basis premise and story down. ... These movies have almost identical plot and story directives. ...

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"Sometimes I dream a dream in which Dee and I are suddenly brought together on a TV program of this sort. Out of a dark and soft-seated limousine I am ushered into a bright room filled with many people. There I meet a smiling, gray, sporty man like Johnny Carson who shakes my hand and tells me what a fine girl I have," (Walker 635). ... "I never had an education myself. ...

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Pop culture does not run into peoples houses and say "Hello I"m here". ... She is a very rebellious teenage girl and is constantly caught up in a dream world. ... I believe this is the theme of this story. We need to constantly be aware of where we are going and look back on where we have been and see if we have made the right decisions. ... She was too caught up in her pop culture dream world. ...

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In our class we have seen many movies that represent culture. ... He was brought up in a religious household and even he was a minister who preached the word of "Dreams". His dreams were what made him who he was. ... Communication is the relationship that people have with one another. ... DO IT NEXT TIME YOU HAVE THIS CLASS ...

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For example I have a brother who have long hair, I told him why he hasn't cut his hair and why he find so meaningful his long hair and he told me one of the reason why he let his hair grow so long is because he made a promise of not cutting his hair until he get his master degree in criminal justice .He told me also that he long hair is there to remind him that he have a goal to achieve and that if he cut his hair he would be breaking the promise of becoming a better person with a better future. In other words, his hair is like the reason to never give up in anything or he dream, Is li...

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Globalization is happening almost everywhere in the world and having various impacts on people. ... I migrated to the United States in search of the American dream. ... I can honestly say my identity is changing because my tongue is slowly switching to the American language; I have slowly adopted the American culture. ... Due to migration, I have to learn a second language as well as a new culture. ... Today I have this deep believe in the American dream and also that miracles are real and one day there will be no more crime or violence. ...

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Many people come to America to achieve the "American dream" sacrificing their culture and traditions of their native land along the way. ... Gonzales writes with pride, "I have endured in the rugged mountains of our country. ... Gonzales acknowledges that indeed his ancestors have indeed lost many battles, but he maintains his pride being optimistic and realizing that " I am still here." ... Chicano or whatever I call myself, I look the same, I feel the same, I cry and sing the same. ... He stresses the importance of Gonzales must fight to let the future know they may have lost the economic ...

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In the 1970s one of the biggest social booms was to have the American dream. The American dream was to immigrate to America and have a better life than in Korea. ... They also have trouble with understanding English. ... A child can feel that a parent "doesn't speak my language," a metaphor for "you don't understand my ambitions or the pressures I face... It is obvious that children and their parents have a deep culvert and have a hard time between them. ...

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Ever since we were children, many of us dreamed of seeing the world. Being able to travel and have many adventures. Unfortunately a lot of those dreams that we had as children don't get to be realized. ... I live in probably the most diverse place in the world, New York. ... Just by hearing them tell stories about their home country, I felt that I had a better idea of the customs that were practiced in Poland. ...

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Many immigrants come to the United States dreaming of finding opportunities, and living a successful life. In general, many who arrive here realize that these dreams will be very hard to wake up from. ... In this essay, I will emphasize on the importance of language in the adaptation process, and important aspects of gender role. ... In Miami, I have noticed throughout my years in this country that many of these Hispanic Americans affected by the arrogance of their parents have suffered to progress in school. For instance, two friends that I met in fourth grade were only able to learn E...

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These groups have more of a communal feel. ... They avoid using any modern electric appliances and other technologies that the majority of Americans would not dream of living without. ... I am a woman, which contrasts to the still male dominated workforce. I am young which contrasts to the national culture of being middle aged. I am fairly liberal which also contrasts to the U.S. ...

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To have read it or to have been read it at a young age, and then read it at a later age gives two different connotations of the story. ... People everywhere have a common yearning to let go and speak their minds, without feeling as if they shouldn't. ... It allows for a quick escape from reality, and makes life more interesting to dream about things that could never happen in real life. Alice in Wonderland will go down in history as one of the best children's wondertales of all time, and I know that one day I will read it to my children....

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In The Parish Behind God's Back I have seen many excellent examples of globalization in tourism, religion, and immigration, that effected the complete transformation of the tiny island. The examples I have found have changed the country, and still continue to do so today. ... Most Barbadians belong to Christian denominations, with Anglicanism having the greatest number, followed by Pentecostal. ... This change in emigration, strengthened the connection of Barbados to the outside world making what was once only a dream, a reality. ...

