I decided to ask a few people as to what they thought it was. ... If you think about one person that you know is successful, I bet he or she has prestige.. ... She is so proud of her country that it's hard to describe, but I would say that she is willing to die for America. If you put these values up against each other and ask wich one is most constructive, it will be Donna Fargo's The willingness to lay down one's life for one's country displays honor and courage beyond the call of duty. ... I think the American dream is alive and well. ...

• Word Count: 938
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In one of her most popular poems, "On Beings Brought from Africa to America," Wheatley writes 'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught me benighted soul to understand That there's a god, that there's a savior too: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew Some view our sable race with scornful eye, "Their color is a diabolic die." ... She recognizes that many whites believed Africans' dark skin color was representative of the devil, as she refers to what many whites see as "diabolic die." Here, die is another spelling for what we now call dye. ...

• Word Count: 2218
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Little, it seems a contradiction of terms for such a giant of a man, a man I never took the time to understand. ... I went to the library to find out who Malcom X was. ... I formed an opinion of Malcom X based mostly on what my band director had told me that day. ... He answered, "I think I would like to be a lawyer." ... It was a letter from one of his brothers that told him, "I know how to get you out of jail, don't eat pork and quite smoking." ...

• Word Count: 4036
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Many kinds of music have come out on the American stage within the last 100 or so and have had a great impact on it. American music is extremely varied and diverse. Instead of being dominated by the cultures and traditions of any one particular country (i.e. England or Germany), it is the proverbial...

• Word Count: 4261
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School