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The three characteristics of American mythology are: being set in the past, usually in remote or thrilling locations and eras; being populated with extraordinary, bizarre, or exaggerated figures; and featuring extraordinary, heroic, awe-inspiring, magical, or mysterious events and their outcomes. The first characteristic that will be discussed is the story’s setting in a past time…

In “The Myth of the Latin Woman”, Judith Ortiz Cofer intends to dispel several stereotypes about Hispanic women by expressing her own personal stories and observations. She starts off by relating an experience that happened on a bus in London, then she goes into explaining how her parents made her home in America a microcosm…

The American Dream: What Does It Mean Dreams come Into deferent varieties, big, small, colorful, black and white, long, short, and other things that you can think of. But there Is only one dream that every American wants to achieve, that is the American dream. The American dream started way back when America was founded….

Introduction In companies wanting to be successful they have to attract customers somehow into buying their products. The most effective way to do so is to advertise/promote the product through TV, magazines, or billboards. These advertisements later lead to people having cultural myths, “a story or idea that explains the culture or customs of people”…

In the Amish religion, there lies a pivotal tradition for many of its adolescent followers. There are a number of Americans whom are likely to have never heard of this rite; as it is practiced by a small demographic, consisting of roughly 200,000 people . Their tradition, referred to as the Pennsylvania-German term “Rumspringa”, can…

Across history, America has been renowned as the land of opportunity. It has attracted countless immigrants who sought the freedom and equality promised by our government. The essence of this reputation is captured in the American Dream, which asserts that success can be attained through one’s own endeavors alone. Though interpretations of success may vary,…

Euhemerization is a process that human being figuratively changes into a god with time while reverse euhemerization according to Chinese scholars, is a procedure through which a mythological creature or god changes to a historical figure, believed to have existed before. Reverse euhemerization happens to people occupied with history than mythology. Euhemerization is a theory…

  Introduction – The collection of poetry that the world has seen is storage of the creations of the different states and stages of a man’s mind, and there are times when the poem captures and freezes the myths and its leading man so that the world has a way of remembering some of the…

            Rudolfo Anaya’s novel Bless me, Ultima falls within the tradition of Chicano literature in America. The hero, Antonio Marez is a child who grows up in a confusing environment, where cultural and religious influences pour on him from various sources. However, Anaya’s novel does not focus on the clash between the American culture and…

Prometheus Steals Fire From HeavenAuthor – Shortened, Simplified version of real story. Author UnknownI. Setting:The setting for the story Prometheus Steals Fire From Heaven is Inheaven, Earth, Olympus, and Mt. Caucasus. The time period is that of when therewere only the (Greek) gods, and no men on earth, and none of the animals seemedworthy to…