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That for nearly two decades, he was in love with the "woman" of his dreams, and did not allow reality to interfere. ... It's difficult to believe that Rene could have been fooled for such a great amount of time. He had to have known Song's true identity after all that time he spent with "her". ... I almost dropped my popcorn! ... And " why do you have to behave this way when he is not even here?" ...

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From the beginning of this country, there were conflicts with the Indians, slavery of blacks, and going against the people who immigrated here hoping to achieve the American dream. Racism have been one of the most significant issues that people have been facing and fighting for, and is still occurring around us without even knowing. I have not felt any serious racism against me so far since I am a ESL student and had only been here for such a short period of time. Although the society that I am living in now is like the melting pot of all different cultures, I was able to figure out during my...

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They think that it would be good to have more tourists because it could help their economy. ... To Neville the old man's dream sounds like a nightmare. ... Living in poverty they have probably only heard about the west and its benefits. ... I would call Neville a prejudice and I think that it is one of the main themes in this short story. I have looked up the word "prejudice" and I found the following definition: "a strictly defined, learned, performed and unsubstantiated judgment or opinion about an individual or a group, either favorable or unfavorable in nature. ...

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"A more confident speaker of English I didn't trouble to listen to how strangers sounded anymore at last, seven years old I came to believe what was technically true since I was born I was a US Citizen". ... There are many in the United States who weren't born there but have embodied what it truly means to be a true American. Philip Gleason a professor emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame put it this way "To be or to become an American, a person did not have to be any particular national, linguistic, religious, or ethnic background. ... The multiple-choi...

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Before you can decide whether humour overrides the film purpose, we have to understand why we laugh and what makes a film or line "comical." ... We tend to find humour mainly in issues that we have little information on or preconceived ideas about. ... I thought she was a Pisces." ... This is not what, makes Jess happy and so she peruses her dreams. This topic does not have to be immersed in humour, for us as the audience to realise how society shapes ours beliefs of what and who we should become. ...

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The differences between the sexes have long been debated in the scientific and social arenas. ... In anthropology the definitions of sex and gender differ: sex divides between men and women genetically - women have two X chromosomes, men have an X and a Y chromosome. ... "Many feminists have been dreaming of mass culture moments like this since feminism came into being" (Donna Minkowitz, p. 300). ... I chanced upon a woman who is a fashion director in a very prestigous firm, and has made a very fulfilling career for herself. ... I couldn't help feeling that this situation and these feel...

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I don't think that I would have enrolled for this class if it hadn't been for the minor requirement in my business major. ... I grew up in two cultures simultaneously and the experiences I incurred have made me the person I am today. ... I don't think that I would have ever known anything aboutHindu Marriages? ... I have always been intrigued and fascinated by the actions and way of the Mafia. ... I think in general, they will be fine but they have to go through a different struggle than what I had to go through. ...

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Along with the research that I have collected, I will prove that there are many different aspects that contribute to magazine production. ... I will also take you along a journey of guidelines that should be followed by anyone wanting to dive head first into the world of competitive influences journalism. ... THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MAKING A MAGAZINE Have you ever asked yourself why all magazines have basically the same format or why most magazines contain a lot of the same elements? ... They continue on to say a magazine should have some sort of tests or quiz. ... The editors seem to have t...

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My big dream is to travel and I would always have conversations with my dad about how if you have a lot of time usually you don't have money and if you have a lot of money you don't really have the time to use it. ... I am so grateful to be able to have privacy and not have to be watched all the time. ... I like structure and having a set plan. ... I also enjoy having a set schedule every day and having everything planned out with what I need to do and when I need to do it. ... In my life I constantly have goals set and things I need to have done every day. ...

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In fact, they have left their country of birth behind forever. ... Exactly forty years have passed, and Vietnamese refugees and immigrants have proven extremely successful in recreating the sense of identity in America through cultural enclaves and entertainment. ... To the Vietnamese, Little Saigon expresses a distinctive and indispensable Vietnamese character, Tran- a 65-year-old Vietnamese woman says, "I don't come to buy things, I come to see people, strangers mostly, who come...to do ordinary, everyday things, but in an environment where, because of the familiarity of faces and...

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